" Officials of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency are expected to arrive later this month to ink new pacts for the next phases of an ongoing project aimed to enhance the safety oversight capacity of Vietnam's...
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A Via rail train travelling east from Toronto to Montreal crashed into a flatbed truck this afternoon, injuring three people."The accident, which occurred at about 3:20 p.m. near Mallorytown, derailed the train's engine and baggage car and has temporarily shut down all train...
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Christian devotees from all over world have gathered to welcome the visit of Pope in Sydney. The festival will start on Tuesday and more than 200,000 pilgrims are expected to attend this event. "Thousands of pilgrims...
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Yes, but no, but yes. Know what I mean? But seriously this is a major concern with increasing numbers of communication problems identified especially in the most poor areas how can the inequalities agenda really move...
Angelina Jolie is expected to deliver the twins by August. Jolie had checked in a hospital in nice, France and going to remain there till the birth of twins. Jolie already has one daughter with actor Brad Pitt -...
VIKING SHIP LEAVES DUBLIN TOMORROW MORNINGThe 61 members of the crew on the 30-metre long “Sea Stallion from Glendalough” are sure to get soaking wet already in the middle of Dublin Harbour tomorrow morning. ...
"The crash site was 7.5 kilometers from Yingxiu, the epicenter in the magnitude-8 earthquake on May 12. Searchers found the site on Tuesday after a 12-day search for the aircraft, which was widely scattered among...
"NAQOURA, Lebanon (CNN) -- Israel on Sunday deported a Lebanese-born man who served six years in jail on charges of spying for the Shiite militant group Hezbollah....
Eight pandas arrived in Beijing today after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicentre of the recent China earthquake."The pandas will spend the next six months at the Beijing Zoo on a special...
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It's been five days since the cyclone hit Myanmar, and only now is the first UN aid arriving in the country, due to complications over the ruling junta allowing foreign aid into the country."The first seven tons of...
There are many Cinco de Mayo festivities happening today. Parades, street fairs, live music, good food, and drinking are just a few of the ways people will be celebrating. Today is a day of celebrating...
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"WASHINGTON—President and Mrs. George Bush will greet Pope Benedict XVI, April 15, when he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base for a six-day visit to the United States that will take him to Washington and...
"NEW YORK -- Thirteen volunteers from the tri-state area have arrived home from Haiti after being trapped for days in the violence and food riots gripping the impoverished country.The 13 volunteers are mostly medical...
Japan has now decided that they will not allow the Chinese Olympic flame guards to be the security team when it arrives in a Japenese city later this month. The national police of Japan want to be the security for...
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Anticipation will be high to see what might happen this Sunday when the Olympic torch makes its controversy-ridden relay stop in London."The Olympic torch is due to arrive in London from St Petersberg as part of its...