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Mike Morwood obituary
augustus 13, 2013by latadmin
Archaeologist whose discovery of a ‘Hobbit’ skeleton sparked a controversy over human evolution Mike Morwood at the Liang Bua cave excavation site on the...
UN Envoy Meets With Displaced Rohingya in Burma
augustus 13, 2013by latadmin
VOA News A U.N. human rights envoy has toured Burma's Rakhine state following another round of violence in the area. During a tour of camps for displaced Rohingya...
South Korean workers sweat it out amid power crisis
augustus 12, 2013by latadmin
South Korea has ordered sweltering government offices to turn off their air conditioning and avoid using elevators as two power plants stopped operations and a minister...
Why a Rudd win could mean more drubbing for Aussie
augustus 12, 2013by latadmin
With opinion polls indicating a win for the opposition Liberal-National coalition party at the closely-watched Australian elections next month, financial markets are,...
Court Sentences Five From Restive Chinese Region
augustus 12, 2013by latadmin
HONG KONG — A court in restive western China on Monday sentenced two members of the Uighur ethnic minority to death and gave prison sentences to three others for what...
US Watchdog Slams Afghanistan Aid Waste
augustus 12, 2013by latadmin
Sharon Behn ISLAMABAD — A U.S. audit of billions of dollars it provided to rebuild war-ravaged Afghanistan shows many projects are plagued by poor planning, inadequate...
China drug costs: The human price
augustus 12, 2013by latadmin
At her home on the outskirts of Beijing, Yang Hongxia is busy preparing dinner. She makes noodles as her mother-in-law watches on. For Hongxia, 39, life is pretty tough....
Manila looks to US military ‘assets’ to help defend sea claims
augustus 12, 2013by latadmin
The Philippines said it would insist on being allowed to use more US military assets to protect its sea territories, when talks on expanding a defence pact start...
Typhoon Utor cuts damaging swathe across northern Philippines
augustus 12, 2013by latadmin
A powerful typhoon battered the northern Philippines yesterday, toppling power lines and dumping heavy rain across cities and food-growing plains. The storm left at...
