More than 200 rescued from blazing ferry in Baltic |
- More than 200 rescued from blazing ferry in Baltic
- 9 October 2010
- China delegation arrives in Pyongyang for anniversary
- Rescue shaft nearly reaches trapped Chilean miners
- Hungary village near burst sludge pond evacuated
- China's activists savour peace prize for jailed dissident
- Shaft to rescue trapped Chile miners to be completed
- Gen2, Satria Neo recall part of Proton's commitment: MD
- Sabah MP dies in road accident
- Wanita MCA calls for direct elections by 2014
- Amnesty International urges US to end death penalty
- Ku Li agrees to be BN election director for Galas
- Lim Si Pin to step down as Gerakan Youth chief next year
- Over RM1bn benefits paid by Socso Jan-July
- Hungary village near burst sludge pond evacuated - MTI
- Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize
- 30 NATO tankers torched in Pakistan
- Indian death video emailed by Australian police: report
- Two dead, one kidnapped in Philippines attack: police
- Ultra-modern museum reveals Krakow's mediaeval past
| More than 200 rescued from blazing ferry in Baltic Posted: 09 Oct 2010 01:04 AM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - More than 200 passengers and crew were evacuated after a ferry caught fire near the German island of Fehmarn in the Baltic Sea, German authorities said on Saturday.
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| China delegation arrives in Pyongyang for anniversary Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:42 AM PDT SEOUL, Saturday 9 October 2010 (AFP) - A Chinese delegation arrived in Pyongyang Saturday to attend celebrations for the 65th anniversary of North Korea's ruling communist party under its new leadership, the North's official media said.
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| Rescue shaft nearly reaches trapped Chilean miners Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:26 AM PDT COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) - Chilean rescuers on Saturday were drilling the last part of an escape shaft for 33 miners trapped deep underground after a cave-in two months ago, nearing the culmination of a record-setting tale of survival.
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| Hungary village near burst sludge pond evacuated Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:26 AM PDT BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A Hungarian village close to a damaged reservoir, which sent alumina sludge tearing through the area earlier this week, is being evacuated due to fears about its dam, a spokesman for disaster crews said on Saturday.
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| China's activists savour peace prize for jailed dissident Posted: 08 Oct 2010 11:40 PM PDT BEIJING, Saturday 9 October 2010 (AFP) - China's rights community on Saturday savoured the Nobel Peace Prize given to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo but warned the award could spell trouble, after a police round-up of activists celebrating the win.
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| Shaft to rescue trapped Chile miners to be completed Posted: 08 Oct 2010 11:20 PM PDT SAN JOSE MINE, Saturday 9 October 2010 (AFP) - Chilean rescuers were to complete Saturday a shaft that will play a key role in bringing to the surface 33 miners who have been trapped in a collapsed mine for a record two months.
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| Gen2, Satria Neo recall part of Proton's commitment: MD Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:55 PM PDT National carmaker Proton Holdings Bhd Proton considers its move to recall the Gen2 and Satria Neo due to defective parts as a positive exercise, saying it will not have a severe impact on the company's performance.
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| Sabah MP dies in road accident Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:51 PM PDT Batu Sapi Member of Parliament Edmund Chong Ket Wah died in a road accident along Jalan Sembulan-Tanjung Aru at 11.40 a.m. today.
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| Wanita MCA calls for direct elections by 2014 Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:50 PM PDT Wanita MCA today called for direct elections for the posts of MCA president, Wanita MCA chief and MCA Youth chief by 2014 to reflect transparency and democracy in the party's elections and to build a healthier party system.
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| Amnesty International urges US to end death penalty Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:49 PM PDT LONDON, Saturday 9 October 2010 (Bernama) -- Ahead of World Day against the Death Penalty on Oct 10, Amnesty International has urged the United States to end its use of this cruel and inhumane punishment, according to Qatar News agency.
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| Ku Li agrees to be BN election director for Galas Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:47 PM PDT Gua Musang Member of Parliament Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said today he has agreed to be the Barisan Nasional (BN) election director for the Galas state by-election on Nov 4.
