Iraq's rare wild animal trade |
- Iraq's rare wild animal trade
- Rwanda healing wounds of genocide
- Hong Kong filmmakers shoot first 3D porn film
- In Chile, cave-ins halt rescue of trapped miners
- Moscow wheezes under smog as health worries grow
- Apple Japan to improve website on iPod Nano overheating
- China mudslides leave 96 dead, 2,000 missing
- Saudi regulator delays BlackBerry ban to test solutions
- Kyrgyzstan economy devastated by year of unrest
- Taiwan remembers 700 killed on typhoon anniversary
- S.Korea names new PM, seven other ministers in big reshuffle
- Graffiti
- Japan to subsidise CO2-cut studies - newspaper
- Mudslides devastate China town, kill nearly 100
- S.Korea's Lee picks reformist as PM; reshuffles cabinet
- Australia's opposition targets boatpeople in poll bid
- Indonesian militants planned attack on president - spokesman
- South Korea’s Lee picks reformist as PM
- Indonesia says militants targeted president
- Northwest China town devastated by mudslides
| Posted: 08 Aug 2010 01:01 AM PDT Iraq has a history of keeping wild animals as status symbols and now there is a ready market for rare animals and no controls on trading them.
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| Rwanda healing wounds of genocide Posted: 08 Aug 2010 01:07 AM PDT As Rwandans prepare to vote in only the second presidential election since the genocide in the country 16 years ago, individuals are facing up to the legacy of the killings.
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| Hong Kong filmmakers shoot first 3D porn film Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:43 AM PDT HONG KONG, Sunday 8 August 2010 (AFP) -- A group of Hong Kong filmmakers have started shooting what they claim will be the world's first 3D pornographic film, a report said Sunday.
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| In Chile, cave-ins halt rescue of trapped miners Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:42 AM PDT COPIAPO, Sunday 8 August 2010 (AFP) -- Efforts to save 33 workers trapped in a collapsed gold and copper mine in Chile have suffered a setback after new cave-ins forced a rescue team to scramble out of a ventilation shaft.
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| Moscow wheezes under smog as health worries grow Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:41 AM PDT MOSCOW, Sunday 8 August 2010 (AFP) -- Dozens of flights were delayed and worries grew over public health Sunday as Moscow choked in the worst smog in living memory blown over the Russian capital from spreading wildfires.
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| Apple Japan to improve website on iPod Nano overheating Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:39 AM PDT TOKYO, Sunday 8 August 2010 (AFP) -- Apple's Japanese unit has promised to improve website warnings over its first-generation iPod Nano music player after incidents of it overheating and catching fire, a government statement said.
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| China mudslides leave 96 dead, 2,000 missing Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:37 AM PDT BEIJING, Sunday 8 August 2010 (AFP) -- At least 96 people were killed and 2,000 missing Sunday after mudslides swept away homes and destroyed roads in northwestern China as the nation battled its worst flooding in a decade.
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| Saudi regulator delays BlackBerry ban to test solutions Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:35 AM PDT JEDDAH, Sunday 8 August 2010 (AFP) -- Saudi's telecoms regulator has said it postponed a ban on BlackBerry until Monday so that suggested solutions to the kingdom's security concerns offered by the Canadian maker can be tested.
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| Kyrgyzstan economy devastated by year of unrest Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:34 AM PDT BISHKEK, Sunday 8 August 2010 (AFP) -- Sitting inside a dimly-lit shop packed with unsold goods in the heart of Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek, Natalya explains wearily why she now keeps a suitcase packed at all times.
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| Taiwan remembers 700 killed on typhoon anniversary Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:33 AM PDT TAIPEI, Sunday 8 August 2010 (AFP) -- Taiwan paid tribute on Sunday to more than 700 people killed or missing in Typhoon Morakot a year ago, one of the island's worst natural disasters.
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| S.Korea names new PM, seven other ministers in big reshuffle Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:31 AM PDT SEOUL, Sunday 8 August 2010 (AFP) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak Sunday named a former provincial governor as new prime minister, and replaced seven other ministers in the biggest cabinet reshuffle since he took power in early 2008.
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| Posted: 07 Aug 2010 11:56 PM PDT People look on at the Five Pointz graffiti art centre in the Long Island City neighbourhood of the Queens Borough of New York City. The building's owner has allowed graffiti artists to paint the walls at Five Pointz.
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| Japan to subsidise CO2-cut studies - newspaper Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:55 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has selected 15 groups of companies to conduct feasibility studies for emission-cutting projects in nine developing countries to promote clean-energy technologies, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
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| Mudslides devastate China town, kill nearly 100 Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:28 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Mudslides engulfed a town in northwest China on Sunday, killing nearly 100 people and leaving perhaps 2,000 residents missing as rescue teams dug through crushed homes and blasted away debris clogging a river valley.
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| S.Korea's Lee picks reformist as PM; reshuffles cabinet Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:28 AM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak named a young reformist as prime minister on Sunday to push through his reform agenda, and made several other cabinet changes.
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| Australia's opposition targets boatpeople in poll bid Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:28 AM PDT BRISBANE (Reuters) - Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott pledged tougher prison sentences for people-smugglers on Sunday as he formally launched his campaign to unseat the Labour government in the Aug. 21 election.
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| Indonesian militants planned attack on president - spokesman Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:28 AM PDT JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police have arrested two Islamist militants suspected of planning to attack President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during a visit to West Java, the president's spokesman said on Sunday.
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| South Korea’s Lee picks reformist as PM Posted: 07 Aug 2010 11:27 PM PDT SEOUL, Aug 8 — South Korean President Lee Myung-bak named a young reformist as prime minister today and replaced half his cabinet in a mid-term reshuffle aimed at pushing through his pro-business reform agenda. In an apparent vote of confidence in his government's handling of the torpedoing of a South Korean warship in March, which Seoul blames on ...
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| Indonesia says militants targeted president Posted: 07 Aug 2010 11:21 PM PDT JAKARTA, Aug 8 — Indonesian police have arrested two Islamist militants suspected of planning to attack President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during a visit to West Java, the president's spokesman said today. The two were arrested at a house near Bandung yesterday, said presidential spokesman Julian Pasha. Police found large amounts of chemicals in ...
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| Northwest China town devastated by mudslides Posted: 07 Aug 2010 07:19 PM PDT BEIJING, Aug 8 — Mudslides engulfed a town in northwest China today, killing at least 80 people and leaving 2,000 residents missing as rescue teams dug through crushed homes and readied a blast to dislodge debris blocking a river. The mudslides hit Zhouqu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu province, an area dominated by steep ...
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