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<title>French official's pregnancy a mystery</title>
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<description><![CDATA[French Justice Minister Rachida Dati says she will not identify the father of her unborn child, prompting speculation about the unknown man's identity.Since Dati confirmed her pregnancy this week, rumors have been rampant throughout France as to the identity of the government official's partner, The Times of London reported Friday.My private life is complicated and I am keeping it off-limits to the media. I will not say anything about it, Dati said Wednesday.The Times said among the postulated candidates for the unborn child's father are former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, whose office has denied such allegations.]]></description>
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<title>Sources: Yemen holding Ethiopian refugees</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Yemeni government is holding 35 Ethiopian refugees and is planning on returning them to their homeland, security sources allege.The unidentified sources alleged that the refugees entered the Middle Eastern country from the Horn of Africa in an attempt to flee their country but were captured and face extradition by the Immigration and Passport Service, the Yemeni government news agency Saba said Friday.Meanwhile in the region of Hadramout, a Somali fisherman was arrested by security forces for allegedly attempting to smuggle Somali refugees across the border.Saba said the arrest comes as more than 500 African refugees have been found in Yemen. The news agency said the majority of those discovered refugees were from Somalia.]]></description>
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<title>Mugabe to MDC: Join or be left out</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says the Movement for Democratic Change must join the proposed unity government or be left out completely.The head of the Zimbabwe African National Union -- Patriotic Front issued the ultimatum to the opposition group this week as ongoing talks for a unity government have resulted in little progress, SW Radio reported Thursday.If after tomorrow (Thursday), Tsvangirai does not want to sign, we will certainly put together a Cabinet. We feel frozen at the moment, Mugabe said.MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa responded to the president's ultimatum by labeling it a veritable death sentence to unity negotiations.Dialogue is not done with threats, arm-twisting and bully tactics. We shall not swallow the ZANU poison, Chamisa said.]]></description>
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<title>Israeli forces disperse checkpoint rioters</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Israeli forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint near Jerusalem say they were forced to disperse nearly 100 Palestinians who were throwing rocks at them Friday.Ynetnews reported that the riot north of the Israeli capital came during the first Friday of Ramadan, a religious observance for Muslims. The Israeli news group said no injuries were reported from the checkpoint clash.Two similar rallies took place along the Israeli security barrier near the West Bank city of Ramallah.In one of the incidents, nearly 150 Palestinians allegedly began pelting Israeli border troops with rocks. Security forces nearby told Ynetnews that nearly 50 Palestinian protesters and Israeli activists also began throwing stones as part of a similar protest.]]></description>
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<title>Hezbollah chief renews Israel threat</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in Beirut that as long as Israeli threats persist his group won't surrender its weapons. These weapons will remain because they are used for defense, Nasrallah said in a televised speechHe also vowed again that Hezbollah will destroy Israel if the Jewish state launches an attack on Lebanon, the Daily Star reported.Nasrallah hinted he wants Israel to return the remains of missing guerrillas despite the 197 such bodies Israel handed over in a July prisoner swap. He also stressed that even if Lebanon achieves its goal of gaining control of the Shebaa Farms, Hezbollah will continue its struggle.]]></description>
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<title>Wrongly imprisoned man demands apology</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A man who spent the last 26 years in prison for a crime he did not commit says he wants an apology from Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.Alton Logan said after homicide charges against him were dismissed by a judge in Cook County, Ill., Thursday that the only person who should apologize to him is Daley, who was the state's attorney who sought the death penalty in his case in 1982, the Chicago Sun-Times said Friday.There's only one person whose mouth I want to hear that (apology) come out of, but I know he'll never say it... your mayor, Logan said after the judge's ruling.Now 55 years old, Logan said he blames Daley for his conviction in the killing of security guard Lloyd Wickliffe during the robbery at a McDonald's.]]></description>
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<title>UPI NewsTrack TopNews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Cheney pledges support for UkraineKIEV, Ukraine, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney met with Ukrainian officials Friday to discuss continuing tensions over Russia's military incursion into Georgia.Cheney met with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, who expressed support for European efforts to mediate the conflict, said a pool report from journalists traveling with Cheney.I'm sure we'll find a peaceful way to settle that conflict, Yushchenko told Cheney, who in turn praised the United States and Ukraine for having a strong and very important relationship.Thursday, Cheney stopped in Georgia to pledge U.S. support for that country and a desire to see Georgia become a member of NATO, in defiance of Russia, The New York Times reported Friday.]]></description>
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<title>Former U.S. exec admits Nigerian bribe</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A former executive of a U.S. company has pleaded guilty to bribing Nigerian officials to share in a $6 billion project, officials in Lagos say.Albert Stanley, formerly with Global Engineering, Construction and Services Co. of Houston, admitted the bribe  to secure contracts to build liquefied natural gas facilities in Bonny Island.He admitted in Houston federal court that he paid $182 million for engineering, procurement and construction contracts, the U.S. Justice Department said.The project was valued at more than $6 billion. Stanley's firm was part of a four-company joint venture awarded four EPC contracts by Nigeria LNG Limited between 1995 and 2004, the This Day publication said.Stanley faces, under a plea arrangement, seven years in prison and payment of $10.]]></description>
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<title>Florida using obscure law for storm prep</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Officials in Florida say an obscure state law is helping them prepare for the next major hurricane or tropical storm by better securing area gas stations.Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services spokesman Terence McElroy said nearly all of the estimated 970 gas stations in the state that are included in a 2006 law have fallen in line with the legislation, Stateline.org said Friday.We found their compliance and cooperation very encouraging, McElroy said of such responses by Florida gas station owners.The law requires targeted gas stations to have special wiring that would allow them to use backup power in emergency situations such as hurricanes.]]></description>
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<title>Lawyer: Rangel didn't report rental income</title>
<link>http://politicom.moldova.org/stiri/eng/147860/</link>
<description><![CDATA[A lawyer for U.S. Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., alleges the congressman hasn't paid taxes on money earned from a rental property he owns.Attorney Lanny Davis said that the House Ways and Means Committee chairman has been renting a beachfront villa he owns in the Dominican Republic since 1988, earning more than $75,000 that he hasn't reported in his tax returns, The New York Times said Friday.Yet Davis said the congressman intends to rectify the tax situation by filing amendments to his earlier returns and paying off any necessary back taxes stemming from the rental income, the Times said.A statement from Rangel didn't confirm the lawyer's claim but did identify there was a problem concerning the rental property at the Punta Cana Yacht Club.]]></description>
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