en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/world/million/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/world/post-quake_challenge_5_million_h/ Jiang said 5 million people were homeless and that the government was setting up temporary housing for victims unable to find shelter with relatives. He said nearly 280,000 tents had been shipped to the area and 700,000 more ordered and that factories wer news world 2008-05-21 08:15:56 http://www.newsique.com/world/post-quake_challenge_5_million_h/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24732245/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/post-quake_challenge_5_million_h/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/iraqis_to_pay_china_100_million_/ Iraq has ordered $100 million worth of light military equipment from China for its police force, contending that the United States was unable to provide the materiel and is too slow to deliver arms shipments, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said yesterday. news world 2007-10-04 09:35:36 http://www.newsique.com/world/iraqis_to_pay_china_100_million_/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/03/AR2007100302464.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Important [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/iraqis_to_pay_china_100_million_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/million_pound_reward_offered_for/ A British bookmaker offered a one million pound ($2 million) reward on Monday to anyone who can prove that Scotland's legendary Loch Ness monster does actually exist. Bookmakers William Hill are supplying up to 50,000 instant cameras to fans attending news world 2007-06-05 08:03:25 http://www.newsique.com/world/million_pound_reward_offered_for/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/04/britain.loch.ness.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/world/million_pound_reward_offered_for/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/thieves_nab_66m_picasso_painting/ At least two Picasso paintings, worth a total of €50 million (US$66 million), have been stolen from the artist's granddaughter's home in Paris, police said Wednesday. The paintings, "Maya and the Doll" and "Portrait of Jacqueline," disappeared overni news world 2007-02-28 10:55:41 http://www.newsique.com/world/thieves_nab_66m_picasso_painting/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/02/28/picasso.theft.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [10] 80 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/thieves_nab_66m_picasso_painting/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/porks_dirty_secret_the_nations_t/ Smithfield Foods, the largest and most profitable pork processor in the world, killed 27 million hogs last year. That's a number worth considering. A slaughter-weight hog is fifty percent heavier than a person. The logistical challenge of processing that opinion world 2006-12-17 21:02:04 http://www.newsique.com/world/porks_dirty_secret_the_nations_t/ Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12840743/porks_dirty_secret_the_nations_top_hog_producer_is_also_one_of_americas_worst_polluters/1 http://www.newsique.com/sources/rollingstone/ 92 Insightful [8] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/porks_dirty_secret_the_nations_t/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/canada_commits_up_to_500_million/ Canada commits up to $500 million to the development of CF-18 replacement MURRAY BREWSTER OTTAWA (CP) - Despite the misgivings of some allies, the federal government is spending an additional half-billion dollars for the final development of the Joint Str news world 2006-12-14 22:18:12 http://www.newsique.com/world/canada_commits_up_to_500_million/ Breitbart http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/cp_n121383A.xml.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/breitbart/ 95 Interesting [5] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/canada_commits_up_to_500_million/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/despite_billions_spent_rebuildin/ For a little more than $38 billion, the United States and its contractors in Iraq have provided 4.6 million people with access to water. They have distributed seeds to Iraqi farmers, improving wheat harvests. With electricity-generating capacity now above news world 2006-11-14 00:15:00 http://www.newsique.com/world/despite_billions_spent_rebuildin/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/11/AR2006111101076.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/despite_billions_spent_rebuildin/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/china_earthquake_toll_jumps_agai/ The death toll from the massive earthquake in south-west China rose again, as an official said more than five million buildings had collapsed. The vice-governor of Sichuan province said 55,239 people were now known to have died in the 12 May quake. news world 2008-05-23 08:23:10 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_earthquake_toll_jumps_agai/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7416035.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_earthquake_toll_jumps_agai/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/chinese_troops_to_aid_snow_relie/ The Chinese government has deployed almost half a million troops to help people affected by the worst winter weather in decades. Severe snow has hit central and eastern China, paralysing transport networks ahead of the busiest holiday season. Some a news world 2008-01-30 08:28:41 http://www.newsique.com/world/chinese_troops_to_aid_snow_relie/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7216811.