Month: November 2010

Plane Overshoots Icy Runway

Nearly 200 passengers have been evacuated from a plane after it left the runway at Newcastle Airport. Tyne and

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Third Explosion at Pike River Mine

There has been a third explosion at the Pike River coal mine in New Zealand, where 29 men are

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China Students Riot Over Food Cost

A group of high school students in China smashed windows and overturned tables after their canteen hiked prices, the

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Haiti Cholera Death Toll Tops 1,600

AFP - The death toll from Haiti's cholera epidemic rose to 1,603 on Thursday, up from 1,415 just two

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Christmas Cards Suffering Cutbacks

Britons will send 141 million fewer Christmas cards this year than five years ago in an effort to save

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Gulf Closed as Shrimpers Catch Tar

US authorities Wednesday closed to shrimping a section of the Gulf of Mexico near the area of a massive

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Bird Flu Hits Canada Turkey Farm

WINNIPEG — A turkey farm in Manitoba has been quarantined by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency after several birds

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Algeria Fights Desertification

Rapid action is required to stem desertification in north Africa, a major environmental and economic threat in the region,

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ASOSIS seek Climate Deal by 2011

Small island states want U.N. climate talks in Mexico next week to set an end-2011 deadline for agreeing a

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Earthquake Jolts North Pakistan

ISLAMABAD --- An earthquake of 5.0 magnitude jolted northwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan on Thursday but there

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