A 6.9-magnitude earthquake has hit off the Mexican coast near Santa Isabel, Baja California at 1:59 PM EDT. The earthquake was felt as far away as San Diego. No immediate information about the number of casualties...
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Sri Lanka asked International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other aid agencies to scale down their operation amid increasing pressure from international community to ease the restrictions on aid agencies....
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"WASHINGTON — The economic upheaval is threatening to topple Republican Congressional candidates, putting more Senate and House seats within Democratic reach less than a month before the elections, lawmakers and...
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"Chandigarh (Mera Chandigarh):- The Chandigarh Administration has decided to enhance the scale of issue of levy sugar from 1kg to 2kg per unit per month for the Below Poverty Line ration card holders for the month of October and November 2008 only due to ensuing festival season."
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"The inaugural Champions League Twenty20 will be played in three venues, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai, which will host the cricket extravaganza to be held from December 3-10, 2008, it was announced on Thursday. At a media event in Mumbai, Lalit Modi, Chairman, Champions...
"Sometimes politics has the uncanny effect of mirroring the national psyche even when nobody intended to do that. This is perfectly illustrated by the rousing effect that Gov. Sarah Palin had on the Republican convention in Minneapolis this week. On the surface, she outdoes...
A tremor from an Iranian earthquake could be felt in Dubai today, however it was still small enough that not everyone in the country felt it."UAE authorities are now said to be contacting the US Geological Survey...
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Anaerobic digesters have been on the backburner essentially because of their reliance on animal slurry that has had urban communities turning their nose up at the idea even though welcoming it in principle....
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Just a few days ago an Italian climber lost his life and two others were rescued by a Pakistani military helicopter from the Nanga Parbat. The notorious mountain has probably swallowed up other ambitious climbers...
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"The staunchest supporters of each of the two sides in what I call Africa's 'agro-ideological debate' are unlikely to see eye to eye any time soon, so deep is their suspicion of each others' motives. To advocates of intensive 'green revolution' revolution methods, Africa's...
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"NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's MySpace plans to launch a global redesign next week in an attempt to widen its demographic and boost user engagement on the site, the social networking site said on Friday. In...
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Impressive stuff"Muggle's magic model An Iowa man has built an unbelievably detailed scale model of Harry Potter's Hogwarts school - out of 602,000 matchsticks. Pat Acton, 55, of...
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If you cant do the time - Now you dont have to!"The Government has drawn up plans to release hundreds of criminals from jail early.About 550 non-violent and non-sexual offenders will be automatically freed halfway...
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So the results have been announced in the Zimbabwe elections - but it is not over yet, if you can believe it. The opposition's Morgan Tsvangirai won, but only with 47.9%, forcing a second round of voting.When will...
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