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United States military and the Afghan police officials announced that an American military convoy was attacked in a crowded market on Thursday. The attack came a day after the suicide bombing in Afghanistan and killed one soldier and 18 civilians. A Toyota Corolla approached the military convoy and blew off at around 8 a.m., Among the murdered civilians there... |
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Cathay Pacific Airways said Wednesday that it has scrapped the traditional end-of-year bonus for all its Hong Kong staff in a cost-cutting measure sparked by the global economic crisis.
Chief executive Tony Tyler blamed the move on the difficulties the airline was facing because of fuel price hikes earlier this year and the...
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Leaders in Kosovo Tuesday again rejected a Serbia-sponsored United Nations proposal to revise an upcoming European Union mission, the Eulex, in Kosovo, warning they would not allow even a hint at the partition of the country along ethnic lines.
"There can be no illegal and illegitimate institutions in any part of Kosovo,"...
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Hamas threatened Tuesday to call off a five-month-old Gaza truce, after Israel kept up its near-total closure of the strip for the 14th consecutive day in response to ongoing rocket attacks.
A spokesman for the radical Islamist movement that rules Gaza called on all Palestinian militant factions active in Gaza to meet and reach a...
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A restructuring of South Korea's shipbuilding industry, which has been hit by a downturn in orders, is being considered by the country's government and banks, according to media reports.
Proposals are being considered that would offer troubled shipbuilders conditional financial support, reported the Yonhap news agency Tuesday, citing...
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Iraq has told Iran that its security pact with the United States would not threaten Iran's national sovereignty, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Tuesday.
"The security agreement has no articles that threaten the security of neighbouring countries," Zebari said in a statement following his meeting with his...
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A Saudi Arabian supertanker hijacked by pirates has anchored near the Somali port of Harardhere, but there are no plans to attempt to free the ship and its crew, a Somali official said Tuesday.
The tanker Sirius Star, which was sailing under a Liberian flag, was seized Saturday by Somali pirates 450 nautical miles south-east of the...
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Several Israeli tanks and bulldozers crossed into the south-east Gaza Strip Tuesday morning, sparking clashes with Palestinian gunmen, witnesses and the Israeli military said.
The witnesses said that three tanks and two bulldozers rolled some 100 metres across the border east of the town of Rafah. They said the bulldozers were...
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Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra has decided not to appeal an abuse-of-power conviction that carries a two-year jail sentence and has turned him in to a divorced, wandering exile, his lawyer confirmed Tuesday.
On October 21, the Supreme Court for Political Office Holders found Thaksin guilty of abusing his...
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Egypt and India have decided to rekindle old ties in tune with contemporary realities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday after delegation-level talks with visiting President Hosni Mubarak.
The two countries agreed to establish a strategic dialogue at the foreign ministry level. Six agreements on issues ranging from trade to...
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Sri Lanka's Navy and Air Force jointly attacked a cluster of Tamil rebel boats off the island's north-eastern coast on Tuesday morning, killing at least six rebels, military officials said.
Fighting broke out after the Sri Lanka Navy's elite Special Boat Squadron confronted a cluster of "sea tiger" boats off Nayaru, more...
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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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