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/chinese_troops_to_aid_snow_relie/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/french_strike_enters_day_6/ French commuters faced a sixth day of travel headaches Monday as transit unions continued a strike which was costing the national rail authority an estimated 20 million euros ($29 million) a day. Fewer than half of the 700 high-speed TGV trains were runni news world 2007-11-19 08:15:07 http://www.newsique.com/world/french_strike_enters_day_6/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/19/france6.strikes/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/french_strike_enters_day_6/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/monsoons_kill_more_than_200_in_s/ Helicopters dropped food to almost 2 million marooned villagers in India on Saturday as the death toll from unusually heavy monsoon rains and floods in South Asia crossed 200, officials said. At least 229 people have been killed in India and neighborin news world 2007-08-05 09:21:03 http://www.newsique.com/world/monsoons_kill_more_than_200_in_s/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292017,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/monsoons_kill_more_than_200_in_s/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/south_asia_flood_toll_passes_200/ At least 240 people are now known to have died in floods affecting India, Bangladesh and Nepal, where millions of people face continuing misery. Hundreds of thousands of people in the Indian state of Bihar are short of food and isolated while rescue se news world 2007-08-05 09:19:43 http://www.newsique.com/world/south_asia_flood_toll_passes_200/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/6931821.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/south_asia_flood_toll_passes_200/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/south_asia_flood_death_toll_risi/ Torrential rains overnight compounded the misery of 2 million marooned Indian villagers, killing another 11 people and raising the death toll from house collapses and floods in South Asia to 240, officials said Sunday. Helicopters have dropped food to hun news world 2007-08-05 09:13:01 http://www.newsique.com/world/south_asia_flood_death_toll_risi/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/05/asia.floods.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/south_asia_flood_death_toll_risi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/8_million_iraqis_need_urgent_aid/ About eight million Iraqis -- nearly a third of the population -- are without water, sanitation, food and shelter and need emergency aid, a report by two major relief agencies says. Oxfam and the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Coordination Committ news world 2007-08-01 10:53:54 http://www.newsique.com/world/8_million_iraqis_need_urgent_aid/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/30/iraq.humanitarian/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/8_million_iraqis_need_urgent_aid/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/sharp_drop_in_india_aids_levels/ The number of people living with HIV/Aids in India is around half of previous official estimates, at between 2-3.1 million people, new figures say. The UN-backed government estimates are sharply lower than earlier figures, the health minister announced news world 2007-07-06 09:16:09 http://www.newsique.com/world/sharp_drop_in_india_aids_levels/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/6276398.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/sharp_drop_in_india_aids_levels/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/floods_leave_1_million_homeless_/ Pakistan called on the international community to rush aid to some 1 million people left homeless by massive flooding amid forecasts Monday that still more rain would be dumped on the stricken areas in coming days. Floods due to a cyclone and rain sinc news world 2007-07-03 08:06:08 http://www.newsique.com/world/floods_leave_1_million_homeless_/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/129861136/2007-07-02-pakistan-flood_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/floods_leave_1_million_homeless_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/armenia_goes_to_the_polls/ Opposition leaders claim the vote will be rigged and are already planning demonstrations on Sunday to pressure the government to overturn the results. Cuts in assistanceAbout 2.3 million of Armenia's three million people are registered to vote in elect news world 2007-05-12 04:05:26 http://www.newsique.com/world/armenia_goes_to_the_polls/ Al Jazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/36C1E88E-9B9B-4183-B655-5E9C865FEF9A.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/al_jazeera/ 90 Interesting [3] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/armenia_goes_to_the_polls/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/un_stay_open_to_iraqi_refugees/ Problem 'unnoticed'Antonio Guterres, the UN high commissioner for refugees, told the conference the problem had gone unnoticed for too long. The UNHCR estimates that around two million Iraqis have fled to neighbouring countries, including many who move news world 2007-04-17 22:00:54 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_stay_open_to_iraqi_refugees/ Al Jazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C3CFAE05-8845-4549-B3DF-8B018024917F.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/al_jazeera/ 90 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_stay_open_to_iraqi_refugees/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/court_gives_tax_break_to_drug_ru/ A Dutch court has added a new item to the list of activities eligible for tax relief — drug running. Judges in the central city of Arnhem recently declared that a professional fisherman convicted of smuggling drugs could deduct the cost of buying and news world 2007-03-27 12:14:31 http://www.newsique.com/world/court_gives_tax_break_to_drug_ru/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070327/ap_on_fe_st/deductible_drugs http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/court_gives_tax_break_to_drug_ru/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/us_n_korea_reach_deal_over_froze/ The United States and North Korea have resolved a dispute over $25 million frozen in a Macao bank, a U.S. official announced Monday. Under the deal, the funds will be transferred into an account held by North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank at the Bank of C news world 2007-03-19 00:25:55 http://www.newsique.com/world/us_n_korea_reach_deal_over_froze/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/18/nkorea.bank/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/us_n_korea_reach_deal_over_froze/#comments