Tourists Taken Hostage on Manila Bus

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• Tourists Taken Hostage on Manila Bus
• Trapped Chilean miners are alive
• New 'non-emergency' trial to begin
• Fergie fears United will regret Fulham frustration (AFP)
• China cleans up after flooding by N.Korea border (AFP)
• Debunking Myths About China?s Youth Culture
• Official: Seoul not considering food aid to NKorea (AP)
• Tide turned on Taliban momentum says US commander (AFP)
• Tourists taken hostage in bus in Philippines
• Rival protests at NY mosque site
• Headless, mutilated bodies hung from Mexico bridge
• Tourists taken hostage in bus in Philippines
• China's ZTE wins European mobile network contract (AFP)
• Children hostages leave Manila tourist bus: TV (Reuters)
• Ex-policeman hijacks bus in Manila
• Facing Afghan mistrust, al-Qaeda fighters take limited role in insurgency
• U.S., Russia face off over alleged arms trafficker
• Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai says he intervened to secure release of imprisoned aide
• Afghanistan war deaths
• 7 people reported missing by landslide in Vietnam (AP)

Tourists Taken Hostage on Manila Bus Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:22 PM PDT A dismissed policeman seized a bus in the Philippine capital with 25 passengers aboard, most of them Hong Kong tourists.

Trapped Chilean miners are alive Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:37 PM PDT Rescuers in Chile have made contact with 33 miners trapped in a mine for the past 17 days, and all of them are alive.

New 'non-emergency' trial to begin Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:21 PM PDT A new non-emergency number for the NHS is being trialled in the North East of England from today, which is aimed at easing the pressure on the 999 service.

Fergie fears United will regret Fulham frustration (AFP) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:55 PM PDT AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson conceded Manchester United could live to regret their frustrating 2-2 draw against Fulham at Craven Cottage.

China cleans up after flooding by N.Korea border (AFP) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:12 PM PDT AFP - Workers in northeast China on Monday toiled to clean up the mess left by severe flooding that killed four people, forced 250,000 out of their homes and left parts of a city in North Korea under water.

Debunking Myths About China?s Youth Culture Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:36 PM PDT Most young people are neither wealthy, edgy nor rebellious.

Official: Seoul not considering food aid to NKorea (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:08 PM PDT AP - South Korea has no intention of resuming its food aid to North Korea, an official said Monday, a day after the ruling party chief questioned whether the assistance should restart because of recent flooding in the impoverished North.

Tide turned on Taliban momentum says US commander (AFP) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:52 PM PDT AFP - US General David Petraeus said Monday that the international troops he commands in Afghanistan have turned the tide on the Taliban's "momentum" there, although he warned tough battles still lay ahead.

Tourists taken hostage in bus in Philippines Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:43 PM PDT A dismissed police inspector demanding that his job be reinstated took a tourist bus hostage in Manila, Philippines, Monday morning, police told CNN.

Rival protests at NY mosque site Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:36 PM PDT Several hundred protesters have staged rival demonstrations in New York as controversy continues over plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero, the site of the September 11th terror attacks in 2001.

Headless, mutilated bodies hung from Mexico bridge Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:26 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Four decapitated and mutilated corpses were strung from a bridge in a popular getaway outside the Mexican capital on Sunday, the latest atrocity as the country battles an escalating drug war.

Tourists taken hostage in bus in Philippines Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:07 PM PDT A dismissed police inspector took a tourist bus hostage in Manila, Philippines, Monday morning, police told CNN.

China's ZTE wins European mobile network contract (AFP) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 08:52 PM PDT AFP - Chinese telecoms equipment maker ZTE has won a 254-million-dollar contract to build a mobile network in Hungary, reflecting the company's growing strength in Europe, a report said Monday.

Children hostages leave Manila tourist bus: TV (Reuters) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:28 PM PDT Reuters - Three children were released from a bus being held a gunman in Manila, television footage showed on Monday.

Ex-policeman hijacks bus in Manila Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:24 PM PDT Heavily-armed former officer seizes control of Philippines bus, holding dozens hostage.

Facing Afghan mistrust, al-Qaeda fighters take limited role in insurgency Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:00 PM PDT On Aug. 14, a U.S. airstrike in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz killed a Taliban commander known as Abu Baqir. In a country where insurgents are killed daily, this attack was notable for one unusual detail: Al-Qaeda - Afghanistan - Asia - Warfare and Conflict - Taliban

U.S., Russia face off over alleged arms trafficker Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:00 PM PDT Oh, the stories this Russian could tell! If Viktor Bout starts talking to U.S. prosecutors, the man accused of supplying the weapons for civil wars on three continents could raise the roof in Moscow and Washington. Russia - Business and Economy - Shopping - Travel and Tourism - United States

Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai says he intervened to secure release of imprisoned aide Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:00 PM PDT Afghan President Hamid Karzai admitted Sunday to intervening on behalf of one of his top aides imprisoned on corruption charges. Hamid Karzai - Afghanistan - United States - Politics - Asia

Afghanistan war deaths Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:00 PM PDT Total number of U.S. military deaths since 2001 and names of the U.S. troops killed recently in the Afghanistan war, as announced by the Pentagon: Afghanistan - Asia - Warfare and Conflict - Afghanistan Civil War - Government

7 people reported missing by landslide in Vietnam (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 08:28 PM PDT AP - A disaster official says seven people have been reported missing and feared dead in a landslide that happened during sunny weather in northern Vietnam.

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