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Indonesia demotes chief of detectives amid corruption scandal
Jakarta - Indonesia's chief of detectives was removed from his post amid allegations of involvement in a conspiracy to frame two senior anti-corruption officials, media reports said Wednesday. Susno Duadji's demotion at the National Police came one d...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Death toll in Philippine political massacre at 52 - Update
Manila - Philippine security forces Wednesday dug up two vehicles and five more bodies from the site of a massacre linked to a political rivalry in the country's troubled south, bringing the death toll to 52. Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Ponce, a regi...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Taipei airport baggage handlers caught stealing from luggage
Taipei - Three baggage handlers at the Taipei international airport were arrested for stealing cash and other valuables from passengers' luggage, airport police said Wednesday. Three baggage handlers have been detained for stealing a purse containin...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Feral camels take over remote Australian township
Sydney - A herd of 6,000 camels is terrorizing the remote far-north Australian township of Docker River, Northern Territory Local Government Minister Rob Knight told the Darwin Parliament on Wednesday. He said the locals, mostly Aborigines, were afra...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

EXTRA: Death toll in Philippine political massacre rise to 52
Manila - Philippine security forces Wednesday dug up two vehicles and five more bodies from the site of a massacre linked to a political rivalry, bringing the death toll to 52. Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Ponce, a regional military spokesman, said th...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

INTERVIEW: Turkish sociologist: Muslim values blocking integration
Berlin - Necla Kelek, a sociologist of Turkish origin, has long been a thorn in the side of Germany's Turkish community due to her unflinching criticism of traditions that, she believes, are a bar...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Ukrainian sailor killed in pirate attack
Hamburg - One crew member on a German oil tanker was shot to death in a pirate attack Tuesday off the coast of Benin, German broadcaster NDR reported, citing the Cancale Star's Hamburg shipping company. The slain sailor was Ukrainian. ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Philippines rules out immediate arrests in political massacre
Manila - The Philippine government on Wednesday rejected mounting calls for the immediate arrest of members of a prominent political family allegedly behind the massacre of 46 people. Presidential spokesman Cerge Remonde said investigators must build...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

More than 16,000 evacuated as Malaysian floods worsen
Kuala Lumpur - More than 16,000 Malaysians have evacuated their homes as flood waters continued to rise following incessant rainfall in six states, news reports said Wednesday. The onslaught of the annual year-end monsoon season, which typically last...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Toilet blockages force Cathay Pacific Airbus to divert to India
Hong Kong - Airbus said Wednesday it was investigating a series of mystery toilet blockages on Cathay Pacific planes which forced one passenger jet to make an unscheduled landing in India. Toilets on the Hong Kong-based airline's A330 and A340 Airbus...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

 

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