Kidnapped principal beheaded in southern Philippines
Zamboanga City, Philippines - A kidnapped state school principal was beheaded by his abductors on a southern Philippine island, a regional military spokesman said Monday. The head of Gabriel Canizares, 36, was recovered at dawn Monday at a petrol sta...
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Hong Kong mother arrested over baby found dead on clothes rack
Hong Kong - A 28-year-old woman was being questioned by police Monday after the body of a newborn was found suspended on a clothes-drying rack outside a block of flats in Hong Kong. A horrified resident called police Sunday evening after discovering ...
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Teen killed, 35 injured as Hong Kong bus overturns
Hong Kong - A 17-year-old girl was killed and 35 other passengers injured when a double-decker bus overturned in Hong Kong Monday, police said. The bus, which some witnesses said was speeding, toppled onto its side on a roundabout as it travelled fro...
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Powerful quake rattles Indonesia's Sumbawa Island
Washington/Jakarta - An earthquake registering a magnitude of 6.7 on the Richter scale shook the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, the US Geological Survey reported early Monday. The epicentre was in the eastern part of the island, which lies about 1,300...
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Taiwan shelves 9 Mirage jets due to lack of spare parts
Taipei - The Taiwan Air Force has shelved nine Mirage 2000-5 jets due to a lack of spare parts supplied by France, a newspaper report said Sunday. The China Times quoted an unnamed Air Force official as saying that the jets had been mothballed with a...
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Thousands rally against US base in Japan
Tokyo - Thousands of people rallied on the island of Okinawa in southern Japan on Sunday to demand the relocation of a US military base which they say has been a burden on the island. The protests, which organizers say drew about 21,000 people, occur...
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China pledges 10 billion dollars in aid to Africa - Summary
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday pledged 10 billion dollars in new loans to African nations for the development of infrastructure and social programs. He made the announcement at the start of the fourth ministerial meetin...
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Workers' strike paralyses Bangladesh river operations
Dhaka - Bangladesh's water transport workers began an indefinite strike Sunday, halting river tranportation and other operations in the South Asian country. Waterways Transport Workers Federation of Bangladesh, a coalition of river workers, called th...
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China pledge 10 billion dollars in aid to Africa - Update
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday pledged 10 billion dollars in new loans to African nations for the development of infrastructure and social programs. He made the announcement at the start of the fourth ministerial meetin...
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