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Blast kills Afghan child; coalition forces kill several militants
Kabul - A blast in southern Afghanistan killed a child and wounded four people, while coalition forces claimed they had killed several extremists and arrested 10 in two separate operations in the east of the country, officials said on Saturday. The...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-17 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Iran criticizes Saudi Arabia for oil production increase
Tehran - Iran on Saturday criticized a decision by Saudi Arabia to increase its oil production, Fars news agency reported. While terming the Saudi decision a political move, Iranian Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari told Fars that a production inc...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-17 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Lake threatening to burst banks in China quake zone - 2nd Update
Beijing - A lake is threatening to burst its banks in the quake-hit south-western Chinese province of Sichuan, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday, citing soldiers working to rescue people in Beichuan county. Forty-six seriously injure...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-17 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Pakistani ambassador to Afghanistan released from tribal region
Islamabad - Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, abducted around three months ago in the country's restive tribal region, has been released, media reports said Saturday. Tariq Azizuddin was handed over by militants to the authorities on Friday night...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-17 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Twelve killed in a mall fire in eastern India
New Delhi - At least 12 people were killed and 23 were injured when a fire broke out in a shopping mall in India's eastern state of West Bengal, news reports said Saturday. The blaze in the mall in Sodepur town, 20 kilometres north of state capital K...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-17 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Poll: Irish two-to-one in favour of EU Treaty, but half undecided
Dublin - A new poll published Saturday shows a majority of two-to-one in favour of the EU Reform Treaty among Irish voters who have decided how they are going to vote in next month's referendum to approve the document, but almost half are undecided o...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-17 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Dominican President Fernandez wins re-election - Update
Santo Domingo - Dominican centre-right President Leonel Fernandez won re-election in Friday's vote, with his chief rival conceding defeat. With more than 60 per cent of ballots counted, he had 53 per cent of the vote, which would be enough to avoid a...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-17 ] Category : [ World ]

New satellite TV station to beam shows to China and South-East Asia
Singapore - A new Singapore-based satellite television firm plans to beam shows to 220 million viewers in China and South-East Asia when it goes live next quarter. NL Yellow River Satellite TV, a joint venture between Singapore media firm Net Leader ...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-17 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

EXTRA: Lake threatening to burst banks in China quake zone
Beijing - A lake is threatening to burst its banks in the quake-hit south-western Chinese province of Sichuan, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday, citing soldiers working to rescue people in Beichuan county. Forty-six seriously injure...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-17 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Australian mobster Mokbel ends Greek sojourn
Sydney - Australian mobster Tony Mokbel began serving a 12- year jail sentence for cocaine-trafficking Saturday after his extradition from Greece. Fat Tony arrived in Melbourne aboard a chartered Gulfstream executive jet and was driven straight to ...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-17 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]