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Foreign doctors in Gaza describe worst wounds 'they've ever seen'

GAZA CITY (Palestinian Territories), Sept 26 (Agencies): International doctors and nurses who treated Palestinians in Gazan hospitals described wounds more severe than civilians had suffered in other modern conflicts, according to a peer-reviewed study published Friday.For the research in the leading medical journal BMJ, 78 humanitarian healthcare workers mostly from...

Moldovan authorities bar pro-Russian party from Sunday's polls

CAPRIANA (Moldova), Sept 26 (Reuters): Election officials in Moldova barred a pro-Russian party on Friday from standing in Sunday's parliamentary election, a move that threatens to raise tensions ahead of the high-stakes vote.The decision by the Central Election Committee to exclude Heart of Moldova, part of the pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc,...

France's Sarkozy prepares for five-year prison term

PARIS, Sept 26 (AFP): A court on Thursday sentenced former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison over a scheme for late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi to fund his 2007 presidential run.In a verdict that will make the rightwinger the first French postwar leader to serve jail time,...

Nepal's new PM faces uphill battle after deadly unrest

KATHMANDU, Sept 26 (AFP): After Nepal's deadliest unrest in decades, caretaker Prime Minister Sushila Karki is working to forge her cabinet, restore order and prepare for elections within six months.Karki, a 73-year-old former chief justice, faces the challenge of balancing her limited mandate with public pressure for reforms, especially on...

Madagascar capital deserted after violent protests

ANTANANARIVO, Sept 26 (Arab News): The streets were largely deserted in Madagascar's capital Friday as residents took stock of the damage from a day of violent protests over frequent power cuts and water shortages.The protest in Antananarivo, led by hundreds of mostly young demonstrators, was met with a heavy police...

Tehran, Moscow sign $25b deal to build nuclear plants in Iran

TEHRAN, Sept 26 (Reuters): Iran and Russia signed a $25-billion deal to build nuclear power plants in the Islamic republic, Iranian state media reported Friday, just hours ahead of the likely return of sweeping UN sanctions on Iran.“A deal for the construction of four nuclear power plants with a value...

Million-year-old skull could change human evolution timeline

BANGKOK, Sept 26 (AFP): A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than previously thought and in Asia not Africa, a new study said Friday.The findings are based on a reconstruction of a crushed skull discovered in China in...

Indian police arrest activist Wangchuk after deadly Ladakh protests

SRINAGAR, India, Sept 26 (Reuters): Indian police arrested Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk on Friday, two days after New Delhi blamed him for violent protests demanding statehood for the Himalayan federal territory in which four people died, and suspended mobile internet services in its main city of Leh.Buildings and police vehicles...

Taiwan rescuers battle thick mud to look for missing from Super Typhoon Ragasa

HUALIEN, Taiwan, Sept 26 (Reuters): Rescue workers in Taiwan battled through thick mud on Friday, looking for seven people still missing after Super Typhoon Ragasa this week sent a wall of water into a small town on the east coast.The number killed in the flooding rose by one to 15,...