Rival Somali pirates die in shootout The pirates who seized a ship carrying military hardware off Somalia turned on each other leaving three shot dead in a dispute over what to do with their hijacked cargo Chinese Parents Question Tainted Milk Co. Chinese parents converged on the company at the heart of a tainted baby…
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World News – General – Rival Somali pirates die in shootout
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African News Update – Rwanda: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Extends Lab to Country
Rwanda: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Extends Lab to Country Students and educators in Rwanda can now access course materials from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States (US) through its OpenCourseWare hosted online by the National University of Rwanda (NUR), The New Times has learnt. Tanzania: Workers Are the Country’s Wealth The…
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Koreas – US nuclear negotiator to visit North Korea this week (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US nuclear negotiator to visit North Korea this week (AFP via Yahoo! News) US negotiator Christopher Hill has accepted an invitation to visit Pyongyang this week to discuss ways to salvage North Korea’s nuclear disarmament process, the State Department said Monday. N. Korea to restart work using nuclear materials in 1 week: IAEA North Korea…
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Asia Pacific News – Four more Philippine miners rescued after week trapped underground (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Four more Philippine miners rescued after week trapped underground (AFP via Yahoo! News) Rescuers pulled four more miners out of a flooded tunnel in the northern Philippines Tuesday, raising hopes that eight others might still be found alive after a week underground, officials and rescuers said. Australian Regulator May Lift Short Selling Ban, Review Says…
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Terrorism and Insurgency – UN chief condemns terrorist attack in Lebanon (People’s Daily)
UN chief condemns terrorist attack in Lebanon (People’s Daily) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned on Monday the terrorist attack in the Lebanese city of Tripoli earlier in the day. “He conveys his condolences to the families of the victims, as well as to the government and Armed Forces of Lebanon. He hopes that the…
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Middle East News – Iran s Leader Criticizes U.S. Policies Around World
Iran s Leader Criticizes U.S. Policies Around World President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that growing world problems like war and poverty are the result of American mismanagement of global affairs. Dramatic rescue frees 19 hostages taken in Egypt (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News) As the exact details of their rescue were still emerging, 11…
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Russian News Monitor – Internet becomes more popular in Russia (Itar-Tass)
Internet becomes more popular in Russia (Itar-Tass) MOSCOW, September 30 (Itar-Tass) – The popularity of the Internet has doubled in Russia over the past three years, although more than half of Russian citizens do not log on, according to a study conducted by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VTSIOM). Russian nuclear submarine makes 30-day…
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Latin America – June 9: Has Brazil’s currency peaked?
June 9: Has Brazil’s currency peaked?Brazil’s plans for a massive sovereign wealth fund to counter the strength of its currency, Venezuela’s rotating finance ministers, and rising fuel subsidies in the region. May 25: Marulanda’s deathThe death of Manuel Marulanda, the 78-year old chieftain of the Farc, Latin America’s oldest guerrilla movement, brings the end of…
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China – Village celebrates Jelimo’s success – International Herald Tribune
Village celebrates Jelimo’s success – International Herald TribuneBefore her Olympic 800 metres title in August and $1 million (553,000 pounds) Golden League jackpot in September, few people were interested in the family of Kenya’s Pamela Jelimo. Now suitors are trooping to her village in Kenya’s Rift Valley to China space re-entry capsule shipped to Beijing…
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Philippines – Observance of Ramadan enables rogue MILF units to regroup – AFP
Observance of Ramadan enables rogue MILF units to regroup – AFP MANILA, Philippnies – Due to the “extra care” exercised by the military during the month-long observance of Ramadan, rogue Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) units were able to rebuild t… Proposal to impose tax on text messages revived House Speaker Prospero C. Nograles revived…
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