Archive for October, 2008
FIFA: Match between Palestine and Jordan to go ahead – Xinhua News Agency
AMMAN, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — Football’s controlling body FIFA on Friday said the Jordanian team had arrived in Ram, a town outside Jerusalem which will host a friendly between Jordan and Palestine on Sunday. Sunday’s international friendly would go …
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S. Korea: US seeks energy assistance for N. Korea – Forbes
The United States has asked Australia, New Zealand and the European Union whether they could provide energy assistance to North Korea under an aid-for-disarmament deal, a South Korean official said Saturday. Under last year’s landmark six-nation pact …
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S. Korea: US looks to Australia, New Zealand, EU to provide aid to N … – Newsday
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ The United States has asked Australia, New Zealand and the European Union whether they could provide energy assistance to North Korea under an aid-for-disarmament deal, a South Korean official said Saturday. Under last year …
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Half-house, full life: A never-completed S. Jordan home to come down a … – Salt Lake Tribune
William Goddard Groves, in foreground portrait, started to build his family’s house in 1897 at 11400 South and 1300 West in South Jordan and got halfway done before city officials told him to stop because a street was going to be extended past it. He …
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Quake hits Indonesia – Straits Times
JAKARTA – A 5.8-MAGNITUDE earthquake struck off the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku on Saturday, but there was no threat of a tsunami and no immediate reports of casualties or damage, seismologists said. The quake hit at 10.34am (9.34am …
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Indonesia ready to execute Bali bombers – News.com.au
INDONESIA has stepped up security around foreign embassies amid fears of attacks as it prepares to execute three men convicted over the Bali bombings. Police have revealed they had found and defused two bombs in a Balinese Hindu migrant area on …
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Nestle sets up second R&D center – Xinhua News Agency
BEIJING, Nov. 1 — Despite the global economic slow-down and the impact of the recent tainted milk crisis, China will remain one of the fastest-growing markets with the biggest growth potential for Swiss food and beverage giant Nestle, senior company …
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BC-China-Tainted-Food – AP – Guardian Unlimited
BC-China-Tainted-Food, Bgt World News Thousands of weary refugees try to reach home in eastern Congo KIBUMBA, Congo – Thousands of war-weary refugees set out on foot for their homes in eastern Congo on Friday, taking advantage of a ceasefire as …
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BC-India-Blasts,1stWritethru – AP – Guardian Unlimited
BC-India-Blasts, 1st Writethru World News As U.S. presidential campaign winds down, candidates drop their gloves WASHINGTON – John McCain’s presidential campaign has lurched from day to day from one line of attack to another, seemingly desperate to …
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India eyes terrorist groups after bombs kill 77 – MSNBC
A paramilitary soldier stands guard Friday in Gauhati, India, at the site of one of 13 bomb explosions that occurred a day earlier. GAUHATI, India – It’s hard to keep the insurgent groups straight in India’s far eastern region: the United Liberation …
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