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Official: China mine rescue could take months

WORLD / NEWS Sun Aug 26, 2007 @ 11:39am neoform
MSNBC -- It could take months to drain the water from two flooded coal mines where 181 miners have been trapped for four days in eastern China, a rescue official said Tuesday. Families of the miners questioned why safety warnings were ignored before a dike burs.. Read More
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Freed BBC newsman describes captivity / He says he felt buried alive, had to fight despair

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jul 5, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform
SF Gate -- For nearly four months in solitary confinement, BBC correspondent Alan Johnston felt buried alive but buoyed by international support he knew was out there by listening to his network's radio broadcasts. In his first lengthy remarks after being freed b.. Read More
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Colombia unearths mass graves

WORLD / NEWS Sun May 6, 2007 @ 3:38am neoform
CNN -- Forensic teams have unearthed 211 bodies buried in dozens of mass graves in southern Colombia in the past 10 months, a legacy of fierce fighting in this coca-rich land. Chief prosecutor Mario Iguaran told a news conference Saturday that investigators e.. Read More
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Saudi king pardons rape victim

WORLD / NEWS Mon Dec 17, 2007 @ 8:29am neoform
MSNBC -- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has pardoned a female rape victim who had been sentenced to six months in prison and 200 lashes for being alone with a man who was not related to her, a Saudi newspaper reported Monday. Saudi Justice Minister Abdullah bin M.. Read More
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British Tot's IQ Puts Her in Hawking's League

WORLD / NEWS Sun Jun 24, 2007 @ 12:09pm neoform
FOX News -- A British 2-year-old versus Stephen Hawking: Who is smarter? In the case of Georgia Brown, it's about a draw. Brown, a young British girl with golden locks, has an IQ of 152 — which, proportionate to her age, puts her in the same intellectual leag.. Read More
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Zimbabwe 'collapse in six months'

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 8:27am neoform
BBC News -- Zimbabwe will collapse within six months, possibly leading to a state of emergency, according to a briefing report for aid workers in the country. Rampant inflation will mean shops and services can no longer function and people would resort to barter,.. Read More
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Kazakh president in family row

WORLD / NEWS Sat May 26, 2007 @ 5:07pm neoform
Al Jazeera -- A few months ago I told Nursultan Abishevich [Nazarbayev] that I had decided to run for the presidency in the next elections in 2012," Aliyev said in a statement on the website of the Kazakhstan Today news agency which he controls. "Shortly after that con.. Read More
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Fidel Castro Releases Statement Saying Health Is Better

WORLD / NEWS Thu May 24, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform
FOX News -- A statement signed by Fidel Castro sought to reassure Cubans Wednesday that the 80-year-old leader was recovering well from difficult surgery, saying his weight was stable and he was eating solid foods after months of intravenous feeding. In the most d.. Read More
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Refurbished Oaxaca beseeches tourists to return

WORLD / NEWS Thu Apr 5, 2007 @ 7:51am neoform
SF Gate -- In some ways, this colonial capital in southern Mexico has never looked better. Fresh paint -- from pastels to vibrant hues -- cover hundreds of downtown buildings that were graffiti-tagged only a few months ago. New signs in the main square point visitor.. Read More
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