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IRAN
Plane Crash Kills 168
A Russian-made jetliner carrying 168 people nose-dived into a field after taking off from the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Wednesday in a fiery crash that shredded the aircraft and killed everyone aboard — Iran’s worst air disaster in six years. Witnesses said the plane’s tail was on fire before it went down. It was the latest in a string of deadly crashes in recent years that have highlighted Iran’s difficulties
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— Associated Press
PAKISTAN
Clashes Erupt in Swat
Pakistan’s military sought to reassure refugees returning to the war-scarred Swat Valley that the security situation there is under control, despite fighting between government troops and militants in the region that killed up to 14 people Wednesday. Authorities have declared most
HONDURAS
Micheletti Makes Offer
Honduras’s interim leader said Wednesday he is willing to step down to help end his country’s political crisis, but only if the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya,
of Swat cleared of Taliban fighters after a nearly three-month offensive and have allowed some of the about 2 million Pakistanis who fled the fighting to begin returning home. However, officials acknowledged that some Taliban forces are holding out.
— Associated Press
isn’t allowed to regain power. Roberto Micheletti, the former congressional leader selected by lawmakers to serve out the final six months of Zelaya’s term, said he was willing to leave office “if at some point that decision is needed to bring peace and tranquillity to the country, but without the return, and I stress this, of former president Zelaya.” He said the offer was presented by a Honduran delegation to the Organization of American States.
»Blasts Kill 11 in Iraq: A suicide
bomber killed six people, including an Iraqi policeman, in an attack on security forces in the former
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insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, in Anbar province. Meanwhile, a bombing in Baghdad’s Sadr City killed five people.
»Britain Discloses Energy Plan:
The British government detailed ambitious plans to cut carbon emissions substantially by 2020 and said 40 percent of the country’s electricity by then would come from renewable sources. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said the proposal, which lawmakers must now debate, relies on expanding the use of wind energy, insulating homes better and installing sophisticated electric meters.
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»Israel Challenges Hezbollah on Arms: Hezbollah guerrillas
have secretly stockpiled rockets and other arms in southern Lebanon, Israel said, citing as proof the explosion Tuesday of a suspected cache in the U.N.-patrolled truce zone.
»Nigerian Rebels Announce
Truce: Nigerian rebels called a halt to their campaign of attacking oil installations and kidnapping foreigners but said military gunboats and troops were heading toward a rebel camp in a move that could upend the deal.
— From News Services
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