Thursday, August 26, 2010

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Chilean miners told they may be trapped until Christmas
The Guardian
The 33 Chilean miners who have been trapped underground for three weeks have been told that they may not be rescued until the end of the year. The health minister, Jaime Mañalich, said the men – who had not previously been told how long the operation ...
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The Guardian
North Korea leader travels with son to China: Sources
Times of India
SEOUL: North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-il is visiting powerful ally China with his son and heir apparent, South Korean government sources said, ahead of a meeting next month that may settle his succession. The visit comes ahead of a rare ...
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Tiger Woods admits mistakes, says all the best to ex-wife
Times of India
NEW YORK: Two days after their divorce, world's top golfer Tiger Woods on Thursday admitted that his own misdeeds and mistakes doomed his marriage and wished his former wife Elin Nordegren "the best in everything." "I wish her the best in everything," ...
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Pakistan orders nearly half a million to evacuate
AFP
HYDERABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan ordered nearly half a million people to evacuate towns on Thursday as rising floods threaten further havoc in a country straining to cope after its worst humanitarian disaster. Torrential monsoon rains triggered massive ...
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AFP
Hong Kong mourns Manila victims
BBC News
People across Hong Kong have observed three minutes' silence for the eight tourists killed in a bus hijack in the Philippines on Monday. Chief Executive Donald Tsang led a sombre mourning service on Hong Kong's waterfront as flags flew at half mast. ...
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Airport reopens after plane crash killing 42, probe continues
Xinhua
YICHUN, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The airport in Yichun, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, reopened Thursday afternoon with the first landing nearly 40 hours after it was shut down by the deadliest commercial plane crash in China in nearly six years. ...
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More tests on body of MI6 worker
BBC News
Further tests are to be carried out on the body of an MI6 worker which was found in a holdall in the bath at his central London flat. The body of Gareth Williams, 30, from Anglesey, was found in the Pimlico flat on Monday afternoon. ...
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US Absence at Southeast Asia Trade Meeting Draws Criticism
Bloomberg
By Daniel Ten Kate - Thu Aug 26 03:51:13 GMT 2010 President Barack Obama, who became the first US leader to meet with the 10-member bloc in November, has aimed to increase trade with Asia to help meet a January pledge to double exports in five years. ...
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In report, CIA worried about US terror exports
Washington Post
By Ellen Nakashima The United States has long been an exporter of terrorism, according to a secret CIA analysis released Wednesday by the Web site WikiLeaks. And if that phenomenon were to become a widely held perception, the analysis said, ...
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Digest
Washington Post
A policeman stands on the ruins of his station after a car bombing in suburban Baghdad, one of a series of attacks Wednesday across Iraq. (Ahmad Al-rubaye) KABUL - Two Spanish soldiers were shot dead by their Afghan driver while conducting training of ...
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Washington Post
UN to improve DR Congo links
Aljazeera.net
The senior UN envoy in the Democratic Republic of Congo has announced plans to improve communications and prevent any recurrence of sexual violence following reported widespread raping in the country's east. Aid groups reported last week that nearly ...
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Aljazeera.net
Camerons name baby after village
Sify
British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha have named their new daughter Florence Rose Endellion, after a village close to which they were holidaying. Camerons were holidaying near the village of St Endellion when Samantha felt the ...
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PA quells talks opposition with force
Jerusalem Post
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH Palestinian Authority security forces on Wednesday used force to prevent dozens of Palestinians in Ramallah from voicing their opposition to the US-sponsored direct talks with Israel. PA security agents and policemen who stormed ...
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US seeks to squeeze terrorists in Yemen
National Post
The United States is increasingly concerned about the threat posed by al-Qaeda's network in Yemen and is moving to pile pressure on the rebels, a U. S counterterrorism official said yesterday. While the group's Pakistanbased leaders have suffered ...
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India seeks more regional cooperation to combat piracy
Economic Times
NEW YORK: Noting that its ships and seafarers were impacted by piracy, India has underlined the need for Somalia to be primarily in-charge for combating the problem supported by international community. Pointing out that bilateral agreements between ...
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