Malaysia articulates stand on social media at broadband summit |
- Malaysia articulates stand on social media at broadband summit
- Boy rescued from Turkey quake rubble
- Pakistan denies BBC report on Taliban links
- Wounded Iraq vet awake after Oakland protest injury
- Boy pulled out alive five days after Turkey quake
- China-based servers in Japan cyber attacks: report
- Spooky
- Malaysia seizes 450 protected snakes, turtles
- Thousands of flood-hit Thais to work in Japan
- Queen urges Commonwealth 'legacy'
- US, S. Korea to raise readiness against N. Korea
- VIDEO: Will Greek debt write-off help?
- Thai floods inch closer to city centre
- Japan output sees first fall in six months
- Bombings force Pakistani children into work
- Anti-Ennahda demonstration mars Tunisian polls outcome
- World population to hit 10 bln, but 15 bln possible: UN
- 28 October 2011
- Commonwealth summit starts, dogged by questions over its relevance
- World population to hit 7 billion next week
| Malaysia articulates stand on social media at broadband summit Posted: 28 Oct 2011 12:33 AM PDT Social media issues took the centre stage at the just-concluded Broadband Leadership Summit here in conjunction with the 2011
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| Boy rescued from Turkey quake rubble Posted: 27 Oct 2011 11:24 PM PDT Rescuers in eastern Turkey plucked a 12-year-old boy to safety 108 hours after a major earthquake struck eastern Turkey, Anatolia news agency reported Friday.
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| Pakistan denies BBC report on Taliban links Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:56 PM PDT RAWALPINDI, Oct 28 — Pakistan yesterday strongly denied a BBC report that alleged the Pakistani military, along with its intelligence arm, supplied and protected the Afghan Taliban and al Qaeda. A number of middle-ranking Taliban commanders detailed what they said was extensive Pakistani support in interviews for a BBC documentary series, the ... 
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| Wounded Iraq vet awake after Oakland protest injury Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:58 PM PDT OAKLAND, California, Oct 28 — An Iraq war veteran badly wounded in clashes between protesters and police on the streets of Oakland was awake and lucid, hospital officials and family members said yesterday. Scott Olsen, a 24-year-old former US Marine struck in the head during Wall Street protests on Tuesday night, had been upgraded from critical to ... 
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| Boy pulled out alive five days after Turkey quake Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:46 PM PDT ERCIS, Turkey, Oct 28 — Rescue workers pulled out a 13-year-old boy alive from rubble early on Friday, over 100 hours after an earthquake that killed more than 500 people in eastern Turkey, Turkish media reported. The boy, who was rescued in the town of Ercis, the hardest hit by Sunday's 7.2 magnitude quake, was taken to hospital in an ambulance, ... 
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| China-based servers in Japan cyber attacks: report Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:26 PM PDT A virus that infected computers at Japanese overseas diplomatic missions had been designed to send data to servers in China, a report said Friday.
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| Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:26 PM PDT Carved pumpkins stand on a ledge in front of a house ahead of Halloween in Montague, Massachusetts.
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| Malaysia seizes 450 protected snakes, turtles Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:07 PM PDT Malaysian authorities have seized nearly 450 protected snakes and turtles -- many already dead -- that may have been destined for dining tables in neighboring Thailand, an official said Friday.
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| Thousands of flood-hit Thais to work in Japan Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:07 PM PDT Tokyo is to allow thousands of Thai workers employed by flood-hit Japanese firms to come to Japan and work, a government spokesman said Friday.
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| Queen urges Commonwealth 'legacy' Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:06 PM PDT Britain's Queen Elizabeth II Friday invoked an Australian Aboriginal proverb which notes "we are just passing through", as she called for enduring results from a Commonwealth summit.
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| US, S. Korea to raise readiness against N. Korea Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:03 PM PDT The US and South Korean defence chiefs vowed Friday to raise combat-readiness near the disputed sea border with North Korea, saying any fresh attack or provocation "is not to be tolerated'.
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| VIDEO: Will Greek debt write-off help? Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:28 PM PDT While European banks are swallowing the news that they must write off 50% of their Greek debts, Greeks themselves have given the news a mixed reaction.
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| Thai floods inch closer to city centre Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:02 PM PDT Floods that have sparked an exodus from the Thai capital crept closer to the city centre on Friday, but hopes grew that emergency barriers would prevent a major overflow from Bangkok's main river.
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| Japan output sees first fall in six months Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:00 PM PDT Japan's industrial production fell for the first time in six months in September, government data showed on Friday, as the nation's exporters grapple with slowing global demand and a soaring yen.
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| Bombings force Pakistani children into work Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:58 PM PDT At seven years old, it's a struggle for Zabita Khan to work all afternoon, dodging vehicles, rickshaws and donkey carts to carry drinks for thirsty customers in a hot, crowded Pakistani market.
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| Anti-Ennahda demonstration mars Tunisian polls outcome Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:28 PM PDT  TUNIS, Oct 28: Four days after Tunisia's first free elections, several hundred people demonstrated against the Islamist party Ennahda, in the central town of Sidi Bouzid, where the Arab Spring began, witnesses told German news agency DPA.
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| World population to hit 10 bln, but 15 bln possible: UN Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:32 PM PDT (Britain-AFP) - The world's population of seven billion is set to rise to at least 10 billion by 2100, but could top 15 billion if birth rates are just slightly higher than expected, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| Commonwealth summit starts, dogged by questions over its relevance Posted: 27 Oct 2011 08:25 PM PDT PERTH, Oct 28 — Leaders of the Commonwealth group of mostly former British colonies met today for a three-day summit under pressure to get tougher on human rights abuses by members or risk losing its purpose as a group. Britain's 85-year-old Queen Elizabeth opened the meeting of leaders of the 54 states of the Commonwealth, home to 30 per cent of ... 
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| World population to hit 7 billion next week Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:04 PM PDT The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) officially announced the launch of the State of World Population 2011 report on Wednesday as the world population is set to reach a record seven billion on 31 October 2011, says Namibian news agency NAMPA quoting the United Nations Population Division.
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