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- China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
Yahoo - World |
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- AP - China acknowledged Friday for the first time that more than 19,000 schoolchildren were among the dead in the massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province in May.
- U.N. to Impose Sanctions Against Somalia to Stop Piracy
FOX News |
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- The U.N. Security Council unanimously agrees to impose new sanctions against Somalia aimed at stopping its booming pirate trade and lawlessness.
- Several feared dead in Pakistan blast
NDTV | pakistan
- A blast at the funeral of a Shiite Muslim cleric has killed at least six people in northwestern Pakistan, say police.Police officer Saadullah Marwat said Friday's attack in the city of Dera Ismail Khan also wounded 25.
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- Several feared dead in Pakistan blast
NDTV | pakistan feared dead
- A blast at the funeral of a Shiite Muslim cleric has killed at least six people in northwestern Pakistan, say police.Police officer Saadullah Marwat said Friday's attack in the city of Dera Ismail Khan also wounded 25.
- Landslide in Philippines kills 5, some missing
NDTV | landslide in philippines
- A mudslide triggered by days of heavy rain buried houses in a southern Philippine gold mining town, killing at least five people including children and leaving several others missing, officials said on Thursday.
- UN vote shows growing support of death penalty ban
NDTV | death penalty vote
- A majority of the world's nations voted in a UN committee to signal support for abolishing executions. The 105-48 vote in the UN General Assembly's human rights committee was the second year in a row nations have urged a global moratorium on the death penalty.
- India speaks against sexual violence at UN
NDTV | sexual violence india
- Condemning violence against women and children especially in conflict zones, India has sought an end to culture of impunity for the perpetrators for such crimes and swift justice for the victims.
- U.S. Navy says no word on Somali pirate ransom demand
Reuters
- DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy and operators of a Saudi oil supertanker hijacked by Somali pirates could not confirm on Friday reports that the hijackers had demanded a $25 million ransom.
- BBC governing body to report on Sachs row
- AFP - Suspended BBC presenter Jonathan Ross will learn whether he can hold on to his job as the brodcaster's governing body prepares to respond to the Andrew Sachs controversy on Friday.
- Honda to cut global output amid slowing demand
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- AP - Honda Motor Corp. said Friday it will cut production in Japan and Europe by 61,000 vehicles, as it continues to grapple with slowing global demand.
- Somali police kill 17 Islamist rebels
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- MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali police ambushed and shot dead 17 fighters of the militant al Shabaab insurgent movement on Friday during an attempted attack on a senior official in Mogadishu, a police spokesman said.
- Thai unions to strike unless government quits
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- BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's public sector unions will begin a nationwide strike on Tuesday unless the government quits, union leaders said on Friday, a move likely to deepen the economic impact of a long-running political crisis.
- Shiites in Baghdad protest planned US-Iraq pact
- AP - Thousands of protesters have converged on a central square in Baghdad for a mass prayer called by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in protest of a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact.
- Gunmen attack Nigeria navy boat near Shell station: commander
- AFP - Armed militants in southern Nigeria on Friday attacked a Nigerian navy boat guarding a flow station belonging to the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell, although there was no damage to the oil facility, a military commander said.
- Julian Borger on a US intelligence report that says its the end of US power
Guardian |
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- Julian Borger on a US intelligence report that says its the end of US power
- US mil: American soldier dies in Iraq
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- AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of non-combat-related causes in Iraq.
- Blast kills 10 at Shi'ite funeral in Pakistan
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- DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb attack killed at least 10 people and wounded 40 at the funeral for a Shi'ite Muslim on Friday in the northwest Pakistani town of Dera Ismail Khan.
- Deadly blast at Pakistan funeral
BBC World |
pakistan deadly blast
- At least five people have been killed in a blast at the funeral of a Shia cleric in north-western Pakistan, police say.
- Chinese official corrects figure on quake deaths
- AP - A Chinese official says 19,065 of the people who died in May's massive earthquake in Sichuan province have been identified.
- Guardian Daily podcast: Falling oil prices; plus the British Library?s book vandal
- Economics editor Larry Elliott explains why oil prices have fallen to below $50 a barrel.As retailers feel the chill winds of recession, Martin Wainwright gauges the mood among shoppers in Sheffield city centre.Farhad Hakimzadeh, a 60-year-old Iranian academic, is being sentenced today at Wood Green magistrates court in north London after admitting damaging priceless and rare books at the British and Bodlean libraries. The British Library's head of collections, Dr Kristian Jensen, assesses the damage to the books.Immigration minister Phil Woolas talks tough on immigration. But what's the reality behind the rhetoric? Our home affairs editor Alan Travis explains.Diplomatic editor Julian Borger looks at a report from the US National Intelligence Council on the long-term foreign policy challenges facing the new American president.
- Anna Kendrick movin' on "Up" with Clooney
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- Reuters - Talk about upping your profile. Anna Kendrick, who has a small part in Twilight as one of Kristen Stewart's human friends, has nabbed the coveted female lead opposite George Clooney in Up in the Air.
- Blast at cleric's funeral kills 6 in Pakistan
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- AP - Police say a blast at the funeral of a Shiite Muslim cleric has killed at least six people in northwestern Pakistan.
- House of leading Chinese rights activist demolished
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- AFP - Beijing authorities destroyed the home of leading rights activist Ni Yulan on Friday as her distraught husband pleaded with the government to release her from jail.
- Atty. Gen. Mukasey collapses during speech
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- AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense ally in President Bush's war on terror, was hospitalized Thursday after he collapsed during a late-night speech and lost consciousness.
- Most Asian markets rebound after Wall Street rout
- AP - Most Asian markets rebounded Friday after days of sharp declines in stocks around the world as investors scooped up battered financial and technology shares.
- Aussie mayor wins sexist 'award' for inviting ugly women to town
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- AFP - An Australian mayor who invited ugly women to move to his outback mining town, saying even they would find a man there, has won the top award for the most sexist public comment of the year.
- Mai Mai Fighters Third Piece in Congo?s Violent Puzzle
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- With their guns and concocted potions, the Mai Mai are a surreal ? but still deadly ? dimension to Congo?s civil wars.
- South Africa Is Aiming to Ease Dangers of Digging for Gold
- In post-apartheid South Africa, the welfare of miners ? nearly all of them black ? is a matter of scrupulous concern.
