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| New flood levee breaches threaten Pakistan town BBC News Officials in southern Pakistan are battling to save the town of Thatta, where the raging Indus river has again breached its levees. Tens of thousands of people have fled the town in the past few days and some outlying districts were reported to already ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| ICC Asks UN to Act Against Kenya Voice of America The International Criminal Court is asking the UN Security Council to take action against Kenya for hosting Sudan's president in defiance of international warrants for his arrest. ICC judges in The Hague said Friday Kenya has a "clear obligation" as a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Chile mine rescue drill prepared BBC News The special hydraulic bore which will be used to drill an escape shaft down to 33 miners trapped in a Chilean mine is being assembled at the site. "We've finished building the machine's platform... we hope between Sunday and Monday to begin drilling ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Iraqi-US forces arrest four suspected Al Qaeda men Sify Four suspected Al Qaeda in Iraq members were arrested Saturday in joint Iraqi-US forces operations, the US military in Iraq said. 'Iraqi security forces and US advisors searched a building for a suspects allegedly involved in the financial and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| In a snub, Pakistan asks India to send aid through UN Hindustan Times A view of destruction caused by heavy flooding in Nowshera, Pakistan. The death toll from massive... Pakistan has declined an Indian offer of $5 million aid for flood victims directly and wants it to be routed through the United Nations, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Independents may split to seal a deal Sydney Morning Herald The three rural independents have not ruled out splitting from each other and negotiating separately to form government. Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott, both of NSW, and Queenslander Bob Katter have effectively been acting as a bloc to aid the negotiating ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Protesters ask Iran to spare convicted woman The Associated Press PARIS — About 300 people from rights organizations have demonstrated in Paris to urge Iran to lift its death sentence on an Iranian woman convicted of adultery. The protesters carried banners reading "Let's Save Sakineh," in honor of Sakineh Mohammadi ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Central gov't sets up special taskforce to probe China plane crash Xinhua YICHUN, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council has set up a special taskforce involving six central government agencies to investigate Tuesday's deadly plane crash in Yichun, a remote mountainous city of the northeastern Heilongjiang Province. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Weeping family buries hostage-taker in Philippines The Associated Press TANAUAN, Philippines — Weeping relatives and friends on Saturday buried a dismissed Philippine policeman who took a busload of Hong Kong tourists hostage and was shot in a bungled police rescue operation that left eight of the hostages dead. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 6 missing after Russian tugboat sinks CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- The search resumed Saturday for six sailors missing after their tugboat sank in the Laptev Sea off Siberia's northern coast, Russian news agencies reported. Fourteen people were aboard the vessel when it ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pak hands India another dossier seeking more details on Headley Economic Times ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has handed over another dossier on Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley to India seeking more information about his role in the November 2008 Mumbai carnage. Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik met ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pak handing over de-facto control of Gilgit region to China Hindustan Times PTI China is getting a hold over the strategic Gilgit-Baltistan region in Kashmir, where Pakistan is handing over de-facto control of the key area to Beijing, a media report has said. The New York Times said that there were two important new ... See all stories on this topic » |
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