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Jamaican clashes kill 44
At least 44 civilians have died in clashes between Jamaican security forces and gunmen in West Kingston, a Jamaican official says.
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At least 44 civilians have died in clashes between Jamaican security forces and gunmen in West Kingston, a Jamaican official says.Mobile phone number 0888 888 888 is suspended after every user assigned to it DIES
Spooked phone bosses have suspended the mobile phone number 0888 888 888 - after every single person assigned to it died in the last 10 years.
Misc World | 207497 hits | 5:06 AM on Wednesday | posted by kitty
Spooked phone bosses have suspended the mobile phone number 0888 888 888 - after every single person assigned to it died in the last 10 years.N.Korea says to sever all ties with S.Korea
North Korea said Tuesday it was severing all ties with South Korea and cutting communications links in protest at claims that it had torpedoed one of Seoul's warships.
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North Korea said Tuesday it was severing all ties with South Korea and cutting communications links in protest at claims that it had torpedoed one of Seoul's warships.U.S. sends Patriot missiles, soldiers to Poland
WARSAW, Poland � Dozens of American soldiers and a battery of Patriot missiles have arrived in Poland, where they will spend the next two years teaching the Polish military to operate the advanced guided missile system at a base just a few miles from the
Misc World | 206823 hits | 1:13 AM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
WARSAW, Poland � Dozens of American soldiers and a battery of Patriot missiles have arrived in Poland, where they will spend the next two years teaching the Polish military to operate the advanced guided missile system at a base just a few miles from the U.S. and S. Korea plan joint naval exercises
WASHINGTON � The U.S. and South Korea are planning two major military exercises off the Korean Peninsula in response to North Korea's torpedo attack on a South Korean warship.
Misc World | 206841 hits | 1:08 AM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
WASHINGTON � The U.S. and South Korea are planning two major military exercises off the Korean Peninsula in response to North Korea's torpedo attack on a South Korean warship.Iraq's history is written across the graves of Najaf's vast cemetery
NAJAF, Iraq - Pictures of the two brothers stare out, side by side, separated by the gulf of a quarter century. Rahim Jabr died in 1981, a foot soldier in the bloody eight year war with Iran, while Naeem was a casualty of the savage sectarian fighting tha
Misc World | 206663 hits | 1:01 AM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
NAJAF, Iraq - Pictures of the two brothers stare out, side by side, separated by the gulf of a quarter century. Rahim Jabr died in 1981, a foot soldier in the bloody eight year war with Iran, while Naeem was a casualty of the savage sectarian fighting tha
Canada imposes sanctions on N. KoreaMisc World | 206917 hits | 9:34 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
Canada and the United States offered their full support to South Korea as the country's president cut trade to North Korea Monday in retaliation for a torpedo attack that killed 46 sailors. U.K. military blog says Canadians among troops wounded in Taliban attackMisc World | 206743 hits | 12:44 AM on Monday | posted by Hyack
TORONTO - A British military blog is reporting that Canadians and Americans are among more than a dozen coalition troops wounded in a Taliban rocket attack at the Kandahar Airfield.Jamaica declares state of emergency as slums erupt
Masked men torched a police station and traded gunfire with security forces in a patchwork of barricaded slums in Jamaica's capital Sunday, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency.
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Masked men torched a police station and traded gunfire with security forces in a patchwork of barricaded slums in Jamaica's capital Sunday, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency. Taliban says it attacked NATO baseMisc World | 206821 hits | 5:08 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
The Taliban claimed responsibility Sunday for a nighttime assault on NATO's largest base in southern AfghanistanRevealed: how Israel offered to sell South Africa nuclear weapons
Secret South African documents reveal that Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime, providing the first official documentary evidence of the state's possession of nuclear weapons.
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Secret South African documents reveal that Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime, providing the first official documentary evidence of the state's possession of nuclear weapons.Nineteen dead, 70 hurt, in China train derailment
A passenger train hit by landslides derailed Sunday in eastern China, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 70 others, state media reported.
