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London gridlock as transport strike brings chaos
LONDON, Sept 7 – Millions of commuters across the British capital struggled to get to work today as a 24-hour strike by workers on London’s underground rail system crippled much ... Read More
Iran tells world: Don’t make stoning a rights issue
TEHRAN, Sept 7 – Foreign countries should not interfere in Iran’s legal system and stop trying to turn the case of a woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery into a ... Read MoreAustralia PM Gillard to form second-term government
CANBERRA, Sept 7 — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard secured a second term in office Tuesday, winning the support of independent lawmakers to form a minority Labor ... Read More
Bangladeshis sent RM3b back home last month
DHAKA, Sept 7 — Bangladesh received US$957.9 million (RM2.99 billion) in remittances from workers overseas in August, up 2.4 percent from a year earlier, central bank data ... Read More
Myanmar state sell-off boosts power of generals
BANGKOK, Sept 7 — Private sector reforms have accelerated in Myanmar, but not without a heavy dose of cronyism, as the military junta strengthens control over major assets and the ... Read More
TOKYO, Sept 7 – Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has a slight lead over powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa in a ruling party leadership race just one week before the vote, but his victory will be by a small margin, a key aide to Kan said today.
The winner of the September 14 Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leadership vote will likely be premier ... Read More
Edward Nino Hernandez, 24, dances in his home in Bogota September 6, 2010. At 70.21cm tall, has been recognised as the world’s shortest man in the upcoming Guinness World Records 2011 book. – Reuter
Quake-hit Christchurch struggles to get back on its feet
WELLINGTON, Sept 7 — New Zealand’s second-biggest city, Christchurch, struggled to get back to business on Tuesday as aftershocks caused more damage and kept parts of the city ... Read More
Israel PM sees deal possible in year
JERUSALEM, Sept 7 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told visiting US congressmen he thinks it could be possible to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians in a year ... Read More
US commander seeks 2,000 new troops for Afghanistan
BRUSSELS, Sept 7 — The US and NATO commander in Afghanistan has requested another 2,000 troops for the foreign force fighting the Taliban insurgency, despite waning support for ... Read More
Obama to announce US$50b infrastructure job plan
WASHINGTON, Sept 6 – President Barack Obama will announce today a six-year plan to revamp the United States’ aging roads, railways and runways with a US$50 billion (RM155.67 ... Read More
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- Egyptian officials sent to court in Van Gogh theft
- Greenpeace members convicted on Japan whale meat theft
- Australia expected to form new government tomorrow
- Aftershocks rattle quake-hit NZ city, markets muted
- Tropical storm Hermine warnings for Texas, Mexico
- Seventeen killed in Pakistan suicide attack
- Guatemala landslides kill dozens, toll seen rising
- Pirates rob tanker as attacks rise in South China Sea
- War, corruption swell number of Afghan street kids
- Quake-hit New Zealand city remains shut
- Islamist threat to Germany is growing, say police
- Basque separatists ETA announce ceasefire
- Vatican closely following Iran stoning case
- Taliban threaten to disrupt Afghanistan election
- India test-fires Brahmos cruise missile
- Seven killed in suicide attack on Iraq army base
- Obama says his economic policies halted ‘bleeding’
- Torrential rains kill 18 in Guatemala
- Thousands protest French immigrant clampdown
- South Korea foreign minister quits in nepotism row
- Blair pelted with eggs at Dublin book signing
- Pakistan’s ruling party losing support among flood victims
- Nine dead as small plane crashes in New Zealand
- Emergency declared after 7.1 quake hits New Zealand
- Obama to address new economic ideas next week
- Obama to host Asean leaders in New York
- Car bomb in Caucasus wounds minister, kills driver
- Austria far-right says anti-mosque web game banned
- Venezuela’s rife crime political peril for Chavez
- Ghana’s image loses some shine as oil nears
- Suicide blast rips through Pakistan city, 43 dead
- Hurricane Earl swipes US east, but no big hit
- Iran’s Ahmadinejad calls on Palestinians to fight on
- Muslim cleric calls for beheading of Dutch politician
- Ukraine signs RM2.9b China loan for railway link
- UN atom chief invited Israel to mull joining NPT
- Villagers flee as Indonesia volcano erupts again
- Two dead as troops, insurgents clash in south Thailand
- Wind, rain from Hurricane Earl buffet North Carolina
- Israel, Palestinians agree to more peace meets
- Drug shootout with army kills 25 in Mexico
- Israel, Palestinians launch direct peace talks