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| Lim Si Pin to step down as Gerakan Youth chief next year Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:47 PM PDT Gerakan Youth chief Lim Si Pin said today that he would relinquish his post after his term ended next year (2011) and will continue to serve the party as a regular member.
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| Over RM1bn benefits paid by Socso Jan-July Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:46 PM PDT The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has paid out more than one billion ringgit in benefits to contributors who injuries in workplace accidents from January until July this year.
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| Hungary village near burst sludge pond evacuated - MTI Posted: 08 Oct 2010 11:29 PM PDT BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The Hungarian village of Kolontar, which lies close to a damaged alumina sludge reservoir which flooded villages on Monday, is being evacuated, national news agency MTI reported on Saturday.
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| Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize Posted: 08 Oct 2010 01:47 PM PDT By Aira-Katariina Vehaskari OSLO: Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize yesterday, sparking a furious backlash from Beijing and renewed Western calls for his immediate release.The 54-year-old writer and university professor was honoured "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China", Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said in his announcement. "The Norwegian Nobel Committee has long believed that there is a close connection between human rights and peace," he added. Liu was sentenced last December to 11 years behind bars for subversion, following the 2008 release of "Charter 08", a manifesto for reform signed by more than 300 Chinese intellectuals, academics and writers. He is one of only three people to win the Peace Prize while in prison, after 1991 laureate Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar and German pacifist Carl von Ossietzky, who was in a Nazi jail when he won in 1935. Following yesterday's announcement, US President Barack Obama, the 2009 Peace laureate, called for Liu's release, as did his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Several European governments and human rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch joined the calls for him to be freed. Two other former Peace Prize winners, the Dalai Lama and Lech Walesa of Poland, also hailed Liu's win and called for his release. Censorship network Liu, who has been detained several times, was a key figure in the pro-democracy student movement in China in 1989, which was brutally crushed by Chinese authorities and culminated in the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The Nobel Committee was unable to reach Liu to inform him of his win yesterday, and in China, news of the prize was difficult to come by due to a vast censorship network blocking Internet keyword searches for "Nobel Peace Prize" and "Liu Xiaobo", and even the blocking of text messages containing the new laureate's full name. The laureate's wife, Liu Xia, said she was "so excited" at the news, and thanked her husband's supporters including the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. She told AFP police had advised her that they would take her to the northeastern province of Liaoning, where Liu is imprisoned, so that she could tell him today of his Nobel win. UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon called Liu's Nobel "a recognition of the growing international consensus for improving human rights practices and culture around the world". And the European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said she hoped the jailed dissident would be able to travel to Oslo on Dec 10 "to receive his prize in person", worth 10 million Swedish kroner (RM4.7 million). -AFP Also read: China media slam Nobel Peace Prize for dissident
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| 30 NATO tankers torched in Pakistan Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:04 PM PDT KARACHI, Oct 9: Unidentified gunmen in southwestern Pakistan have attacked 30 NATO tankers carrying fuel for US-led foreign troops in Afghanistan.
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| Indian death video emailed by Australian police: report Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:38 PM PDT MELBOURNE, Saturday 9 October 2010 (AFP) - Australian police circulated an Internet video of an Indian man being electrocuted on top of a train and joked that it "might be a way to fix the Indian student problem", a report said Saturday.
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| Two dead, one kidnapped in Philippines attack: police Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:38 PM PDT MANILA, Saturday 9 October 2010 (AFP) - Gunmen abducted an elderly woman and killed her bodyguard as well as her driver in a kidnapping attack in the southern Philippines, police said Saturday.
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| Ultra-modern museum reveals Krakow's mediaeval past Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:37 PM PDT KRAKOW, Saturday 9 October 2010 (AFP) - Futuristic technologies in a swish new subterranean museum are bringing to life the mediaeval past of Krakow, Poland's historic and picturesque southern city that was once the seat of Polish kings.
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