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 Prime Minister arrives to survey damage in Christchurch
Sudan News.Net
Christchurch residents are taking stock of the damage to their city following the major earthquake that struck in the early hours of Saturday morning with local officials calling the lack of fatalities a miracle.
 Mexican shootout kills dozens of people
Sudan News.Net
25 or more people have died in a gunfight between Mexican soldiers and suspected drug gang members near the northern Mexican city of Monterrey.
Briton among plane crash victims
IC Wales
Sep 4 2010 A Briton is among nine people who died when a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed and burst into flames near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps. The...
Nagorno-Karabakh Says One Azeri Soldier Killed In Clash
RadioFreeEurope
The breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh says one Azerbaijani soldier was killed today in fighting on the front line of the Armenian-backed region. It says on its army website that soldiers repelled a...
U.S. Grasp Of Russia Nukes May Weaken, Official Warns
RadioFreeEurope
The United States should not delay in ratifying the new nuclear arms treaty with Russia, the chief U.S. negotiator has said.Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller argues that the longer it tak...
Pakistan day of bloodshed
New York Post
QUETTA, Pakistan -- A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 54 Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan yesterday. To the northwest, in Pakistan's restive tribal region...
Hill fan 'ads' his 2 cents
New York Post
A Chicago dentist has created a TV ad pushing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as a 2012 presidential candidate, Politico reported yesterday. The 30-second spot, which cost Dr. William DeJean...
Body of boxing big's son found
New York Post
Rescuers spotted the body of the son of Hall of Fame boxing promoter Bob Arum on a rugged Washington state mountainside yesterday afternoon, five days after they began looking for him in North Cascade...
More want to join 9/11 suit
New York Post
A dozen sickened Ground Zero workers -- including several out-of-state firefighters -- are asking a judge to let them join a pending $712.5 million settlement with the city. The claimants say in court...
Borough gall from Paladino
New York Post
Take Manhattan -- please! Republican Carl Paladino supposedly wants to be governor of the entire state, but admitted yesterday he really only likes two of the five Big Apple boroughs -- Queens and Sta...
Gulf still oil-right with tourists: poll
New York Post
The BP oil spill that spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico is unlikely to deter travel to Florida and Louisiana for the rest of the year, a new poll shows. Bookings to the Sunshin...
Victoria Beckham: Is She for Real?
International Herald Tribune
VICTORIA BECKHAM talks the talk. Guiding a visitor through her fall 2010 collection, spread on a rack in her studio in Battersea, she draws out a dress recently worn by
Son rise in N. Korea
New York Post
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea is preparing a large political meeting where dictator Kim Jong Il is expected to appoint his youngest son to a key Workers Party position in what would be the stronge...
Cigar smoker: I got 'nailed'
New York Post
What's he smoking? A Brooklyn man claims he cut his mouth on a nail lodged inside a cigar. Stogie smoker Anthony Raimondi says that two years ago, he bit into a Holt's Company specialty cigar called t...
'Ripoff' mosque man sued
New York Post
One of the money men behind the developer of the Ground Zero mosque was sued for allegedly ripping off an insurance company for nearly $1.8 million, according to court documents. Hisham Elzanaty, who ...
MIDEAST: Ramadan Goes Down Under Rubble
IPS
JOHR AL-DIK, Eastern Gaza Strip, Sep 4, 2010 (IPS) - With power cuts up to 16 hours to full days, a soaring heat wave and unbearable humidity, the Israeli-led siege on Gaza is but one of many factors...
Nine killed in New Zealand tourist spot plane crash
Turkish Daily News
Nine people, including four foreigners, were killed when a skydiving plane crashed and burst into flames at a popular New Zealand tourist spot Saturday, officials said. The plane went down near the a...
Threefold drilling effort to reach trapped Chile miners
Channel News Asia
COPIAPO, Chile : Three drilling machines will try to dig out 33 miners trapped for a month underground, the engineer in charge of the rescue operation said Friday, as work at the main shaft resumed. "...
Nine killed in New Zealand plane crash
Breaking News.ie
Nine people died after a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed on New Zealand’s South Island today.The plane burst into flames after take-off from an airstrip at Fox Glacier, said ...
Burger King stops buying unsustainable palm oil
New Zealand Herald
INDONESIA - Environmentalists praised Burger King's decision Saturday to stop buying palm oil from an Indonesian company accused of destroying rainforests. The US hamburger chain giant - which sealed...
BP removes failed blowout preventer
New Zealand Herald
NEW ORLEANS: BP PLC was on Saturday slowly raising the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, careful not to damage or drop a key piece of evidence in ...
Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand
USA Today
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand's South Island early Saturday, but ther...
Briton among plane crash victims
Belfast Telegraph
A British man is among nine people who died after a light aircraft crashed and burst into flames in New Zealand, local police have said.The plane, owned by a skydiving company, crashed shortly after t...
British tourist killed in New Zealand plane crash
The Independent
A Briton was among nine people who died when a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed and burst into flames near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps today. ...
British tourist killed in New Zealand plane crash
The Independent
A Briton was among nine people who died when a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed and burst into flames near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps today. ...
7.1 quake hits New Zealand
IOL
By Gyles Beckford Wellington - Authorities declared a state of emergency after a major earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city early on Saturday, bringing down power lines, ripping up road...
Car bomb wounds minister, kills driver
IOL
Makhachkala, Russia - A senior official in the province of Dagestan in Russia's Caucasus was wounded on Saturday and his driver killed by a bomb planted in their car, a police spokesperson told Reuter...
Mexican mayor killed in plane crash
IOL
Oaxaca, Mexico - At least six people, including two Mexican federal lawmakers and a governor, were killed when their small plane crashed in southern Mexico on Friday, the attorney general's office sai...
Nine killed in NZ tourist spot plane crash
IOL
Wellington - Nine people, including four foreigners, were killed when a skydiving plane crashed and burst into flames at a popular New Zealand tourist spot on Saturday, police and media said. The p...
Nine killed in NZ tourist spot plane crash
IOL
Wellington - Nine people, including four foreigners, were killed when a skydiving plane crashed and burst into flames at a popular New Zealand tourist spot on Saturday, police and media said. The p...
9 killed in New Zealand skydiving plane crash
Deseret News
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A light aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in flames Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing nine people including four foreign to...
Hamels, Phils blank Brewers
Philadelphia Daily News
Phillies' starting pitcher Cole Hamels throws against the Brewers during the 6th inning at Citizen's Bank Park in Philadelphia, Friday, September 3, 2010. (Steven M. Falk / Staff Photographer)
Hail Labor Day, the rare inexpensive holiday
Philadelphia Daily News
I LIKE LABOR DAY, and that's fitting, because I've labored in nearly every kind of job. I worked in an animal research lab and as a police dispatcher, in a drug store and as a supermarket cashier, in ...
Cop recants ID in murder case
Philadelphia Daily News
MURDER CASES can be mysteries. In one case, however, authorities aren't scratching their heads over who did it. They believe they have the right man. Instead, they're puzzled by the actions of a pol...
Trailblazing Philadelphia cop Carol Keenan dies
Philadelphia Daily News
Carol Keenan and husband Robert Berardo celebrate her 1990 victory in a gender-bias lawsuit against the city. Keenan, who died Thursday, was the city's first female homicide detective.
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