Exit polls give Australia PM slim election lead

Exit polls give Australia PM slim election lead

Exit polls give Australia PM slim election lead

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 01:07 AM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's ruling Labor party is heading for a narrow election victory on Saturday, with a lead of just 2-4 percent over the conservative opposition, according to exit polls by two broadcasters.


Wyclef Jean rejected as Haiti candidate

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 01:07 AM PDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's provisional electoral council ruled on Friday that hip-hop star Wyclef Jean did not meet a residency requirement to run as a presidential candidate in the nation's Nov. 28 election.


No major Haiti risk seen from Wyclef election bar

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 01:07 AM PDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - If protests do break out in Haiti to contest Friday's decision to bar hip-hop star Wyclef Jean from running for the presidency of his earthquake-shattered homeland, they may only be short-lived.


Australia's ruling labor ahead in exit poll - Sky TV

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 01:07 AM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's ruling Labor party is leading in an exit poll in the country's general election with 51 percent of the vote against 49 percent for the conservative opposition, a Sky TV exit poll showed on Saturday.


Iran starts to fuel up first nuclear power plant

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:54 PM PDT

BUSHEHR, Iran (Reuters) - Iran began fuelling its first nuclear power plant on Saturday after decades of delay and amid international fears it is seeking an atomic bomb and not just electricity.


Start-up of Iran's Bushehr plant under way - RIA

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:54 PM PDT

BUSHEHR, Iran (Reuters) - The start-up of the Russian-built reactor at Iran's first nuclear power plant got under way on Saturday, Russia's state-run RIA news agency cited Russian nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko as saying.


Rio makes changes in China after bribery convictions: CEO

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:47 PM PDT

BEIJING, Saturday 21 August 2010 (AFP) -- Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has made changes to how it does business in China, following the convictions of four employees on bribery and trade secrets charges, a report said Saturday.

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Iran starts loading fuel in first nuclear power plant

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:46 PM PDT

BUSHEHR, Saturday 21 August 2010 (AFP) -- Iran said on Saturday it has started loading fuel into its Russian-built first nuclear power plant, in the face of stiff opposition from world powers over its controversial atomic programme.

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Eight officers killed in Philippines rebel ambush: police

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:44 PM PDT

MANILA, Saturday 21 August 2010 (AFP) -- Communist guerrillas ambushed a police patrol in the central Philippines on Saturday, killing eight officers, a police spokesman said.

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FBM KLCI to test 1,400-mark next week

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:42 PM PDT

The benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (FBM KLCI) is expected to test the 1,400-point mark next week on buying by funds in bluechips, especially banking stocks, dealers said.

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Start-up of Iran’s Bushehr plant under way

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:46 PM PDT

BUSHEHR, Iran, Aug 21 — The start-up of the Russian-built reactor at Iran's first nuclear power plant got under way today, Russia's state-run RIA news agency cited Russian nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko as saying. Technicians at the plant in Bushehr were to begin moving uranium-packed fuel rods to the reactor from a storage area, setting its ...


Over 50,000 evacuated as floods hit northeast China

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:48 PM PDT

SHANGHAI, Aug 21 — More than 50,000 people have so far been evacuated from a city in northeastern China after flooding from a rain-swollen river that also borders North Korea, the official Xinhua News Agency said today. Homes and roads in Dandong city have been submerged under the water after the Yalu River, which runs between China and North ...


Overtaken

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:15 PM PDT

An abandoned lot overgrown with vegetation at the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. While some sections of the once bustling Lower Ninth Ward have recovered, others remain vacant and are being overtaken by nature on the eve of the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

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Over 50,000 evacuted as floods hit northeast China

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:21 PM PDT

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - More than 50,000 people have so far been evacuated from a city in northeastern China after flooding from a rain-swollen river that also borders North Korea, the official Xinhua News Agency said on Saturday.


Harry the croc picks Labor in Australia snap poll

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:00 PM PDT

SYDNEY, Aug 21 — Dirty Harry the saltwater crocodile has picked, or should that be bitten, Australia's Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard to win today's cliffhanger general election. Given the choice of two dead chickens, one with Gillard's face stuck on the carcass and the other with conservative opposition leader Tony Abbott's face, Harry ...


Minority govt possible in cliffhanger Australia poll

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:16 PM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australians voted on Saturday in the closest election in decades with voters divided on whether to give Labor a second term or opt for conservative rule, raising a real prospect of a minority government unpopular with investors.


Wyclef Jean rejected as Haiti candidate

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:16 PM PDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's provisional electoral council ruled on Friday that hip-hop star Wyclef Jean did not meet a residency requirement to run as a presidential candidate in the nation's Nov. 28 election.


Aid pours in but UN warns of long road ahead for Pakistan

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:07 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD, Saturday 21 August 2010 (AFP) -- UN chief Ban Ki-moon praised the global community as emergency donations for Pakistan neared 500 million dollars but warned the flood-stricken nation faces "years of need."

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At Pentagon, Muslims pray without protests

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:06 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Saturday 21 August 2010 (AFP) -- Without controversy or protests, Muslims kneel in prayer every day at a quiet Pentagon chapel, only steps away from where a hijacked airliner struck the building on September 11, 2001.

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Wall Street gloom set to stretch

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:02 PM PDT

NEW YORK, Saturday 21 August 2010 (AFP) -- Wall Street stocks ended mostly lower the past week despite positive company earnings and corporate activity as pessimism over the US economic recovery prevailed.

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