Forty injured as double-decker trams collide in Hong Kong
Hong Kong - Forty passengers were injured Thursday when two double-decker trams were involved in a head-on collision in a busy Hong Kong shopping district. The trams collided in the city's Causeway Bay district throwing passengers to the floor. ...
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UNODC: Amphetamine trafficking, use up sharply in Asia in 2008
Bangkok - Supply and demand for amphetamine-type drugs is climbing rapidly in South-East and East Asia with potentially fearful consequences, a UN report released in Bangkok Thursday said. Gary Lewis, regional representative of the United Nations Off...
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EXTRA: Key suspect in Philippine massacre charged with murder
Manila - Philippine police Thursday filed a criminal complaint of multiple murder against the scion of a powerful political clan for the grisly killing of at least 57 people in the country's troubled south. Justice Secretary Agnes Devenadera said the...
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Looking for love and friends? Head to Asia, expat poll says
Hong Kong - Expatriates in search of friendship and love find it more easily in Asia than anywhere else in the world, especially if they move to Thailand, according to a survey Thursday. Asia claimed the top five friendliest places for expatriates to...
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Main suspect in Philippine massacre surrenders
Manila - The principal suspect in the grisly killing of at least 57 people in the southern Philippines surrendered Thursday to a senior aide of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Datu Andal Ampatuan Junior was turned over by members of his family, cl...
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