AFP - Iran has hanged a man for a murder committed at the age of 15, in violation of an international convention on child rights, reports said on Wednesday, as campaigners said dozens more were on death row for crimes committed as minors.

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AFP - Poland and the United States on Wednesday signed a deal to deploy part of a US missile shield on Polish territory in the face of deep Russian anger.

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AP - Airport operator BAA, owner of London’s Heathrow, may have to sell three of its seven British airports, a competition watchdog said Wednesday.
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AP - British oil company BP PLC says testing will begin Wednesday on the closed Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, which runs through conflict-stricken Georgia, ahead of a move to restart full operations as early as next week.

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AP - Police using tear gas and batons clashed with Hindu protesters defying a fresh curfew in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday, injuring at least 25 people, medics and witnesses said.
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Reuters - (Reuters)- Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd on
Wednesday reported sharply higher quarterly earnings on
burgeoning demand for solar energy.

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AP - Sudan’s indicted president denied Wednesday that his regime is orchestrating genocide in the troubled western region of Darfur — and offered hope for an end to the violence and the dawn of reconciliation by promising free and fair elections next year.
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AP - Myanmar’s main opposition party says it has been told that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit in December to hold talks on the country’s political problems.
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AP - U.S. stocks appeared headed for a rebound Wednesday after an upbeat profit report from Hewlett-Packard Co. offered investors reassurance about the economy.

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AFP - Iraqi forces have detained the son of leading Sunni Arab politician Adnan al-Dulaimi in Baghdad, Dulaimi told AFP on Wednesday.

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