 Toll rises in Philippine floods
 29.09.2009 7:37  23 views  0 comments
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 The Philippine government says the toll from flooding caused by tropical storm Ketsana has risen to 240 as rescue teams continue to pull bodies from swollen rivers and debris-strewn streets. The government has called for international help, amid warnings that it may not have sufficient resources to withstand another storm that forecasters say is brewing east of the country and could hit as early as Friday. Tropical storm Ketsana, which struck the northern Philippines on Saturday, dumped more than a month's worth of rain in just 12 hours, fuelling the worst flooding to hit the country in more than 40 years. Gilbert Teodoro, the defence secretary and chairman of the National Disaster...
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| N Korea constitution bolsters Kim
29.09.2009 7:06 15 views 0 comments
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 South Korea's news agency has published excerpts from North Korea's amended constitution. It seems to bolster the position of leader Kim Jong-il amid speculation about his health and growing pressure about the North's nuclear programme. The constitution was changed in April this year but...
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| Nato urges new Afghan strategy
29.09.2009 6:35 25 views 0 comments
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 Nato's new secretary general has acknowledged fading public support for the war in Afghanistan and called for a new approach. Speaking in Washington DC on Monday, Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the decline in support was marked by the perception that the coalition was "not getting anywhere", adding that "things are going to have to change". But he said his call was not a "run for the exits" and that it was more urgent now to show there was "light at the end of the tunnel" by training Afghan forces so the Kabul government can gradually take responsibility for security. "Sooner rather than later the transition must begin," the former prime minister of Denmark said. "We need more resources for our...
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| US must change Pyongyang policy: NKorean diplomat
29.09.2009 6:35 21 views 0 comments
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 UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Park Gil Yon told the UN General Assembly Monday that the key to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula was whether Washington was prepared to change its nuclear policy toward Pyongyang. "The denuclearization of the Korean peninsula depends on whether or not the US changes its nuclear policy toward Korea," he...
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| Peru's Fujimori admits to corruption
29.09.2009 6:35 17 views 0 comments
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 LIMA (AFP) – In a dramatic turn, Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori pled guilty to bribing lawmakers and spying on former rivals for the presidency and others during his decade-long presidency. Fujimori, 71, accepted counts of bribing opposition lawmakers, illegal purchase of a media outlet and wiretapping politicians, journalists and businesspeople through top aide and spymaster Vladimiro Montesinos. "I do accept them," Fujimori, in a blue jacket and yellow tie, responded quietly, taking responsibility for the crimes listed at the start of his...
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| Japanese automakers get boost in China
29.09.2009 6:03 14 views 0 comments
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The slump in Japan’s global auto production eased last month as a record month in China for Toyota, Honda and Nissan offset dire market conditions elsewhere. Toyota Motor Corp, the world’s top automaker, partly credited a boost in production in Asia for its first year-on-year overseas production rise in 13 months last month. Production...
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| Nato chief calls for support
29.09.2009 6:03 32 views 0 comments
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 Nato chief, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, has urged Americans to set...
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| Philippine storm death toll reaches 240
29.09.2009 6:03 23 views 0 comments
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 MANILA: The Philippine government on Tuesday morning confirmed a total of 240 people were dead and nearly 40...
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| Philippines floods toll rises to 240
29.09.2009 5:01 21 views 0 comments
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 PHILIPPINES flood survivors have crowded into the presidential palace, gymnasiums and hundreds of other makeshift evacuation centres as the death toll from the disaster soared to 240. The humanitarian crisis facing the government deepened significantly on Tuesday after it reported hundreds of thousands of people had poured into the centres, where food, medicine and other relief supplies were in dire...
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| NATO chief to U.S.: Not running from Afghan fight
29.09.2009 3:58 22 views 0 comments
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The new head of NATO sought to ease American doubts about allies' commitment to the stalled Afghan war on Monday but cautioned that European states would prefer to send more trainers than combat troops. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, in his first major U.S. address as secretary-general, said fading public opinion meant it was all the more urgent to show there was "light at the end of the tunnel" by training Afghan forces for a gradual handover. "We should expand our training mission. I consider it easier for European countries to contribute to our training mission with personnel as well as with finances, than with combat troops," he said,...
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| The £80 curry taking India by storm
29.09.2009 2:56 17 views 0 comments
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 If the price of what might be the world's most expensive takeaway chicken curry seems somewhat unlikely, then so too are the ingredients. This is no ordinary butter chicken. In addition to the usual Indian spices and grilled chicken, comes Danish butter, Italian extra virgin olive oil, Evian mineral water, imported tomato paste and flakes of real...
