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November 5, 2010 2:03 PM

68 feared killed in air crash in Cuba; Karachi crash kills 21

A Cuban airliner flying from the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba to the capital Havana crashed with 68 people aboard, including 28 foreigners. State media reported that Aero-Caribbean Flight 883 went down near the village of Guasimal in Santi Spiritus province yesterday after declaring an emergency...

November 5, 2010 2:03 PM

68 feared killed in air crash in Cuba; Karachi crash kills 21

A Cuban airliner flying from the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba to the capital Havana crashed with 68 people aboard, including 28 foreigners. State media reported that Aero-Caribbean Flight 883 went down near the village of Guasimal in Santi Spiritus province yesterday after declaring an emergency...

November 5, 2010 2:00 PM

Jailed Chinese Nobel peace laureate Xiaobo wins another prize

Jailed Chinese Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo has won another prize, with Human Rights Watch honouring him for risking his life to protect the dignity of others. The New York-based rights group named the 54-year-old writer as one of six recipients of its Alison Des Forges Award, named after a leadi...

November 5, 2010 2:00 PM

Jailed Chinese Nobel peace laureate Xiaobo wins another prize

Jailed Chinese Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo has won another prize, with Human Rights Watch honouring him for risking his life to protect the dignity of others. The New York-based rights group named the 54-year-old writer as one of six recipients of its Alison Des Forges Award, named after a leadi...

November 5, 2010 1:17 PM

Voters in military-run Myanmar head to polls on Sunday

Voters in military-run Myanmar head to the polls on Sunday for the first time in two decades. The military junta will maintain a plurality of seats in the parliament while the remainder are contested by candidates from dozens of parties. Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Dem...

November 5, 2010 1:17 PM

Voters in military-run Myanmar head to polls on Sunday

Voters in military-run Myanmar head to the polls on Sunday for the first time in two decades. The military junta will maintain a plurality of seats in the parliament while the remainder are contested by candidates from dozens of parties. Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Dem...

November 5, 2010 1:15 PM

Floods, landslides kill seven in northern Philippines

Floods and landslides killed seven people and left two others missing after heavy rains in the northern Philippines. Rescuers today said scattered flooding over the past three days forced more than 3,000 people from their homes in the northeastern part of the main island of Luzon. Landslides killed ...

November 5, 2010 1:15 PM

Floods, landslides kill seven in northern Philippines

Floods and landslides killed seven people and left two others missing after heavy rains in the northern Philippines. Rescuers today said scattered flooding over the past three days forced more than 3,000 people from their homes in the northeastern part of the main island of Luzon. Landslides killed ...

November 5, 2010 12:11 PM

21 killed in air crash near Karachi Airport

A small plane with at least 21 people on board crashed after taking off from Pakistan's Karachi airport today. Pervez George, a spokesman for Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, said the aircraft crashed near a military ordnance depot at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport due to ...

November 5, 2010 12:11 PM

21 killed in air crash near Karachi Airport

A small plane with at least 21 people on board crashed after taking off from Pakistan's Karachi airport today. Pervez George, a spokesman for Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, said the aircraft crashed near a military ordnance depot at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport due to ...

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