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- Helicopter delivers food to stranded Italian cruise ship
- Major Philippine sect rallies as ties 'sour' with Aquino
- Japan feared Fukushima could 'finish' Tokyo: panel
- VIDEO: Greek crisis opera opens in Germany
- VIDEO: UN holds Syria emergency meeting
- Israel says won't warn US before Iran strike
- SUV assembled by Indonesian students awaiting final pass before mass production
- Vietnam communist party vows internal reform
- Hong Kong's amorous pandas get a little privacy
- ECB says Greek bonds no longer eligible as collateral
- China chemical plant blast kills 13
- Costa Cruises liner towed to Indian Ocean island
- All-India strike poses fresh challenge to govt
- 18 dead in Pakistan sectarian bus ambush
- Celcom posts RM2.1bn net profit
- Mais, Jais probe into proselytising of Muslims still on
- Click, unfriend: women more likely to do it than men
- New starting point, new hope
- Gunmen open fire on bus in Pakistan, 18 killed
- Woman in iconic tsunami photo looks to future
| Helicopter delivers food to stranded Italian cruise ship Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:41 AM PST A Seychelles helicopter on Tuesday delivered food and satellite phones to a stranded Italian cruise ship with more than 1,000 people on board and no electricity that is being towed to a remote island.
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| Major Philippine sect rallies as ties 'sour' with Aquino Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:36 AM PST More than 200,000 members of an influential Philippine religious sect met for rallies Tuesday, police said, amid perceived political tension with its once staunch ally President Benigno Aquino.
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| Japan feared Fukushima could 'finish' Tokyo: panel Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:36 AM PST A worst-case scenario sketched out by the Japanese government foresaw the end of Tokyo in a chain of nuclear explosions as the Fukushima crisis erupted, an independent panel said Tuesday.
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| VIDEO: Greek crisis opera opens in Germany Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:49 AM PST An opera about the Greek debt crisis has opened in Germany.
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| VIDEO: UN holds Syria emergency meeting Posted: 27 Feb 2012 09:42 PM PST The UN's human rights council will hold an emergency session regarding the situation in Syria as government troops continue to attack a number of towns.
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| Israel says won't warn US before Iran strike Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:49 AM PST  TEL AVIV, Feb 28: Israeli officials say they won't warn the US if they decide to launch a preemptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, according to one US intelligence official familiar with the discussions.
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| SUV assembled by Indonesian students awaiting final pass before mass production Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:37 AM PST  JAKARTA, Feb 28: The Esemka Rajawali assembled by vocational senior high school (SMK) students in Surakarta, Central Java, has passed 10 tests and is waiting for the result of the 11th and the final test: the emission check.
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| Vietnam communist party vows internal reform Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:22 AM PST Vietnam's communist party is debating how to tackle corrupt officials and reverse a "serious" moral decline among rank and file members in order to regain people's trust, state media reported Tuesday.
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| Hong Kong's amorous pandas get a little privacy Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:21 AM PST Hong Kong's pandas Le Le and Ying Ying have been given some privacy away from the prying eyes of tourists this week in a bid to encourage them to mate, their handlers said Tuesday.
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| ECB says Greek bonds no longer eligible as collateral Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:20 AM PST The European Central Bank said Tuesday it would temporarily no longer accept Greek sovereign bonds as collateral for loans to banks after Greece was declared in "selective default" by a rating agency.
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| China chemical plant blast kills 13 Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:10 AM PST An explosion ripped through a north China chemical factory Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and injuring 43, the government said of the latest industrial accident to strike the nation.
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| Costa Cruises liner towed to Indian Ocean island Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:10 AM PST VICTORIA (Reuters) - A cruise liner owned by the same company as the capsized Costa Concordia was being towed by a French fishing ship on Tuesday to an island near the Seychelles, after an engine room fire left it adrift in the Indian Ocean. 
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| All-India strike poses fresh challenge to govt Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:57 PM PST A nationwide strike called by trade unions including those affiliated with the government hit Indian cities Tuesday, as millions joined the call for tighter labour laws and a minimum wage.
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| 18 dead in Pakistan sectarian bus ambush Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:56 PM PST Sectarian gunmen ambushed a bus on Tuesday, killing 18 Shiite Muslims in a usually peaceful region of northern Pakistan that neighbours the former Taliban stronghold of Swat, officials said.
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| Celcom posts RM2.1bn net profit Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:50 PM PST Telecommunications provider, Celcom Axiata Bhd, has registered a net profit of RM2.1 billion for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2011.
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| Mais, Jais probe into proselytising of Muslims still on Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:49 PM PST The investigation by the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) and Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) into the alleged attempts to proselytise Muslims in the state is still on, said Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim
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| Click, unfriend: women more likely to do it than men Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:30 PM PST Women are more likely than men to delete friends from their online social networks and tend to choose more restrictive privacy settings, according to a study published on Friday.
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| Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:06 PM PST It is a call, regardless of political stand, race, age, gender, wealth and nationality, for environmental protection, peace, human rights and life!
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| Gunmen open fire on bus in Pakistan, 18 killed Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:45 PM PST PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus in the northern Pakistani district of Kohistan in an apparent sectarian attack on Tuesday, killing 18 people, police officials said. 
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| Woman in iconic tsunami photo looks to future Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:08 PM PST ISHINOMAKI, Japan (Reuters) - The young Japanese woman clutches a beige blanket tight around her shoulders as she stares into the distance. Behind her hulks twisted metal and splintered wood left by the tsunami that devastated Ishinomaki, her hometown. 
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