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October 2, 2009 7:21 PM
A Spanish fishing ship with 36 international crew members has lost contact with the shore after issuing distress calls saying pirates were attacking it off the coast of Somalia. The ship's owner said, early today the tuna fishing ship sent out distress signals saying it was being attacked by pi...
October 2, 2009 7:21 PM
<br/>The US economy lost 2, 63,000 jobs in September, which was more than expected. According to official figures the jobless rate rose to a fresh 26-year high of 9.8 per cent from August's figure of 9.7 per cent. The number in employment has now fallen for 21 consecutive months. Sinc...
October 2, 2009 7:20 PM
The Italian government today declared a state of emergency for the Sicilian city of Messina and surrounding areas after mudslides left at least 13 people dead and many others injured or missing. A heavy downpour hit Sicily yesterday afternoon, badly affecting many areas in and around the city. Roads...
October 2, 2009 5:55 PM
Typhoon Ketsana has killed 16 people and left 135 missing in Laos. The country's Red Cross said 14 of the deaths came in southern Attapeu province on the border with Cambodia. Two other deaths came in Savannakhet province, but Attapeu and adjacent Sekong provinces were most affected by the stor...
October 2, 2009 5:54 PM
Pakistan has amended its anti-terrorism laws to increase the remand period for the interrogation of terror suspects from 30 to 90 days. Reports say the move is one of the conditions of a recent bill passed by the US Congress which triples non-military aid to Pakistan. The Kerry-Lugar bill provides a...
October 2, 2009 5:51 PM
<br/>Israel released nineteen Palestinian women prisoners today in return for proof that its captured soldier Gilad Shalit is still alive. The soldier has been held by Palestinian insurgents in Gaza since 2006.<br/><br/>The deal was mediated by Egyptian and German media...
October 2, 2009 5:48 PM
In Italy, at least five people have died and more are missing after heavy rain triggered mudslides in the city of Messina in Southern Sicily. The mudslides and flooding destroyed several buildings, swept away cars and blocked road and rail links. Authorities fear the number of casualties could rise....
October 2, 2009 5:25 PM
International rescue teams are heading to Indonesia in a last-ditch effort to free trapped earthquake survivors. British and Australian experts were en route to Sumatra, hit by a 7.6-magnitude quake on Wednesday. Others pledged cash as Indonesia sought aid. Countries including China, South Korea and...
October 2, 2009 4:55 PM
The Philippines, still reeling from Typhoon Ketsana, is now preparing for super typhoon Parma. The first storm less than a week ago killed at least 293 people in and around Manila, but soldiers and civilian emergency teams on the main island of Luzon are on alert again. Typhoon Parma is already pack...
October 2, 2009 4:43 PM
A Russian spaceship with two astronauts and one space tourist aboard has docked with the International Space Station - ISS. The space capsule, with the 21st ISS crew Russian and U.S. astronauts Maxim Surayev and Jeffrey Williams on board blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on We...
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