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June 4, 2010 1:34 PM

Death toll from China landslides rises to 44

In China, the death toll from flooding and landslides in the southern parts of the country has risen to 44. Eight people are still reported missing. The heavy rain storm which has battered Guangxi region since Monday also caused a crater of more than 70 metres wide in one village. Several thousand h...

June 4, 2010 1:34 PM

Death toll from China landslides rises to 44

In China, the death toll from flooding and landslides in the southern parts of the country has risen to 44. Eight people are still reported missing. The heavy rain storm which has battered Guangxi region since Monday also caused a crater of more than 70 metres wide in one village. Several thousand h...

June 4, 2010 1:04 PM

Death toll from China landslides rises to 44

In China, the death toll from flooding and landslides in the southern parts of the country has risen to 44. Eight people are still reported missing. The heavy rain storm which has battered Guangxi region since Monday also caused a crater of more than 70 metres wide in one village. Several thousand h...

June 4, 2010 1:04 PM

Death toll from China landslides rises to 44

In China, the death toll from flooding and landslides in the southern parts of the country has risen to 44. Eight people are still reported missing. The heavy rain storm which has battered Guangxi region since Monday also caused a crater of more than 70 metres wide in one village. Several thousand h...

June 4, 2010 12:58 PM

Obama nominates Suresh as NSF director

Indian American technocrat Subra Suresh, an IIT graduate and currently the dean of the MIT engineering school has been tapped by the Obama administration for the post of Director of the National Science Foundation. If confirmed by the Senate, he would be one of the highest ranking Indian-Americans e...

June 4, 2010 12:58 PM

Obama nominates Suresh as NSF director

Indian American technocrat Subra Suresh, an IIT graduate and currently the dean of the MIT engineering school has been tapped by the Obama administration for the post of Director of the National Science Foundation. If confirmed by the Senate, he would be one of the highest ranking Indian-Americans e...

June 4, 2010 11:47 AM

100 killed in Bangladesh fire

In Bangladesh, at least 100 people have been killed and dozens other injured in a major fire yesterday in Nimtoli locality of old Dhaka area. It began after an electrical transformer exploded, engulfing housing blocks and shops in flames. Firefighters say they have now got the blaze under control in...

June 4, 2010 11:47 AM

100 killed in Bangladesh fire

In Bangladesh, at least 100 people have been killed and dozens other injured in a major fire yesterday in Nimtoli locality of old Dhaka area. It began after an electrical transformer exploded, engulfing housing blocks and shops in flames. Firefighters say they have now got the blaze under control in...

June 4, 2010 10:03 AM

New Operation Condor trial starts in Argentina

In Argentina, five former intelligence and military officials have gone on trial on charges of murdering 65 people. They are accused of kidnapping, torturing, and killing left-wing activists under the country's military rule between 1976 and 1983. <br/><br/>Human rights grou...

June 4, 2010 10:03 AM

New Operation Condor trial starts in Argentina

In Argentina, five former intelligence and military officials have gone on trial on charges of murdering 65 people. They are accused of kidnapping, torturing, and killing left-wing activists under the country's military rule between 1976 and 1983. <br/><br/>Human rights grou...

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