Saboteurs may have cut Mideast telecom cables: UN agency
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DOHA (AFP) — Damage to several undersea telecom cables that caused outages across the Middle East and Asia could have been an act of sabotage, the International Telecommunication Union said on Monday.
“We do not want to preempt the results of ongoing investigations, but we do […]
Rare Sumatran rhino filmed for first time
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Tue Apr 24, 9:38 AM ET
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - One of the world’s most endangered animals, the Sumatran rhinoceros, has been filmed in the wild for the first time in a coup that could help save it from extinction, wildlife campaigners said Tuesday.
The night time footage from Borneo island […]
“President Bush and other APEC leaders line up for complimentary haircuts in Hanoi this Sunday, Nov 19.”
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Dressed in traditional ‘ao dai,’ leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) walk to a garden of at the National Convention Center for a group photo session in Hanoi Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006. From front: Peruvian Vice […]
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Mutiny as passengers refuse to fly until Asians are removed
By CHRISTOPHER LEAKE and ANDREW CHAPMAN
British holidaymakers staged an unprecedented mutiny - refusing to allow their flight to take off until two men they feared were terrorists were forcibly removed.”
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“International Herald-Tribune
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Editor charged over cartoon
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Agence France-Presse, The Associated Press
FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006
JAKARTA An Indonesian newspaper editor will stand trial on charges of offending Islam for publishing a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad last year, his lawyer said Friday.”
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New Species Discovered in Indonesia Jungle
Named for its negative world view, this bird was found
sleeping in a transient hotel amidst scrapbooks filled with
photographs of its performance shots on the Ed Sullivan Show.
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Zoologists were stunned by this creature’s ability to know direction as its
needles always point 5.12 degrees East of due North. After studying […]