VIDEO: Ash smothers homes in Argentina

VIDEO: Ash smothers homes in Argentina


VIDEO: Ash smothers homes in Argentina

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 12:26 AM PDT

A large quantity of ash from a volcanic eruption in southern Chile has settled on neighbouring Argentina, causing chaos in one town close to the border.


Pakistan looms large as India, China armies resume talks

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 10:23 PM PDT

NEW DELHI, June 19 — India resumes defence contacts with China frozen for a year when an Indian military delegation visits today, though few expect any breakthrough with Beijing pursuing its "all-weather friendship" with arch-rival Pakistan.  But analysts say the visit, which ends a suspension of such contacts following a visa row last year, is a ...



Indonesia criticises Saudi beheading of maid

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 12:32 AM PDT

Jakarta on Sunday condemned the beheading by sword of an Indonesian maid convicted of murdering her Saudi employer's wife in the oil-rich country, an official said.

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Police have not rule out business rivalry in rice trader's murder

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 12:26 AM PDT

Police have not ruled out business rivalry as the motive for the murder of a rice trader in a pre-dawn attack by unknown assailants.

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S. Korea not to punish soldiers who shot at plane

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 12:19 AM PDT

South Korea's military said Sunday it will not punish soldiers who fired at a passenger jet flying from China, mistaking the aircraft for an enemy plane amid sea fog and high tensions with North Korea.

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Australian ex-PM denies planning leadership bid

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 12:18 AM PDT

Australia's ex-prime minister Kevin Rudd has again batted away suggestions he wants to retake the leadership, as his successor Julia Gillard flails in opinion polls a year after taking power.

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Documentary takes Australians on refugee journey

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 12:17 AM PDT

Lifeguard Adam Hartup proudly watched white Australians gather on Sydney's Cronulla Beach five years ago to protest over a spate of attacks on locals and "reclaim" their beach from outsiders.

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VIDEO: Euro talks focus on the Greek crisis

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 12:22 AM PDT

Finance ministers from Eurozone countries are are set to meet in Luxembourg to discuss the crisis facing the Greek economy and the single currency.


VIDEO: E. coli 'passed from human to human'

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 09:35 PM PDT

The E. coli bug responsible for a deadly recent outbreak in Germany has been passed from human to human for the first time.


Philippines says naval ship to enforce maritime law

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 11:58 PM PDT

The Philippines' military chief said Sunday the country's naval flagship would not go beyond the country's 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone as it prepares to deploy near disputed South China Sea waters.

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Philippine bar bomb blast wounds four

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 11:56 PM PDT

An improvised bomb has exploded at a bar in the Philippines' restive southern Mindanao region, wounding four people, police said Sunday.

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Business rounds on Indian government over economy

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 11:55 PM PDT

Business leaders in India have rounded on the government, urging a halt to interest rate rises, amid fears that inflation and lack of institutional reform could hit investment and cut economic growth.

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Libya gov't says NATO Tripoli strike kills civilians

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 12:08 AM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan officials said some seven civilians were killed in a NATO air strike in eastern Tripoli in the early hours of Sunday morning.



Obama, Boehner team up in golf match

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 11:38 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner teamed up in a golf match on Saturday to try to build a friendlier climate for troubled talks on the U.S. debt and deficits.



Libyan rebels blame West for lack of cash

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 11:38 PM PDT

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Rebels waging a drawn-out war to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have run out of money, their oil chief said on Saturday, and he accused the West of failing to keep its promises of urgent financial aid.



NATO Tripoli strike kills civilians - Libya gov't

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 11:38 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan officials said some seven civilians were killed in a NATO air strike in eastern Tripoli in the early hours of Sunday morning.



Myanmar's Suu Kyi turns 66 in freedom

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 11:21 PM PDT

Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 66th birthday on Sunday, her first as a free woman for almost a decade.

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Vietnamese hold anti-China rally amid sea spat

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 11:15 PM PDT

Up to 100 Vietnamese rallied outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi for the third weekend in a row on Sunday over an escalating maritime row with Beijing.

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PM Gillard slams opposition MP’s visit to Malaysia

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 11:07 PM PDT

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has accused the federal opposition of jeopardising the country's relations with Malaysia.

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Pas challenged to present Islamic welfare project model

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 11:01 PM PDT

The Pas-led Kelantan government has been challenged to present a model for the Islamic welfare country project implemented during their 20 years of ruling Kelantan.

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