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Saturday, October 04, 2008 |
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In a single day
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Somali pirates attack 4 ships
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KUALA LUMPUR: Armed Somali pirates attacked four ships, including an
Italian crude-oil tanker, in what a maritime piracy watchdog said
Friday was a “critical level” of attacks in the Gulf of Aden.
“It is one of the highest number of attacks in
a single day in the same area,” said Noel Choong, head of the
International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Center in Kuala
Lumpur.
He said the vessels were attacked on October 1
by Somali pirates armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled
grenades in the notorious waterway.
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Wreck of Steve Fossett’s plane discovered – police
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LOS ANGELES: The mangled wreckage of the plane being flown by
adventurer Steve Fossett when he disappeared has been found, police
said Thursday, but there was no sign of the millionaire’s body.
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Palin receives rock-star welcome after debate
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ST. LOUIS, Missouri: Sarah Palin received a rock-star welcome
Thursday at a rally here after holding her own in a highly
anticipated US vice presidential debate with Democrat Joseph Biden.
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Pope reaffirms Church opposition to contraception
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VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI on Friday reaffirmed the Roman
Catholic Church’s opposition to contraception on the 40th
anniversary of a papal encyclical on the controversial topic.
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US negotiator leaves N. Korea after nuke talks
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SEOUL: US negotiator Christopher Hill returned to South Korea Friday
after a high-stakes mission to North Korea aimed at saving a shaky
nuclear disarmament pact.
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YANGON: An eye doctor has visited Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader
Aung San Suu Kyi at her home, where she has been detained for most
of the past two decades, her party said Friday.
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