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A passenger train hit by landslides derailed Sunday in eastern China, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 70 others, state media reported.Clues sought in India crash that killed 158
Investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the wreckage of an Air India Express plane that crashed after overshooting a runway in southern India, killing all but eight of the 166 people on board.
Misc World | 206634 hits | 8:34 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the wreckage of an Air India Express plane that crashed after overshooting a runway in southern India, killing all but eight of the 166 people on board.Duchess of York 'wanted cash for Prince Andrew access'
The Duchess of York has been filmed offering to sell access to ex-husband Prince Andrew for �500,000 ($723,000), a newspaper has claimed.
Misc World | 206853 hits | 10:59 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
The Duchess of York has been filmed offering to sell access to ex-husband Prince Andrew for �500,000 ($723,000), a newspaper has claimed.Jordan Romero, 13, 'becomes youngest to scale Everest'
A 13-year-old American boy has become the youngest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Misc World | 206970 hits | 10:31 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
A 13-year-old American boy has become the youngest person to reach the summit of Mount EverestAbbas: Palestinians ready to swap land with Israel
RAMALLAH � The Palestinians are ready to swap some land with Israel, although differences remain over the amount of territory to be traded, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday after two rounds of U.S.-led indirect peace talks.
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RAMALLAH � The Palestinians are ready to swap some land with Israel, although differences remain over the amount of territory to be traded, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday after two rounds of U.S.-led indirect peace talks.UN Command launches special probe on N. Korea
SEOUL, South Korea � The United Nations Command launched a probe Saturday into whether the deadly sinking of a South Korean navy ship blamed on North Korea violated the Korean War truce agreement.
Misc World | 206684 hits | 10:07 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
SEOUL, South Korea � The United Nations Command launched a probe Saturday into whether the deadly sinking of a South Korean navy ship blamed on North Korea violated the Korean War truce agreement.Moderate quakes rattle Baja California
A series of moderate earthquakes south of the California border Saturday shook buildings in downtown San Diego, but there were no reports of damage or injuries.
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A series of moderate earthquakes south of the California border Saturday shook buildings in downtown San Diego, but there were no reports of damage or injuries.Matador gets Spain and suffering
A day after dashing Spanish bullfighter Julio Aparicio showed his dominance by cutting the ears off two vanquished bulls, one of their bovine brothers got revenge yesterday by gruesomely impaling the matador through his throat and out his mouth.
Misc World | 207446 hits | 10:07 AM on Saturday | posted by snookums
A day after dashing Spanish bullfighter Julio Aparicio showed his dominance by cutting the ears off two vanquished bulls, one of their bovine brothers got revenge yesterday by gruesomely impaling the matador through his throat and out his mouth.8 survive, 158 perish as plane crashes on landing in India
An Air India Express plane trying to land in the rain at a tricky hilltop airport in southern India overshot the runway, crashed and burst into flames at dawn Saturday, killing 158 people, officials said. There were 8 survivors.
Misc World | 206692 hits | 6:03 AM on Saturday | posted by kitty
An Air India Express plane trying to land in the rain at a tricky hilltop airport in southern India overshot the runway, crashed and burst into flames at dawn Saturday, killing 158 people, officials said. There were 8 survivors.160 feared dead Air India crash
NEW DELHI - As many as 160 people were feared dead after an Air India plane arriving from Dubai crashed Saturday as it overshot a runway while trying to land in southern India.
Misc World | 206597 hits | 9:34 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
NEW DELHI - As many as 160 people were feared dead after an Air India plane arriving from Dubai crashed Saturday as it overshot a runway while trying to land in southern India.US evangelist gets life for dead wife in freezer
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Canadian general escaped suicide bombingMisc World | 206975 hits | 12:58 AM on Friday | posted by Hyack
A Canadian Forces general narrowly escaped death in the same suicide car bombing that killed Canadian Col. Geoff Parker and 17 others in Kabul on Tuesday.Outrage over Gulf oil spill grows
GRAND ISLE, La. - Thick, sticky oil crept deeper into delicate marshes of the Mississippi Delta, an arrival dreaded for a month since the crude started spewing into the Gulf, as anger and frustration mounted over efforts to plug the gusher from a blown-ou
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GRAND ISLE, La. - Thick, sticky oil crept deeper into delicate marshes of the Mississippi Delta, an arrival dreaded for a month since the crude started spewing into the Gulf, as anger and frustration mounted over efforts to plug the gusher from a blown-ouNorth Korea warns of 'all-out war' as tensions build
North Korea denies sinking a South Korean warship and is threatening "all-out war" should its neighbour retaliate.
