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Big freeze traps migrant workers
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GUANGZHOU, China: With little cash and nowhere to go, thousands of
Chinese migrant workers struggling to get home are sleeping rough as
China’s transport network buckles under the big freeze.
The system creaks at the seams at the best of
times with millions of people on the go, but this year the worst
snows in half a century have combined with the peak travel season to
spell disaster.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Oil prices notch up gains as Fed meets
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NEW YORK: World oil prices rose Tuesday as traders anticipated a
fresh cut in US interest rates that could help keep economic
momentum underpinned.
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Clinton gains Florida fillip
after bruising by Obama
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DAVIE, Florida: Florida may have been a phantom stop on the White
House road, but Hillary Clinton trumpeted her Sunshine State victory
as she vied to regain the limelight from her high-wattage rival
Barack Obama.
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FEATURE
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Gazans stranded in Egypt’s Sinai
waiting for travel permission
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AL-ARISH, Egypt: “We are waiting for travel permission to Cairo
Airport to transfer to other places for work or study,” Ziyad
Alhendi, a Palestinian in Gaza who crossed into Egypt about a week
ago, told Xinhua on Tuesday at a mosque in the city of al-Arish,
capital of the Egyptian Governorate of North Sinai.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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BANGKOK: Thailand’s top generals backed the new elected
government Wednesday, with the one-time coup leader saying he still
“loves” ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, whose allies are
again in power.
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