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Indonesian ferry captain rejects overcrowding claims

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The captain of an Indonesian ferry which sank killing 29 people rejected claims of overcrowding Monday and blamed a freak storm for the disaster, as officials launched an investigation. ...

Philippines gunmen kill 21 in hostage crisis

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Twenty-one people who were among a group of local politicians and journalists abducted in the southern Philippines on Monday have been found dead, the region's military chief said. "Our...

Indian PM presses Pakistan on US visit

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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was to open talks Monday on a high-profile state visit to the United States where he encouraged President Barack Obama to fight Islamic extremism in...

Iran police arrest 12 couples for partner swapping

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Iran's moral police have arrested a dozen couples for engaging in illicit sexual acts, including swapping of partners, the conservative Jomhuri Eslami reported on Monday. The report said

Indonesia president set to act on corruption scandal

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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was set to announce Monday "controversial" action on a high-level corruption scandal that has gripped the country for weeks and shaken his...

Afghan security plans 'a tall order'

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Afghan government plans to boost army and police numbers massively have been greeted with scepticism by diplomats and military experts who say the figures are too ambitious. Afghanistan...

Anger builds as China mine toll rises to 104

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Relatives of victims angrily demanded answers Monday as hopes of finding more survivors after China's worst mining disaster for two years took a blow with the death toll rising to 104. ...

Hundreds rescued, 29 die as Indonesia ferry sinks

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Rescuers on Sunday desperately hunted for survivors in the waters off Indonesia's Sumatra island after a ferry sank in stormy seas, killing at least 29 people, officials said. Nearly 250

Hopes dim as China mine toll rises to 104

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Hopes of finding more survivors from a huge coal mine blast in China took a blow Monday with the recovery of 12 bodies, raising the death toll to 104 in the nation's worst mining disaster...

Cambodia set for final arguments in KRouge jail chief trial

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Cambodia's Khmer Rouge war crimes court on Monday begins final arguments in its first trial, bringing the regime's prison chief closer to justice for the "Killing Fields" atrocities 30...

Thousands back Mexico's shadow president

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Thousands of Mexicans rallied to show support for "shadow president" Manuel Lopez Obrador -- who believes his country's top job was stolen from him in 2006 -- at the mid-point of his...

Iraq says October 25 bombers came from Syria: spokesman

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Iraq on Sunday for the first time said that the bombers who killed more than 150 people in Baghdad on October 25 came from neighbouring Syria, but steered well clear of accusing Damascus of

Somali pirates holding 12-year-old hostage: Spanish skipper

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A Spanish trawler captain released by Somali pirates said he is haunted by his failure to save a 12-year-old Ukrainian girl held captive for more than six months, a newspaper reported...

Failed N. Ireland car bomb highlights terror threat

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A massive car bomb that failed to explode properly was designed to cause widespread destruction, police said on Sunday, underscoring the threat facing Northern Ireland's fragile peace. ...

Rival Somali militia fighting kills 14: witnesses

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At least 14 people were killed Sunday in fighting between rival Somali Islamist militia battling for control of the southern town of Afmadow, witnesses said. The Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab

'S.Lanka resettlement plan needed'

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The Sri Lankan government has failed to make adequate welfare provision for the 136,000 Tamil civilians it plans to release from internment camps, rights activists and opposition parties...

Pakistan troops repulse militant attack

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Pakistani troops on Sunday repulsed an attack by militants on one of their posts in a lawless tribal region, killing 11 rebels, officials said. Armed with heavy weapons, a group of 30-40

Separatist blasts kill five in northeast India

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Suspected separatists in northeast India set off two explosions on Sunday killing five people and wounding 50 more, police said, as two of the movement's leaders remained under arrest. ...

Iran jails former VP for 6yrs over vote unrest: website

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Iran has jailed former vice president Mohammad Ali Abtahi for six years on charges linked to protests over June's presidential election, a moderate conservative website reported. Abtahi,

Israel-Palestinian conflict kills 8,900 in 20yrs: NGO

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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed almost 8,900 lives in two decades, the vast majority of them Palestinians, the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem said in a statement published

Hospital evacuated as Australian wildfires blaze

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About 100 bushfires were burning in eastern Australia on Sunday as a hospital was evacuated and 1,000 firefighters battled the blazes amid sweltering conditions. As temperatures soared...

N.Korean leader inspects security forces

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has inspected the nation's security force headquarters, state media said on Sunday, in what Seoul media say is a bid to further tighten his control on...

US helps build anti-Taliban Afghan militias: report

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The United States has begun helping a number of anti-Taliban militias in several parts of Afghanistan in hopes for a large-scale tribal rebellion against the radical Islamic movement, The...

Romanians head to the polls to elect new president

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Romanians go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president for a five-year term, amid a serious recession and an ongoing political crisis prompted by the fall of the government in...

Death toll in China mine disaster rises to 87: state media

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The death toll from a coal mine blast in northeast China has risen to 87, with 21 other miners still trapped, state media reported Sunday.

Cuba: military exercise braces island for US attack

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Nearly 50 years after a botched US-directed invasion of Cuba, the communist nation said Saturday it is holding a military exercise next week to boost preparedness against any future US...

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