Misc World | 206809 hits | 12:34 AM on Friday | posted by Hyack
North Korea denies sinking a South Korean warship and is threatening "all-out war" should its neighbour retaliate.Matisse, Picasso masterpieces snatched in Paris
The Paris Museum of Modern Art was cordoned off from the public on Thursday after a thief broke in overnight and stole five priceless works of art.
Misc World | 206672 hits | 4:00 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
The Paris Museum of Modern Art was cordoned off from the public on Thursday after a thief broke in overnight and stole five priceless works of art.Probe says N. Korea fired torpedo
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea accused North Korea on Thursday of firing a torpedo that sank a naval warship in March, killing 46 sailors in the country's worst military disaster since the Korean War.
Misc World | 206766 hits | 11:39 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea accused North Korea on Thursday of firing a torpedo that sank a naval warship in March, killing 46 sailors in the country's worst military disaster since the Korean War.New China knife attack wounds 9 students
BEIJING � Men with knives burst into a Chinese college dormitory and slashed nine students in the latest violence in a country shaken by a recent string of rampages at schools.
Misc World | 206700 hits | 11:37 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
BEIJING � Men with knives burst into a Chinese college dormitory and slashed nine students in the latest violence in a country shaken by a recent string of rampages at schools.'Euro is in danger,' German chancellor says
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned lawmakers Wednesday that failing to shore up government debt and enact tougher financial regulations puts the euro "in danger" and threatens the very future of Europe.
Misc World | 206869 hits | 8:19 PM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned lawmakers Wednesday that failing to shore up government debt and enact tougher financial regulations puts the euro "in danger" and threatens the very future of Europe.The global crisis that no one is talking about
Misc World | 206782 hits | 7:55 PM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
Fears of war, NKorea meltdown cloud options for response to South Korean ship sinking
WASHINGTON - Deciding how to respond to North Korea's apparent sinking of a South Korean warship will be tricky for U.S. officials. Too tough a response could spark a dangerous reaction in the nuclear-armed neo-Stalinist state, while too lenient an approa
Misc World | 206897 hits | 6:03 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
WASHINGTON - Deciding how to respond to North Korea's apparent sinking of a South Korean warship will be tricky for U.S. officials. Too tough a response could spark a dangerous reaction in the nuclear-armed neo-Stalinist state, while too lenient an approaLondon Olympic Mascots Unveiled
Wenlock and Mandeville, the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic mascots, elicited mostly baffled reactions as to just what they were at their unveiling today.
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Wenlock and Mandeville, the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic mascots, elicited mostly baffled reactions as to just what they were at their unveiling today.Insurgents attack giant U.S. base in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan � Insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault Wednesday against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field one day after a suicide bomber struck a U.S. convoy in the capital of Kabul, killing 18 people
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KABUL, Afghanistan � Insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault Wednesday against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field one day after a suicide bomber struck a U.S. convoy in the capital of Kabul, killing 18 peopleGreenland's coastal areas rising
Greenland's ice is melting at such a rapid pace that the land beneath it is rising up, say U.S. researchers.
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Greenland's ice is melting at such a rapid pace that the land beneath it is rising up, say U.S. researchers.Magnitude-4.5 quake hits seismically active California border; downgraded from 5.1
EL CENTRO, Calif. - The seismically active California-Mexico border was rattled Tuesday by a magnitude-4.5 aftershock of the major earthquake that hit the region April 4. No damage was immediately reported.
