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Fighting between Sri Lankan government forces and members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) movement is causing a humanitarian crisis as civilians flee from their homes into rebel-held territory in the north of the country, local officials said on Monday.
Clashes to the south of the town of Kilinochchi, 320 kilometres north of the capital Colombo,... |
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US-led coalition and Afghan forces killed more than 100 suspected Taliban militants in four days of fighting and airstrikes in the southern province of Helmand, the coalition said Thursday.
The fighting occurred from Monday through Thursday when Afghan and coalition forces were attacked by insurgents "multiple times,"...
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A Hong Kong primary school teacher faced jail Thursday after being convicted of having sex with a 10-year-old girl from his class.
Chew Hing-cheung, 53, took the girl to "love hotels" where rooms are rented by the hour on three occasions and had sex with her, Hong Kong's High Court was told.
He was arrested in January on...
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Malaysia on Thursday blocked access to a popular news website that often carries anti-government articles, sparking criticism of cyberspace censorship.
The extremely popular Malaysia Today website is run by Raja Petra Kamarudin, who was charged with sedition in May for allegedly implying that Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak was...
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A Singapore tycoon, who pleaded guilty to two counts of illegally attempting to purchasing a kidney from an Indonesian is too sick to survive in prison, said his attorney Thursday.
Attorney Cavinder Bull said jailing Tang Wee Sung, executive director of the tony CT Tang Department store and owner of prime real estate, would be...
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A soldier from the US-led coalition troops was killed when attacked while on patrol in southern Afghanistan, a statement issued by the US military said on Thursday.
The statement, which was issued by the US military base at Bagram airfield, about 50 kilometres north of Kabul, did not disclose the nationality of the soldier, nor did it...
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Malaysia on Thursday blocked access to a popular news website that often carries anti-government articles, sparking criticism of cyberspace censorship.
The extremely popular Malaysia Today website is run by Raja Petra Kamarudin, who was charged with sedition in May for allegedly implying that Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak was...
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Malaysia said Thursday its team of peacekeepers was to remain on troubled Mindanao island in the southern Philippines for another three months to monitor peace negotiations between Manila and rebel Muslim separatists.
The announcement comes in the wake of a recent outbreak of fighting between Philippine government forces and the Moro...
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The Lebanese army command confirmed Thursday that officer Samer Hana was killed when his helicoper came under fire from unknown militants and crashed on landing in southern Lebanon.
"Officer Samer Hana was killed when his helicopter was fired at, from militants in the area of Iqlim al Tuffah," said a Lebanese army...
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Two Chinese paramilitary police were killed in a clash with Uighurs in the restive Central Asian region of Xinjiang, leading to the arrest of at least 20 people, Uighur activists said Thursday.
Two officers were seriously injured and several others were hurt in the clash that occurred Wednesday in Xinjiang's Jiashi city, about 100...
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At least five soldiers and 36 rebels were killed in fighting in northern Sri Lanka as troops further expanded their area of control, military officials said Thursday.
The fighting was reported from Kilinochchi, Vavuniya and Mullaitivu districts, over 300 kilometres north of the capital.
In one of the incidents in Thunukkai,...
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 What Happened at the VMA 2008 Last Night?
The MTV Video Music Awards set its show last night. It seems that for its 25th anniversary, the VMA chose to back up Britney Spears’ comeback. And she did it! She won...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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