Refloating Italy ship wreck costs more than 100 million euros - Boskalis |
- Refloating Italy ship wreck costs more than 100 million euros - Boskalis
- Swiss couple held by Pakistan Taliban released
- Afghan dies from burns after airfield drama mars Panetta visit
- BBC says its Persian service hacked 'by Iran'
- China to see narrowing trade surplus
- Putin to guarantee policy continuity in third term
- Court order sought to extradite Iranian
- Senior Chinese leader sacked in rare scandal
- Japan indicts Chinese trawlerman at centre of spat
- India's central bank keeps rates on hold
- Romney faces tough US slog to Republican nod
- DRB-Hicom serious about bringing change to Proton: OSK
- Singapore unemployment rate lowest in 14 years
- Cyclone Lua strengthens, approaches north-western Australia
- Swiss couple held by Pakistan Taliban released
- Indian government in new crisis over rail fare hike
- China removes top leadership contender Bo from post
- VIDEO: Greece's 'potato revolution' helps poor
- VIDEO: Cameron honoured with state dinner
- VIDEO: Belgium mourns as crash investigated
| Refloating Italy ship wreck costs more than 100 million euros - Boskalis Posted: 15 Mar 2012 12:28 AM PDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch dredging and maritime services company Boskalis has made a bid to refloat the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner, which capsized off the Italian coast in January and could cost more than 100 million euros, Boskalis' chief executive said on Thursday. 
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| Swiss couple held by Pakistan Taliban released Posted: 15 Mar 2012 12:10 AM PDT MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Swiss couple kidnapped by the Pakistan Taliban last July have been released, left at a military checkpoint on a main road in Miranshah, military and intelligence officials said on Thursday. 
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| Afghan dies from burns after airfield drama mars Panetta visit Posted: 15 Mar 2012 12:08 AM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan man who emerged ablaze from a stolen pickup truck as an aircraft carrying U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta landed at a base in Afghanistan has died from burns suffered in the incident, a U.S. commander said on Thursday. 
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| BBC says its Persian service hacked 'by Iran' Posted: 15 Mar 2012 12:28 AM PDT  LONDON, Mar 15: Hackers launched a "sophisticated cyber-attack" on the BBC, director general Mark Thompson has revealed, saying it was an attempt to undermine the broadcaster's Persian Service which broadcasts to Iran.
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| China to see narrowing trade surplus Posted: 15 Mar 2012 12:38 AM PDT China will maintain a trade surplus this year, although the surplus will continue to narrow, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday.
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| Putin to guarantee policy continuity in third term Posted: 15 Mar 2012 12:37 AM PDT After Vladimir Putin secured his return to the Kremlin for the third time, to keep the country's stability and sustainable development seems to be the top priority of the president-elect's administrative policy.
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| Court order sought to extradite Iranian Posted: 15 Mar 2012 12:27 AM PDT The Malaysian authorities have initiated extradition proceedings against Iranian national Masoud Sedaghat Zadeh, who is wanted by the Thai government for suspected involvement in bombing incidents in Bangkok last month.
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| Senior Chinese leader sacked in rare scandal Posted: 15 Mar 2012 12:21 AM PDT China's ruling Communist Party on Thursday fired Bo Xilai, a charismatic leader famed for pushing a "red revival", in a move that exposes ideological rifts during a generational power handover.
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| Japan indicts Chinese trawlerman at centre of spat Posted: 15 Mar 2012 12:20 AM PDT Japan on Thursday indicted a Chinese trawlerman whose ramming of two Japanese coastguard vessels sparked a diplomatic showdown, in a symbolic move that was likely to fizzle out.
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| India's central bank keeps rates on hold Posted: 15 Mar 2012 12:19 AM PDT India's central bank kept interest rates on hold Thursday, citing mounting worries over inflationary risks due to a "surge" in global crude oil prices.
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| Romney faces tough US slog to Republican nod Posted: 15 Mar 2012 12:18 AM PDT Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney faces a tough battle to become the party's White House contender after rival Rick Santorum cemented his position as the conservative alternative with double wins in the Deep South.
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| DRB-Hicom serious about bringing change to Proton: OSK Posted: 15 Mar 2012 12:16 AM PDT DRB-Hicom Bhd is serious about bringing change to Proton by revamping the current management team and through vendor rationalisation, according to OSK Research.
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| Singapore unemployment rate lowest in 14 years Posted: 15 Mar 2012 12:16 AM PDT Singapore's overall unemployment rate for the fourth quarter of 2011 and for the full year averaged two per cent -- the lowest in 14 years.
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| Cyclone Lua strengthens, approaches north-western Australia Posted: 14 Mar 2012 11:57 PM PDT PERTH (Reuters) - Tropical Cyclone Lua hurtled toward Australia's northwest coast on Thursday, strengthening into a Category 2 cyclone by early morning and prompting the shutdown of several oil fields and Port Hedland, one of the world's largest iron ore export ports. 
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| Swiss couple held by Pakistan Taliban released Posted: 14 Mar 2012 11:40 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Swiss couple kidnapped in Pakistan's south-western province of Baluchistan and held in North Waziristan by the Pakistan Taliban since last July have been released, military officials said on Thursday. 
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| Indian government in new crisis over rail fare hike Posted: 14 Mar 2012 11:33 PM PDT NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's railway minister looked set to quit on Thursday after a storm broke out over his move to raise passenger fares, underscoring the government's inability to take unpopular policy steps amid growing speculation the ruling coalition could break up. 
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| China removes top leadership contender Bo from post Posted: 14 Mar 2012 11:07 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Ambitious Chinese Communist Party leadership contender Bo Xilai has been sacked from his post as head of the city of Chongqing in a dramatic move that exposes growing ideological divisions just as a new generation readies to take power. 
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| VIDEO: Greece's 'potato revolution' helps poor Posted: 14 Mar 2012 11:56 PM PDT A new initiative to sell basic products - such as potatoes - directly from the producer to the consumer, cutting out the wholesalers so as to reduce the price, is benefiting hard-up Greeks.
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| VIDEO: Cameron honoured with state dinner Posted: 14 Mar 2012 10:33 PM PDT The British Prime Minister David Cameron has been honoured in Washington with the biggest state dinner since President Barack Obama came to office.
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| VIDEO: Belgium mourns as crash investigated Posted: 14 Mar 2012 10:19 PM PDT Investigations are continuing in Switzerland into the cause of the fatal bus crash on Tuesday night which left 28 people dead, including 22 children.
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