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 Floods threaten first global warming islands
UAE News.Net
Residents of the Carteret Islands off Papua New Guinea have been pleading for help from the international community since their homes began sinking into the ocean.  People beat porn movie teacher to death
UAE News.Net
The Times of India has reported that an Indian teacher has been beaten to death by an angry mob after making a homemade porn film with one of his students. Pakistan in Mourning Following Deadly Plane Crash
VOA
Plane Crash in Pakistan Kills 152 Pakistan is observing a national day of mourning Thursday following the worst aviation accident in the country's history.A plane carrying 146 passengers and six crew ... Nazarbaev Circulates His Currency Vision
RadioFreeEurope
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev appears keen to introduce a common global currency. One way or another."I continue to insist that the new global economy requires a new global currency,"... Protest Over Russian Forest Turns Violent
RadioFreeEurope
The administration building in Khimki, a town outside Moscow, has been attacked by demonstrators protesting the construction of a highway through a local forest. Some 90 demonstrators threw stones and... Terror mom plain nuts: defense
New York Post
Convicted "terror mom" Aafia Siddiqui is too crazy to be sentenced to life in the slammer, her lawyers claim. In legal papers made public yesterday, Siddiqui's defense team argued that the alleged al ... Babe went on offense: Pitino
New York Post
She whispered something in his ear, unzipped his pants and then tried to take him for everything he was worth, Rick Pitino testified yesterday. The ex-Knick head coach's testimony marked the first tim... Saggy pants are butt-ugly but legal: judge
New York Post
You have the right to look ridiculous. A Bronx judge has thrown out a summons issued against a Bronx man for wearing saggy pants, finding that "the Constitution still leaves some opportunity for peopl... Ayalon slams Lebanese flotilla in Op-Ed
Jerusalem Post
Lebanese aid flotilla which is organizing to sail for Gaza and defended Israel's continued blockade of the coastal territory in an opinion article published in Thursday's ADL accepts Oliver Stone's 2nd apology
Jerusalem Post
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has accepted Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone's second apology over comments he made in an interview to Britain’s France: 8 dead babies found in home
Jerusalem Post
A French couple had been taken into custody after police found the corpses of eight newborn babies in a village in northern France, a judicial official said Wednesday.The official said the detained co... Alarming corruption rates in Egypt
Jerusalem Post
A nation-wide survey conducted in mid-2009 by the Cairo-based Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies found that 47% of small and medium businesses in Egypt are forced to offer government ... Pakistan mourns plane crash that killed 152
Earth Times
Pakistan on Thursday observed a day of mourning for the 152 people killed in a plane crash, as heavy rain slowed down the recovery of more than a dozen bodies from the crash site in the thickly forest... French minister Woerth questioned in L'Oreal probe
Channel News Asia
PARIS : French police began questioning Labour Minister Eric Woerth on Thursday in their probe into the financial affairs of France's richest woman, L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, offi... Gulf oil spill reaches 100-day mark
Channel News Asia
WASHINGTON : The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster reached the 100-day mark Wednesday with hopes high that BP is finally on the verge of permanently sealing its ruptured Macondo well. But years of legal wra... No survivors likely in Pakistan plane crash
Trade Arabia
A Pakistani passenger plane crashed in heavy rain near Islamabad on Wednesday, killing at least 90 people and officials said it was unlikely that there would be any survivors among the 152 people on b... Couple arrested after bodies of 8 babies found
The Independent
A French couple were in custody today after police found the bodies of eight newborn babies on their property in a village in northern France, a judicial official said. The official said the ... Briton found dead in Dominican Republic
The Independent
The Foreign Office said today it was investigating reports that a British strip club owner was murdered on holiday in the Dominican Republic. Denise D'Courtenay's decomposing body was discover... Rain hampers plane crash recovery efforts
The Independent
Emergency teams battled heavy rain and mud today to recover bodies strewn over hills overlooking the Pakistani capital after the country's worst plane crash. Authorities speculated that monso... Bomber kills four at Iraqi army base
The Independent
A suicide attacker drove a bomb-laden minibus into the entrance of an Iraqi army base near Saddam Hussein's home town today, setting off an explosion that killed four soldiers and wounded 10 others,... What lies ahead after spill is sealed?
CNN
Oil gushed from the ruptured well after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded April 20, leaving 11 workers dead. A panel of federal judges will meet in Boise, Idaho, Thursday to consider arguments on whe... 'Credible sightings' of missing woman
CNN
(CNN) -- There have been "credible sightings" recently of a California woman who vanished nearly a year ago after being released from a sheriff's station, authorities said Wednesday. Clinton's wedding no state secret ...
CNN
The former first family is guarding details of the upcoming nuptials like state secrets, and has not released any information. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently said she's "under very s... Tourists boldly go on Klingon tours
CNN
(CNN) -- A popular sightseeing destination in Australia is boldly going where no tourist attraction has gone before -- by offering audio tours in the Klingon language. Pakistan mourns plane crash dead
CBC News
Pakistan marked a day of mourning Thursday for the victims of the country's worst plane crash, as emergency crews continued a grim search for bodies amid thick mud, rain and slippery hillsides. By We... Alaska plane crash under investigation
CBC News
The U.S. military plans to investigate the fiery crash of one of its own cargo planes in Alaska that likely killed all crew on board. The plane was on a local training run Wednesday evening when it c... British PM's frank talk creates stir
C News
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron inspects a guard of honour during his ceremonial reception at the presidential palace in New Delhi July 29, 2010. (Reuters) NEW DELHI - British Prime Minister ... China floods wash chemicals into river
C News
BEIJING - Water supplies were cut in parts of the northeastern Chinese city of Jilin on Thursday, after a flood washed thousands of barrels of a dangerous chemical from a factory into the area's main ... Live - England v Pakistan
BBC
606 or text us your views on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide) with "CRICKET" as the first word. (Not all comments can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rat... Pools closed over diarrhoea bug
BBC
Dr John Logan, consultant in public health medicine said: "We recognise that these cases may not have acquired their infection from using the swimming pools and our investigations include reviewi...
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