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Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, left, is congratulated on his prize by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the former head of the state-funded body which manages the archives of the former East German secret police Stasi Joachim Gauck, center, after receiving the M100 Media Prize 2010 in Potsdam near Berlin, eastern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010.
Germany   Islam   Media   Photos   Wikipedia: Kurt Westergaard		  The Star 
Merkel honours Mohammad cartoonist at press award
Wed 8 Sep 2010
POTSDAM, Germany (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel paid tribute to freedom of speech on Wednesday at a ceremony for a Dane whose cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad provoked Muslim protests that led to... (photo: AP / Odd Andersen, pool)
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Jollibee   Philippines   Photos   Restaurant   Wikipedia: Jollibee		  Inquirer 
Jollibee selling Delifrance to Euro-Med for P100M
Wed 8 Sep 2010
JOLLIBEE FOODS Corp. is selling its European deli-inspired Delifrance restaurant chain as part of plans to focus on bigger food brands. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Wednesday,... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Thai Airways Flight 794 passenger Tiffany Hanson of Riverside, Calif., left, is greeted by her mother, Suparporn Hanson, as she arrives in the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport late Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, in Los Angeles, Calif.  m&c  Wed 8 Sep 2010
Bomb threat on Thai Airways flight to Los Angeles (Roundup)
Bangkok - A bomb threat was made on a Thai Airways International (Thai) flight to Los Angeles but the plane landed safely, airline officials said Wednesday. Flight TG 794 arrived at... (photo: AP / Richard Hartog)
Airline   Los Angeles   Photos   Thailand   Wikipedia: Thai Airways International
INDIA-CITU-BANDHA India Tourist at Airport during a nationwide strike called by major trade unions to protest against price rise, streamlining of the rationing system and proper implementation of labour laws, in Kolkata on Tuesday 07 September 2010 in Eastern India City -----WN/BHASKAR MALLICK  Independent online (SA)  Wed 8 Sep 2010
 Written bomb threat found on board plane
Los Angeles - Investigators found no evidence of a bomb aboard a Thai Airways flight on Tuesday after a written threat was discovered in a lavatory shortly before its arrival in Los... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
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FBI investigators enter a home at 39 Waverley Avenue, in Watertown, Mass., Thursday, May 13, 2010. Herald Tribune Wed 8 Sep 2010
FBI: Flight lands in Los Angeles after bomb threat
LOS ANGELES - A Thai Airways flight from Bangkok landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday evening after a bomb threat written in poorly worded English... (photo: AP / Steven Senne)
Bangkok   Bomb   FBI   Flight   Photos
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., takes the stage at a rally Tuesday, May 20, 2008, in Des Moines, Iowa The Daily Telegraph Wed 8 Sep 2010
'More than half think Barack Obama is doing a bad job on the economy'
More than half of Americans believe Barack Obama is doing a bad job on the economy, according to a new poll, marking the first time the majority has voiced their... (photo: AP / M. Spencer Green)
Economy   Photos   President   Time   US
Bread - Food - Commodity The Daily Telegraph Tue 7 Sep 2010
Mozambique reverses bread price increase
Mozambique will reverse a decision to increase prices for bread, water and electricity in an attempt to soothe growing unrest in the country that has resulted in three... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Bread   Consumers   Photos   Prices   Wikipedia: Bread
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan speaks during a press conference at the World Health Organization, WHO, headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, June 11, 2009. m&c Tue 7 Sep 2010
WHO chief urges southern Asia to develop vaccines
Bangkok - Southern Asia should invest more in developing its own vaccines and other medicines to combat pandemics and rising health costs, the World Health Organization... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus)
Asia   Bangkok   Health   Photos   Wikipedia : Margaret Chan
A Tokyo Stock Exchange employee reacts during the afternoon trade in Tokyo Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. Japan's benchmark stock index plunged more than 4 percent in Tuesday morning trading in the second day of a frenetic sell-off over fears of a possible global slowdown. The benchmark Nikkei index lost 587.63 points, or 4.41 percent, to 12,738.31 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange at the end of the morning session. Herald Tribune Tue 7 Sep 2010
Asia stocks down modestly as economy worries ease
BANGKOK - Asian stock markets mostly fell Tuesday but losses were limited amid easing worries over the pace of the global economic recovery. AC = 1234 --> Investors in... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
Asia   Economy   Nikkei   Photos   Stocks
Chevrolet - Car Show in SM Mall of Asia, Philippines - Car - Vehicle Turkish Press Tue 7 Sep 2010
Naza eyes producing GM Chevrolet models in Malaysia
Malaysia auto player Naza said Monday it plans to tie up with US giant General Motors to assemble Chevrolet cars in Malaysia, and could export the vehicles to other... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Cars   Chevrolet   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia: chevrolet


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Rev. Terry Jones at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Jones plans to burn copies of the Quran on church grounds to mark the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States that provoked the Afghan war. Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning The Star
A Pakistani man reads a morning newspaper carrying the headline story on the arrest of a suspect in the Times Square bomb attempt, at a newspaper stall in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 Pakistan to charge three men in Times Square plot The Star
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British model Kate Moss leaves an exhibition of photographs by late Linda McCartney, in a central London gallery, Wednesday April 23, 2008. The collection of her photographs, chosen by her husband Paul McCartney, which go on show to mark the 10th anniversary of her death, includes images of Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Mick Jagger but also rarely seen works and charts her career as a leading photographer. Revealed: The Chanel burka-wearing vamp who goes clubbing with Kate Moss at centre of sensational ... The Daily Mail
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An anti-government demonstrator stands behind a makeshift barricade Friday morning, April 23, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand Thailand tries to block WikiLeaks website Inquirer
Thai anti-government protesters rally in Bangkok Tuesday April 13, 2010 during the Songkran festival which marks the New Year in Thailand Thailand blocks access to WikiLeaks website PhysOrg
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