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| China's last communes
29.09.2009 2:25 16 views 0 comments
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 In the village of Nanjie in northern China, workers begin the day by singing in praise of the country's former leader Mao Zedong. More than three decades after his death, Chairman Mao is still remembered fondly across China, but in Nanjie he has a special significance. The village is one of the country's last remaining communes, where workers still abide by many of the former chairman's principles. Most communes were disbanded years ago as China's leaders began to turn the country's planned economy into one governed by the market. But the Nanjie commune is still going strong, providing its residents with their daily needs. Few people want to see it disappear. Economic disaster Mother-of-one...
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| Philippine flood death toll rises
29.09.2009 2:25 33 views 0 comments
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 The Philippines government says 240 people are now know to have died in flooding caused by Tropical Storm Ketsana, the AFP news agency reports. The country has appealed for foreign aid to deal with the disaster, which has displaced more than 450,000 people. Some 374,890 people are living in makeshift shelters, three times more than previously reported. Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said the situation could become worse if aid supplies run out. The latest death toll is a sharp rise from the previously announced figure of 190 dead. In a statement reported by AFP, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said the rise came after more than 90 deaths were recorded in Manila. Earlier, Mr...
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| Afghan government must earn people's trust: Clinton
29.09.2009 1:54 30 views 0 comments
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 NEW YORK (AFP) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told her Afghan counterpart Monday that President Hamid Karzai's government must earn its people's trust by tackling charges of election fraud, a US official said. Clinton told Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta during a meeting in New York that he is...
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| Impromptu swim may have led to tourist deaths
29.09.2009 1:54 17 views 0 comments
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 The families of two young friends who drowned off the coast of Vietnam after their packed tourist boat capsized in a storm paid emotional tributes to them yesterday. Tim Roney, 21, and Karen Puddifoot, 27, both from Hertfordshire, were taking part in a year-long round-the-world cycling trip to raise money for the British Lung Foundation and had stopped off in Halong Bay, one of the Asian country's most spectacular beauty spots. The pair died on Thursday night alongside a French man and two Vietnamese...
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| 'He saved us, and then he was gone'
29.09.2009 1:54 22 views 0 comments
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When the river near his Manila home burst its banks, Muelmar Luz Magallanes tied a rope around his waist and ferried his three younger siblings to safety. Then he went back for his parents, then for his neighbours, trapped on rooftops. Finally, Mr Magallanes rescued a six-month-old baby who was being swept away on a polystyrene box. But the young man paid for his heroic deeds with his life. As the Philippines appealed for international aid yesterday, with the death toll from Tropical Storm Ketsana and devastating...
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| Global crisis to keep over 60 million Asians in poverty
29.09.2009 1:23 22 views 0 comments
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 By Agence France Presse (AFP) Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - Powered by Ian Timberlake Agence France press HANOI: The global economic crisis will keep more than 60 million Asians in poverty this year, the head of the Asian Development Bank said on Monday, urging a greater focus on social welfare including healthcare. “This crisis should be seen as an opportunity to take proactive measures that lay the groundwork for inclusive and sustainable development over the long term,” Haruhiko Kuroda, the Bank’s president, told an international conference. Soaring food costs, rising...
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| The West is stuck with Hamid Karzai but it can still fight corruption
29.09.2009 0:21 20 views 0 comments
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 Grudgingly, the international community has had to accept that Hamid Karzai will probably be the President of Afghanistan for another five-year term. Although it is clear that the election was rigged, that the Government is corrupt and that the Afghan leader's family is directly implicated in drug trafficking, America and its allies have concluded that he remains the only...
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| US wants sustained Burma dialogue
29.09.2009 0:21 15 views 0 comments
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 The US says its planned dialogue with Burma's military rulers must be part of a "sustained process of interaction". The State Department says the Burmese leadership has for the first time shown an interest in engaging with the US, and Washington intends to pursue that. But it says sanctions will remain...
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| Civilians flee Taliban stronghold in Pakistan
28.09.2009 23:50 19 views 0 comments
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 DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Pakistani soldiers traded rocket and mortar fire with militants on Monday as hundreds of civilians fled the Taliban and al-Qaida's main stronghold in the northwest. A suicide car bomber killed five people including a prominent tribal elder. Pakistan's civilian government has vowed to root out militants in the northwest, many of whom allegedly use the mountainous tribal areas along the border as a base for attacks on American and NATO troops in Afghanistan. Pakistan jets have bombed targets in Waziristan in recent months, but the military has said it would launch full-scale ground operations at the "appropriate" time. Residents said the military and the Taliban...
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