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Greece declares Socialist Papandreou winner
Monday, 10.05.2009, 09:43am
Greece's opposition Socialist party on Sunday defeated the incumbent
center-right government of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, as
Socialist leader George Papandreou promised to chart a new course for
an economic comeback.
Socialist George Papandreou is set to become Greece's next prime minister.
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8 U.S. troops killed in battle with militants in Afghanistan
Sunday, 10.04.2009, 12:24pm
Hundreds of militants attacked American and Afghan troops in eastern
Afghanistan on Saturday, opening fire on an outpost from multiple
locations with rockets, mortars and heavy-caliber machine guns,
according to an initial U.S. military report on the battle.
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Up to 4,000 buried in Indonesian quake rubble
Saturday, 10.03.2009, 08:39am
As many as 4,000 people could be buried under the rubble in the
aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in Indonesia, United Nations
officials said Saturday.
Indonesian soldiers crawl under the rubble of a collapsed building to search for victims.
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Philippines prepares for worst, prays for best
Friday, 10.02.2009, 06:17pm
As Typhoon Parma -- the second major storm in a week -- bore down
Friday on the Philippines, Doranne Lim was holed up on the second floor
of her Manila home with her mother and her mother's helper, surrounded
by supplies.
"I'm seriously thinking about getting a sturdy rubber boat
soon, and maybe construct an elevated platform in my garage for the
car," Lim said.
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Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 68
Friday, 10.02.2009, 05:00am
As of 27 September 2009, worldwide there have been more than 340,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and over 4100 deaths reported to WHO.
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1,100 dead in Indonesia quakes
Thursday, 10.01.2009, 01:00pm
At least 1,100 people are dead in Indonesia as a result of two large
earthquakes in as many days, United Nations humanitarian chief John
Holmes told reporters Thursday. Hundreds more are believed to be
injured, Holmes said. "These numbers, I fear, will rise as more
information becomes available," he said.
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U.S. & Iran hold face to face nuke talks
Thursday, 10.01.2009, 11:38am
Two "senior officials" from the United States and Iran "had a
meeting on the margins" of the Geneva talks on Iran's nuclear program,
U.S. spokesman Robert Wood told CNN on Thursday. Iran nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi has denied claims that the facility is being used to produce nuclear weapons. |
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American Samoans pulling together after quake, tsunami
Wednesday, 09.30.2009, 06:11pm
Residents of close-knit American Samoa are pulling together to help
Pago Pago recover from Tuesday's devastating earthquake and tsunami,
one of them told CNN on Wednesday."That's how
we operate over here in American Samoa -- basically everyone is
related," said iReporter Maneafaiga T. Lagafuaina, 29, of the town of
Lu'uuli.
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Earthquake felt like end of the world
Wednesday, 09.30.2009, 07:24am
Towering tsunami waves triggered by an 8.0 earthquake left at least 111
people dead in the Samoan islands. Entire villages are flattened or
submerged. "I thought it was the end of the world," said Salamo
Laumoli, director of health services at a medical center in Pago Pago,
the capital of American Samoa.
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Japan jails U.S. man who tried to reclaim kids
Tuesday, 09.29.2009, 12:19pm
Had this custody drama played out in the U.S., Christopher Savoie might
be considered a hero -- taking his two little children back from an
ex-wife who defied the law and ran off with them. But this story
unfolded 7,000 miles away in the Japanese city of Fukuoka, where Savoie
sits in jail, charged with abduction of minors.
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