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EL CENTRO, Calif. - The seismically active California-Mexico border was rattled Tuesday by a magnitude-4.5 aftershock of the major earthquake that hit the region April 4. No damage was immediately reported.UN plans new sanctions against Iran
The United States introduced a resolution backed by all veto-wielding members of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that would impose new sanctions against Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard and seek to curtail military, financial and shippin
Misc World | 206661 hits | 12:12 AM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
The United States introduced a resolution backed by all veto-wielding members of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that would impose new sanctions against Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard and seek to curtail military, financial and shippin'Obvious' North Korea sank ship: S. Korea
It is "obvious" North Korea sank one of the South Korea's warships in March, killing 46 sailors, South Korea's foreign minister said Wednesday.
Misc World | 206979 hits | 12:07 AM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
It is "obvious" North Korea sank one of the South Korea's warships in March, killing 46 sailors, South Korea's foreign minister said Wednesday.Future of Mount St. Helens debated
CASTLE ROCK, Wash. � Thirty years after the eruption of Mount St. Helens levelled a forest and rained volcanic ash for miles around, the devastated mountain remains an important centre for volcano research and science.
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CASTLE ROCK, Wash. � Thirty years after the eruption of Mount St. Helens levelled a forest and rained volcanic ash for miles around, the devastated mountain remains an important centre for volcano research and science.Afghan plane crashes with 44 people on board
A plane carrying 44 people, including six foreigners, on a domestic flight in Afghanistan crashed about 100 kilometres outside Kabul Monday morning. There was no immediate word on casualties.
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A plane carrying 44 people, including six foreigners, on a domestic flight in Afghanistan crashed about 100 kilometres outside Kabul Monday morning. There was no immediate word on casualties.Thai PM defends crackdown as death toll rises
What began as a day of hope here Sunday � sparked by an offer of renewed negotiations � ended with the sound of gunfire and explosions rumbling across this city�s humid, night air.
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What began as a day of hope here Sunday � sparked by an offer of renewed negotiations � ended with the sound of gunfire and explosions rumbling across this city�s humid, night air.Thai women, children leave protest camp
Thailand's army has called on Red Shirt protesters to remove all women, children and the elderly from their camp by Monday afternoon, signalling that the military crackdown in Bangkok may escalate.
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Thailand's army has called on Red Shirt protesters to remove all women, children and the elderly from their camp by Monday afternoon, signalling that the military crackdown in Bangkok may escalate. Six dead as urban warfare breaks out in BangkokMisc World | 206747 hits | 7:56 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Raging violence in the heart of the Thai capital claimed six more lives Saturday as the embattled premier vowed no turning back and the army threatened a crackdown on thousands of protesters. Giant papier mache heads of G8 leaders to appear at G20Misc World | 206722 hits | 7:06 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Giant papier mache heads of the G8 leaders will soon be making a long journey from the U.K. to Canada for the international summit -- but they won't quite make it to the G8 itself. B.C.-born Israeli soldier to catch ride with NetanyahuMisc World | 206817 hits | 6:53 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Everyone who knows Jonathan Fader heard about his conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu.Bomb explodes in Greek courthouse
A powerful bomb exploded inside a courthouse in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Friday, sending smoke billowing in the building and injuring one person.
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A powerful bomb exploded inside a courthouse in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Friday, sending smoke billowing in the building and injuring one person.China's school killings blamed on social tension
A spate of recent killings at primary schools in China can be blamed on deep-seated social tensions, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says.
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A spate of recent killings at primary schools in China can be blamed on deep-seated social tensions, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says.Los Angeles approves Arizona travel boycott
The Los Angeles City Council overwhelmingly approved a boycott of Arizona-based businesses and governments Wednesday unless the state repeals a new law giving police the power to question a detainee's immigration status.
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The Los Angeles City Council overwhelmingly approved a boycott of Arizona-based businesses and governments Wednesday unless the state repeals a new law giving police the power to question a detainee's immigration status. Convicts in southern Indian prison set to join the world economy, work in data processingMisc World | 206617 hits | 10:59 AM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
Boy who survived Libyan plane crash united with relativesMisc World | 207024 hits | 5:32 AM on Thursday | posted by kitty
Hopeful family members rushed to a Libyan hospital Thursday to reunite with the Dutch boy who was the only survivor of a plane crash that killed 103 people and doctors said the 9-year-old was out of danger after surgery on his shattered legs.Back to Canada News
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