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China mining death toll jumps to 105
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TAIYUAN: Rescuers found 26 additional bodies in the shaft of the
Xinyao Coal Mine on Friday morning, bringing the death toll to 105,
following a gas explosion in the mine in Shanxi Province on
Wednesday.
The explosion happened at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday
inside the Xinyao Coal Mine, a village-run coal-mining venture in
Hongtong County, Linfen.
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At least 20 killed in Myanmar crackdown–Human
Rights Watch
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BANGKOK: At least 20 people were killed in Myanmar’s crackdown on
prodemocracy protests in September, twice as many as its junta has
admitted, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday.
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Female suicide bomber kills 16 in Iraq
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BAQUBA, Iraq: A female suicide bomber attacked the office of a local
front against al-Qaeda in Iraq’s restive Diyala province on
Friday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 27, security
officials said.
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CIA destroyed videotapes of
al-Qaeda
interrogation–NYT
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WASHINGTON: The CIA in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes of the
interrogation of two al-Qaeda operatives, amid increasing questions
about the agency’s detention program, The New York Times reported
Friday.
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Landslide hits village along Mekong
River
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PHNOM PENH: A riverbank of about more than 4,900 square meters
collapsed into the Mekong River in Meanchey district on Thursday,
local media reported on Friday.
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Ancient metallurgy relics unearthed in central
Vietnam
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HANOI: An archeological site full of metallurgy tools and pottery
dating back nearly 3,000 years ago has been discovered in
Vietnam’s central Khanh Hoa province, local newspaper Pioneer
reported Friday.
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Fujimori: Peru’s professor, president, turned
defendant
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LIMA: When he became Peru’s president in 1990, Alberto Fujimori
brought with him qualities that underpinned his success in his
previous career as a mathematics professor.
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US shopping malls boost security
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WASHINGTON: Shopping centers across America have stepped up security
to protect shoppers during the busy holiday season in the wake of a
deadly shooting in a Nebraska mall that left nine people dead.
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