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Curfew declared after 7.1 quake hits New ZealandSat, 04 Sep 2010 19:23 +0100

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities declared an overnight curfew for Saturday after a major earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city, Christchurch, bringing down power lines and bridges and wrecking roads and building facades.

Pakistani militants stoking sectarian rift - ministerSat, 04 Sep 2010 18:26 +0100

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pro-Taliban Pakistani militants are trying to create a sectarian rift, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday, as a new wave of violence piled pressure on a government already struggling with a flood crisis.

Israel and Palestinians agree to more peace meetingsSat, 04 Sep 2010 11:33 +0100

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the framework for a U.S.-backed peace deal within a year and end a conflict that has boiled for six decades.

BP replaces failed blowout preventer on Gulf wellSat, 04 Sep 2010 06:17 +0100

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc successfully replaced a failed blowout preventer from atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well late on Friday, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said.

Blair pelted with eggs at Dublin book signingSat, 04 Sep 2010 16:42 +0100

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Three people were arrested after protesters threw eggs and shoes at former British Prime Minister Tony Blair when he arrived to sign copies of his memoir at a bookshop in Dublin on Saturday, national broadcaster RTE said.

Metro Bank to create further 100 jobsFri, 03 Sep 2010 00:07 +0100

LONDON (Reuters) - Metro Bank, whose launch in July marked the birth of Britain's first new high street retail bank in more than 100 years, said on Friday it was creating 100 new jobs.

Nearly 6 million have paid wrong amount of taxSat, 04 Sep 2010 11:10 +0100

LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly six million people are to be told they have paid the wrong amount of tax, and authorities will demand about 2 billion pounds more from hundreds of thousands of taxpayers, HM Revenue and Customs said on Saturday.

Afghan progress slower than first hoped, general saysSat, 04 Sep 2010 16:33 +0100

KABUL (Reuters) - International forces in Afghanistan have at times overstated the progress being made this year, the deputy commander of the NATO-led force said on Saturday, with advances coming slower than originally expected.

Earl sweeps through Maritime CanadaSat, 04 Sep 2010 20:41 +0100

HALIFAX, Canada (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl made landfall in Canada on Saturday after a series of scares along the U.S. East Coast, flooding roads, felling trees and cutting power to tens of thousands in the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia.

U.S., Israel spying behind BlackBerry woe - Dubai policeFri, 03 Sep 2010 15:27 +0100

DUBAI (Reuters) - Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United Arab Emirates are behind the Gulf state's moves to curb the smartphone, Dubai's police chief said.