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American released from Iran prison says she's no spy

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An American woman released last week after being held in Iran with two friends for over a year on suspicion of spying said on Sunday they were innocent hikers who never intended to cross into Iran from Iraq. | Video

19 Sep 2010

Swedish center-right wins ballot but loses majority

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Fredrik Reinfeld became Sweden's first sitting center-right prime minister to win re-election, but was deprived of a majority by the first-time entry into parliament of an anti-immigrant party.

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Dutch arrest British terrorism suspect at Schiphol

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch military police arrested a British man of Somali descent at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Sunday morning on suspicion of links to terrorism, the Dutch public prosecutor said.

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Fraud and turnout weigh on "miracle" Afghan poll

KABUL (Reuters) - The top United Nations diplomat in Afghanistan said on Sunday it was too early to describe a parliamentary election as a success, with an expected 4,000 complaints to be heard and turnout figures not yet established.

Afghanistan 19 Sep 2010

Ghost of communal riots haunts India mosque verdict

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A court will rule on Friday whether Hindus or Muslims own land around a demolished mosque in northern India, a judgment haunted by memories of a 1992 riot, some of the country's worst violence since the partition.

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Tajikistan blames Islamist militants for ambush

DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Tajikistan said on Monday foreign Islamist militants were responsible for killing at least 23 troops in an ambush near the Central Asian republic's border with Afghanistan.

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Rich donors urge rethink of aid at U.N. poverty meet

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Budget-strapped rich donors will call for a rethink of strategies to make sure their aid funds are not wasted when world leaders meet this week to discuss U.N. goals to tackle global poverty.

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Pope, ending his trip, recalls Nazi terror in WW2

BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Sunday expressed "shame and horror" over the wartime suffering caused by his German homeland and said he was moved to mark the 70th anniversary of a key air victory with Britons. | Video

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Woman opens fire in German town, four killed

BERLIN (Reuters) - Four people were killed and at least one person seriously injured when a woman armed with a gun opened fire in and around a hospital in the southern German town of Loerrach, authorities said on Sunday.