KHARTOUM -- Sudan's Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the opposition Freedom and Change Alliance on Saturday officially signed the political and constitutional declarations to mark beginning of the transitional rule in Sudan.

The TMC's Deputy Chairman Mohamed Hamdan Daqlu signed on the two documents on behalf of the military council, while Ahmed Rabie, a leading member of the Freedom and Change Alliance, signed for the alliance. (Sudan-TMC-Declarations)

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YANGON -- The death toll from seasonal influenza A (H1N1) pdm 09 reached 96 as of Friday, an official from Ministry of Health and Sports told Xinhua on Saturday.

From January 1 to August 16 this year, a total of 463 laboratory confirmed influenza H1N1 infection cases were reported with deaths inching closer to 100. (Myanmar-H1N1)

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GHAZNI, Afghanistan -- Six Taliban militants were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni province overnight, the provincial government said Saturday.

"A NATO-led Resolute Support aircraft conducted the strike on a Taliban hideout in Hadda village of Dih Yak district, and the strike resulted in the killing of six Taliban militants," the government said in a statement. (Afghanistan-Militants)

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NEW YORK -- The man who left suspicious items inside a subway station in Lower Manhattan in the early morning of Friday has been apprehended, Dermot Shea, chief of detectives with New York Police Department (NYPD), said on Saturday.

Investigation of the case continues, said Shea. He released images of the individual on Friday and sought people's tips to locate the man. (New York-subway scare) Enditem

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