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Zimbabwe's toddler 'terrorist' struggles to reintegrate - Feature
Harare - A three-year-old Zimbabwean, nicknamed the world's youngest terrorist after his abduction last year by state security agents and imprisonment for three months, is struggling to adjust to life as a free infant. Nigel Mutemagau was two when ...

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[Posted on : 2009-07-10 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Australia debates whether to close sacred Uluru - Feature
Sydney - Climb it, get married on it, abseil down it, bathe it in different colours, seemingly set it alight with fireworks - there's nothing that Australians don't do to it in celebration of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It's a different story with Ulu...

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[Posted on : 2009-07-10 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Aung San Suu Kyi's trial resumes amid tight security
Yangon - The trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumed Friday when a defence witness was scheduled to testify. Lawyer Khin Moe Moe, a member of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party, entered the court at Insein Prison ...

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[Posted on : 2009-07-10 ] Category : [ World ]

Indonesian maids in Hong Kong claim they are abused and underpaid
Hong Kong - Indonesian maids working in Hong Kong are physically and psychologically abused and paid illegally low wages, organizers of a campaign to punish rogue employers said Friday. Many of the city's 135,000 Indonesian maids are beaten by their ...

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[Posted on : 2009-07-10 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Vietnam to discuss Mekong River with Thailand
Hanoi - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is to meet Friday with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajiva and plans to discuss the exploitation and use as well as the protection of the Mekong River, state media reported. The talks in Hanoi are al...

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[Posted on : 2009-07-10 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

ANALYSIS: Can world powers walk the climate walk fast enough?
L'Aquila, Italy - The world's greatest powers at last began to talk the talk on climate change when they met in the earthquake-ravaged Italian town of L'Aquila on Thursday. Now the question is whether they can walk the walk fast enough as they build ...

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[Posted on : 2009-07-10 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

300 hurt, thousands homeless after southwest China quake - Update
Beijing - An earthquake with a magnitude on the Richter scale of 6.0 struck south-western China, with an initial casualty toll of 336 injured included about 30 people in serious condition, Chinese state-run radio reported Friday. The quake struck Thu...

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[Posted on : 2009-07-10 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

No end in sight in talks on resolving Honduran crisis - Summary
San Jose - Meetings aimed at ending the political crisis in Honduras began Thursday at the home of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, but hours later there was sign of any headway. Arias, who has taken on the role of mediator, hosted ousted Honduran ...

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[Posted on : 2009-07-10 ] Category : [ World ]

EU official: Possible sanctions unless Iran resolves election issue
New York - European Union External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said Thursday that sanctions should be considered if Iran rejects talks to settle the dispute over results of last month's presidential elections. If nothing will happe...

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[Posted on : 2009-07-09 ] Category : [ US (World) ]

More than 300 injured quake in south-west China
Beijing - An earthquake with a magnitude on the Richter scale of 6.0 struck overnight in south-western China, with an initial casualty toll of 336 injured included 56 people in serious condition, China Daily reported early Friday on its website. The ...

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[Posted on : 2009-07-09 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Zimbabwe's toddler 'terrorist' struggles to reintegrate - Feature

Australia debates whether to close sacred Uluru - Feature

Aung San Suu Kyi's trial resumes amid tight security

LA police chief: Jackson investigation might turn criminal - Summary

Indonesian maids in Hong Kong claim they are abused and underpaid

Vietnam to discuss Mekong River with Thailand

Yen's continued strength sends Tokyo markets lower

ANALYSIS: Can world powers walk the climate walk fast enough?

300 hurt, thousands homeless after southwest China quake - Update

No end in sight in talks on resolving Honduran crisis - Summary

Documentarian Moore readies new movie Capitalism: A Love Story

Colombian family says they saw ghost of Michael Jackson

EU official: Possible sanctions unless Iran resolves election issue

More than 300 injured quake in south-west China

Exit festival rocks despite rain, flu, economic crisis - Feature

Financial shares push US stocks higher

Poor weather a concern for Endeavour launch

US deports Bolivia's 'cocaine minister'

US releases Iranian diplomats in Iraq - Summary

Real Madrid welcome Benzema, prepare to sell Huntelaar