Trapped miners speak to families |
- Trapped miners speak to families
- Gales, aftershocks shake quake hit New Zealand city
- A month on, Chile miners face uncertain rescue date
- Cholera outbreak 'covered up' in China: report
- Thousands of Japanese schools serving whale meat: survey
- Busted BP well no longer 'threat' to Gulf: US official
- Conservative's final plea in Australia political impasse
- Food fight breaks out as locavores defend their turf
- Internet an equalizer for people with disabilities
- Expiring tax cuts pose dilemma for US lawmakers
- Torrential rains kill 18 in Guatemala
- Obama says his economic policies halted ‘bleeding’
- Indon foreign minister arrives Monday for talks
- NZ quake victims remain positive amid destruction
- Suzuki to build new auto plant in India: report
- Thai villagers voice health fears over industrial pollution
- Indonesian fashion scores Ramadan hit
- Growing Islamic finance should diversify, regulate: analysts
- New Zealand city braces for more destruction after quake
- Facebook generation turns to politics in Singapore
| Trapped miners speak to families Posted: 05 Sep 2010 12:54 AM PDT The group of miners in Chile trapped underground for a month have been talking to their families on a video link.
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| Gales, aftershocks shake quake hit New Zealand city Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:35 PM PDT WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Strong aftershocks and gale-force winds buffeted New Zealand's second biggest city on Sunday as a clean-up got underway following the country's worst earthquake in 80 years.
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| A month on, Chile miners face uncertain rescue date Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:13 PM PDT COPIAPO, Sunday 5 September 2010 (AFP) -- Chilean miners trapped deep below ground mark a grim milestone Sunday -- a full month since a cave-in cut off their escape route to the surface.
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| Cholera outbreak 'covered up' in China: report Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:11 PM PDT BEIJING, Sunday 5 September 2010 (AFP) -- Authorities in eastern China covered up an outbreak of cholera for 12 days out of fears that publicising the often fatal disease would shock the local population, state press said Sunday.
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| Thousands of Japanese schools serving whale meat: survey Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:04 PM PDT TOKYO, Sunday 5 September 2010 (AFP) -- Whale meat is on the menu at around a sixth of Japan's state-run elementary and junior high schools, a survey released Sunday showed.
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| Busted BP well no longer 'threat' to Gulf: US official Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Sunday 5 September 2010 (AFP) -- The Macondo well, which spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been secured and no longer constitutes "a threat," a senior US official said.
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| Conservative's final plea in Australia political impasse Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:03 PM PDT SYDNEY, Sunday 5 September 2010 (AFP) -- Australia's conservative chief Tony Abbott told three minority lawmakers who will decide if he should become prime minister that he offered a "fresh start" in an eleventh-hour plea for their support.
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| Food fight breaks out as locavores defend their turf Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Sunday 5 September 2010 (AFP) -- A new food fight has stirred up the locavore movement, which promotes eating of local products, after fresh challenges to the assumption that the practice promotes environmental sustainability.
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| Internet an equalizer for people with disabilities Posted: 04 Sep 2010 10:59 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO, Sunday 5 September 2010 (AFP) -- Sally Harrison is developmentally disabled, but on Facebook the 35-year-old woman is just like anyone else.
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| Expiring tax cuts pose dilemma for US lawmakers Posted: 04 Sep 2010 10:58 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Sunday 5 September 2010 (AFP) -- US lawmakers returning from summer recess face a conundrum on tax cuts set to expire at the end of this year, with the economy seemingly sputtering ahead of looming congressional elections.
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| Torrential rains kill 18 in Guatemala Posted: 04 Sep 2010 09:43 PM PDT GUATEMALA CITY, Sept 5 — At least 18 people were killed in Guatemala on Saturday, including a dozen on a bus that was buried in a landslide, as heavy rains lashed the Central American nation and southern Mexico. A dozen people died when the bus they were travelling on was suddenly engulfed by mud around 8 am on the Inter-American highway 50 miles ...
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| Obama says his economic policies halted ‘bleeding’ Posted: 04 Sep 2010 09:34 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Sept 5 — President Barack Obama, previewing a big push on the US economy next week, on Saturday defended policies that he said "have stopped the bleeding" and put the middle class on the road to recovery. Obama (picture), struggling to bring down the 9.6 per cent jobless rate, is to spend next week talking up proposals on improving the ...
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| Indon foreign minister arrives Monday for talks Posted: 04 Sep 2010 10:16 PM PDT Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr Marty Natalegawa is scheduled to begin a two-day visit to Malaysia tomorrow to discuss bilateral issues, which are likely to include the Aug 13 maritime border incident which sparked anti-Malaysia protests in Jakarta.
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| NZ quake victims remain positive amid destruction Posted: 04 Sep 2010 09:42 PM PDT WELLINGTON, Sunday 5 September 2010 (AFP) -- Terrified residents in the New Zealand city of Christchurch were tossed from their beds before dawn as their houses cracked and buckled around them amid a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
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| Suzuki to build new auto plant in India: report Posted: 04 Sep 2010 09:41 PM PDT TOKYO, Sunday 5 September 2010 (AFP) -- Japan's top minicar maker Suzuki Motor Corp. is to build a new auto assembly plant near the Indian capital New Delhi in a bid to meet growing demand in the country, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
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| Thai villagers voice health fears over industrial pollution Posted: 04 Sep 2010 09:40 PM PDT BANGKOK, Sunday 5 September 2010 (AFP) -- Noi Jaitang's voice is laced with bitter helplessness as he faces the reality that his rural Thai village could once again be engulfed with fumes he blames for a litany of family illnesses.
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| Indonesian fashion scores Ramadan hit Posted: 04 Sep 2010 09:39 PM PDT JAKARTA, Sunday 5 September 2010 (AFP) -- This Eid al-Fitr Muslim holiday, Malaysian Sharifa Ahmad is determined to make heads turn in her "Made in Indonesia" outfit -- a black flowing chiffon robe with embroidered neckline and matching headscarf hand stitched with Swarovski crystals.
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| Growing Islamic finance should diversify, regulate: analysts Posted: 04 Sep 2010 09:37 PM PDT KUWAIT CITY, Sunday 5 September 2010 (AFP) -- Islamic finance, which prohibits charging interest, is set to double in size in five years, but the one-trillion-dollar industry must diversify and regulate to realise its full potential, analysts and economic reports say.
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| New Zealand city braces for more destruction after quake Posted: 04 Sep 2010 09:35 PM PDT CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday 5 September 2010 (AFP) -- New Zealand braced for more destruction Sunday as aftershocks and an approaching storm threatened an area of the country hit by the most devastating earthquake in decades.
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| Facebook generation turns to politics in Singapore Posted: 04 Sep 2010 09:33 PM PDT SINGAPORE, Sunday 5 September 2010 (AFP) -- It's tough being an opposition party member in Singapore, but history undergraduate Bernard Chen of the Workers' Party is unfazed as he meets voters, organises events and attends internal meetings.
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