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- Seventeen party-goers "found beheaded" in southern Afghan village
- Quake of 7.4 magnitude hits off El Salvador coast - USGS
- South Africa mine killings could hurt Zuma ahead of vote
- Women directors take front row at Venice film festival
- Police pilots seek higher salary, incentives
- VIDEO: Tropical storm heads to Florida
- VIDEO: Eco car Fisker's unique hybrid tech
- VIDEO: Romney: Obama 'stooping to low level'
- Two U.S. troops killed by rogue Afghan soldier
- Pakistan Supreme Court gives PM more time in graft case
- Storm Isaac heads for U.S. Gulf Coast, hurricane warning issued
- Two foreign troops killed by rogue Afghan soldier
- China builds sewage facilities on disputed island
- Tens of thousands flee Myanmar floods: government
- Quake of 7.4 magnitude hits off El Salvador coast - USGS
- Court orders payout for slain Korean War activists
- Quake of 7.4 magnitude strikes in Pacific off El Salvador coast-USGS
- VIDEO: Scars run deep after SA shootings
- EPF finalises land purchase for RM2.28 bln
- The more secretive it is, the more doubts there will be
| Seventeen party-goers "found beheaded" in southern Afghan village Posted: 27 Aug 2012 12:01 AM PDT KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Fifteen men and two women were found beheaded in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Monday, punishment meted out by Taliban insurgents for a mixed-sex party with music and dancing, officials said. 
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| Quake of 7.4 magnitude hits off El Salvador coast - USGS Posted: 26 Aug 2012 11:59 PM PDT (Reuters) - A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit in the Pacific Ocean about 78 miles (125 km) off the coast of El Salvador late Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said. 
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| South Africa mine killings could hurt Zuma ahead of vote Posted: 26 Aug 2012 11:59 PM PDT MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - South African's President Jacob Zuma rose to power as a man of the people but seemed a world away from the masses when he stood in a suit under a parasol to speak to destitute miners about the deadliest police killing since apartheid ended. 
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| Women directors take front row at Venice film festival Posted: 27 Aug 2012 12:06 AM PDT Hollywood veterans will brush shoulders with up and coming starlets and auteurs in Venice starting on Wednesday for the film festival in which women directors are set to take centre stage.
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| Police pilots seek higher salary, incentives Posted: 26 Aug 2012 11:39 PM PDT The Police Air Operations Force (AOF) has asked the government to consider a salary increase and incentives for its pilots to prevent them from leaving for the lucrative commercial sector.
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| VIDEO: Tropical storm heads to Florida Posted: 26 Aug 2012 10:35 PM PDT People in southern Florida have been feeling the first effects of Tropical Storm Isaac as it heads towards the US.
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| VIDEO: Eco car Fisker's unique hybrid tech Posted: 24 Aug 2012 02:43 AM PDT Marc Istook test drives the Fisker Karma, a luxury eco car which is looking to redefine the term "hybrid".
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| VIDEO: Romney: Obama 'stooping to low level' Posted: 26 Aug 2012 11:38 PM PDT Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has accused his rival President Barack Obama's campaign of stooping to a "low level" by trying to link him to controversial views on rape recently voiced by another Republican.
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| Two U.S. troops killed by rogue Afghan soldier Posted: 26 Aug 2012 11:47 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - A rogue Afghan soldier shot dead two U.S. troops in east Afghanistan on Monday, the NATO-led coalition said, the latest in a series of insider killings that have strained trust between the allies ahead of a 2014 pullout by foreign combat troops. 
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| Pakistan Supreme Court gives PM more time in graft case Posted: 26 Aug 2012 11:33 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday adjourned a case that could see Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf being formally charged with contempt of court and disqualified. 
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| Storm Isaac heads for U.S. Gulf Coast, hurricane warning issued Posted: 26 Aug 2012 11:20 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Isaac swirled into the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, threatening to disrupt U.S. offshore oil and gas supplies and strengthen into a powerful hurricane that could make landfall near Louisiana almost seven years to the day after Katrina struck. 
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| Two foreign troops killed by rogue Afghan soldier Posted: 26 Aug 2012 10:56 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Two foreign soldiers were shot dead by a rogue Afghan army soldier in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the NATO-led coalition said, adding to a series of insider shootings which have damaged trust between the allies. 
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| China builds sewage facilities on disputed island Posted: 26 Aug 2012 11:21 PM PDT China has begun building sewage and waste disposal facilities on a disputed South China Sea island, state media said Monday, a move likely to stoke a growing territorial row with its neighbours.
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| Tens of thousands flee Myanmar floods: government Posted: 26 Aug 2012 11:21 PM PDT Heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar have forced tens of thousands of people to seek shelter in emergency camps and submerged vast swathes of cropland, officials said on Monday.
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| Quake of 7.4 magnitude hits off El Salvador coast - USGS Posted: 26 Aug 2012 10:24 PM PDT (Reuters) - A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit in the Pacific Ocean about 78 miles (125 km) off the coast of El Salvador late Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said. 
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| Court orders payout for slain Korean War activists Posted: 26 Aug 2012 11:00 PM PDT South Korea's top court has ordered the state to compensate families of hundreds of activists killed during the Korean War after being labelled as North Korean sympathisers, a court official said Monday.
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| Quake of 7.4 magnitude strikes in Pacific off El Salvador coast-USGS Posted: 26 Aug 2012 09:58 PM PDT (Reuters) - A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit in the Pacific Ocean about 78 miles (125 km) off the coast of El Salvador late Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said. 
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| VIDEO: Scars run deep after SA shootings Posted: 26 Aug 2012 10:48 PM PDT The world's third biggest platinum producer - Lonmin - is hoping the striking miners at its Marikana plant in South Africa will return to work this week, but the country is deeply shaken by what happened.
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| EPF finalises land purchase for RM2.28 bln Posted: 26 Aug 2012 10:44 PM PDT Kwasa Land Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Employees Provident Fund EPF), has finalised the purchase price at RM2.28 billion for 93.2 hectares (2,330 acres) of prime Rubber Research Institute (RRI) land in Sungai Buloh.
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| The more secretive it is, the more doubts there will be Posted: 26 Aug 2012 10:18 PM PDT In a good society, the implementation of any policies or development plants must be reasonably arranged, systematically planned and transparently discussed. However, have the Lynas rare-earth refinery plant, the approval of a Chinese independent school in Kuantan and the Pengerang Rapid project gone through the basic procedures of assessment and feedback collection?
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