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 Deadly blast in Lahore

9 Mar 2010 at 5:41am
A bomb explodes in the eastern...

 Women strip to protest Mexican president

9 Mar 2010 at 5:41am
Five women have protested by stripping naked in a Mexico legislative building to demand the resignation of President Felipe Calderon, the country's congressional news agency reported. "We are exposing...

Indonesian Police Kill 3 Terror Suspects

9 Mar 2010 at 5:39am
Anti-terror Police Shoot 3 Suspects Dead In 2 Raids On Indonesia's Java Island Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Anti-terror police hunting a mastermind of Indonesia's worst terror attack killed three suspects near Jakarta on Tuesday, police said. Police were trying to...

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New Zealand woman sells souls to highest bidder

8 Mar 2010 at 10:34pm
The rare spirits that went under the gavel at a recent online auction in New Zealand weren't aged brandies or hard-to-find liqueurs.



Auction - New Zealand - Online auction business model - Oceania - Business and Economy

Heavy security is new normal in China's Tibet

7 Mar 2010 at 6:24pm
Chinese troops with automatic rifles now patrol the Tibetan quarter of the capital of Chinese-controlled Tibet ? as ever-present as Buddhist pilgrims.



Tibet - China - Buddhism - Asia - Dalai Lama

Report: Tiger bites keeper to death in Chinese zoo

6 Mar 2010 at 12:00am
An animal keeper has died after being bitten by a tiger at the Shanghai Zoo.



Chinese language - Shanghai - Zoo - Biology - China

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Burma refugees 'face starvation'

9 Mar 2010 at 12:56am
Bangladesh's government is ignoring the plight of thousands of starving Burmese refugees, a US medical charity warns.

Raids 'kill Indonesia militants'

9 Mar 2010 at 5:44am
Indonesian security forces kill three alleged militants and investigate whether one is key Bali bomb suspect Dulmatin.

Burma outlines new election laws

9 Mar 2010 at 3:31am
Burma's military rulers will hand-pick the election commission, under newly-enacted poll laws, the government says.