Sunday, October 20th, 2013

World

Plane crash victims identified

Lao Airlines says it's identified almost half of 32 bodies so far recovered after a plane carrying dozens crashed.

Hundreds flee homes on typhoon-hit Japan island

Tokyo (AFP) - Hundreds fled their homes Sunday on a Japanese island already devastated by a typhoon for fear that torrential rain would trigger fresh mudslides.
13 minutes ago
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Lebanon pilgrims held by Syria rebels free

A Qatar-brokered deal has resulted in the release of 9 Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped last year by insurgents in Syria.
17 minutes ago

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Ex-Olympic Thai pistol shooter gunned down in Bangkok

Bangkok (AFP) - A former pistol-shooting champion who twice represented Thailand at the Olympics has been killed in Bangkok by attackers who fled on a motorcycle, police told AFP.
20 minutes ago

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Suicide bomber kills 15 in central Somalia

A suicide bomb blast has killed at least 15 people inside a restaurant in central Somalia, officials say.
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Outspoken China professor fired for 'poor teaching'

Beijing (AFP) - China's prestigious Peking University has defended its controversial weekend sacking of an outspoken pro-democracy professor by saying Xia Yeliang had earned poor marks for teaching.
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Parts of Australia facing worst bushfire threat in 40 years

Sydney (AFP) - Australian fire services warned on Sunday that parts of New South Wales were facing the most dangerous combination of warm, dry weather and strong winds in more than 40 years as major wildfires swept the state.
1 hour, 34 minutes ago

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Malaysian leader strengthens hand in party polls

Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak strengthened his hand in ruling-party elections but analysts said questions remain over his stop-start plans to reform Southeast Asia's third-largest economy amid resistance from conservatives.
October 20, 2013, 1:38 pm

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Malaysia's Najib entrenches power as reform drive fades

By Stuart Grudgings and Niluksi Koswanage
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Internal voting for top posts in Malaysia's ruling coalition at the weekend have proved Malaysian Prime Minister Najib...
October 20, 2013, 12:59 pm

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Philippine 'sultan' who launched Sabah incursion dies

Manila (AFP) - A self-proclaimed Philippine sultan whose followers launched a bloody incursion into the Malaysian state of Sabah earlier this year died of organ failure in a Manila hospital on Sunday, his wife said.
October 20, 2013, 11:52 am

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Second Japanese minister visits controversial war shrine

Tokyo (AFP) - A second Japanese cabinet minister visited a controversial war shrine on Sunday but said he had no intention of provoking neighbouring countries, which see it as a painful reminder of Japan's imperialist past.
October 20, 2013, 10:45 am

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Train carrying oil, gas derails in Canada

A Canadian National tanker train carrying oil and gas has derailed in western Canada.
October 20, 2013, 10:39 am

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Another large oarfish found in US

Another specimen of the rare, snakelike oarfish has washed up on US shores.
October 20, 2013, 9:13 am

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14 Laos plane crash victims identified: airline

Pakse (Laos) (AFP) - Lao Airlines on Saturday said it had identified almost half of the 32 bodies so far recovered after a plane carrying dozens of people, many of them foreign travellers, plunged into the Mekong River.
October 20, 2013, 8:38 am

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Suu Kyi calls for constitutional changes

Aung San Suu Kyi, who is in Brussels at the start of a two-week visit to Europe, says Myanmar's constitution needs to be changed.
October 20, 2013, 8:24 am

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Guards posted to protect Banksy work in US

A US building owner has hired security guards to help protect a work by graffiti artist Banksy.
October 20, 2013, 5:36 am

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Arab states urge Saudi to keep U.N. Security Council seat

By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Arab Group at the United Nations urged Saudi Arabia on Saturday to reconsider its decision to renounce a rotating seat on the Securit...
October 20, 2013, 5:18 am
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Jailed Greenpeace activist clings to hope

Greenpeace says it won't be "daunted" by the piracy charges the environmental campaigners are facing in Russia.
October 20, 2013, 4:54 am

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Myanmar constitution must be changed before 2015 polls: Suu Kyi

Brussels (AFP) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung Suu Kyi on Saturday said the 2015 elections in her country will not be democratic without constitutional changes.
October 20, 2013, 2:28 am

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Quake hits off western Mexico coast, no initial reports of damage

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck in the Sea of Cortez on Saturday between the western Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California Sur, but there were no immediate reports of damag...
October 20, 2013, 2:20 am
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Freed Lebanese, Turkish hostages fly home after deal

By Laila Bassam and Ayla Jean Yackley
BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Two kidnapped Turkish pilots arrived in Istanbul after leaving Lebanon on Saturday and nine Lebanese hostages freed fro...
October 20, 2013, 2:19 am

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