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BP and Shell post big profits in era of record oil prices
Associated Press - Mon Apr 28, 2008
LONDON - BP PLC and Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Europes two biggest oil producers, posted forecast-busting first-quarter earnings on Tuesday thanks to record crude oil prices that are expected to bolster profits across the industry. More»

Report: 100 dead in Tibet violence
CNN - Fri Mar 14, 2008
NEW DELHI, India - Violent protests in the Tibetan capital Lhasa against Chinese rule have left at least 100 people dead, according to unconfirmed reports from exiles in India, while official media put the death toll at 10. More»

New Case of Mad Cow Reported in Canada
Associated Press - Tue Feb 26, 2008
OTTAWA - Canadian officials confirmed a new case of mad cow disease Tuesday, the second such case in two months and the 12th since the disease was first discovered in Canada in 2003. More»

Australia says "Oopsie!" for 60 year Eugenics Program
BBC - Mon Feb 11, 2008
A Welsh woman taken from her mixed-race parents as a baby by the Australian government has welcomed a planned apology for the "stolen generations". More»

Mexico Tries to Help Deportees
Time - Fri Feb 8, 2008
Carlos Martinez was in a state of total panic after being deported from the United States to the Mexican border city of Matamoros - he had no money, nowhere to go, and, worst of all, he didnt speak Spanish. More»

Record prices for grain from corn to rice have ignited food riots
Christian Science Monitor - Thu Jan 17, 2008
Record prices for grain from corn to rice have ignited food riots from Jakarta to Rome. More»

FBI finds Blackwater trucks patched
Associated Press - Mon Jan 7, 2008
Blackwater Worldwide repaired and repainted its trucks immediately after a deadly September shooting in Baghdad, making it difficult to determine whether enemy gunfire provoked the attack, according to people familiar with the governments investigation of the incident. More»

Monsanto 1Q profit nearly triples
Associated Press - Thu Jan 3, 2008
Monsanto Company reported Thursday that its first-quarter earnings nearly tripled because of surprisingly strong herbicide and seed sales in Latin America. More»

5 Billion US aid to Pakistan diverted, squandered
AFP - Sun Dec 23, 2007
More than five billion dollars in US aid to Pakistan has often never reached the military units it was intended for to fight Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and was instead diverted to other programs, the New York Times reported Monday. More»

Twenty-seven trapped in Australian mine
AFP - Sat Nov 17, 2007
SYDNEY, Australia - A gold mine collapsed in Australia early Monday, trapping 27 workers underground, police said. More»

Up to 10,000 dead, millions homeless in Bangladesh
AFP - Sat Nov 17, 2007
BARGUNA, Bangladesh - Up to 10,000 people are dead and millions homeless and hungry in cyclone-hit Bangladesh, officials said Sunday, as the army and aid workers battled to reach the countrys devastated coast. More»

63 killed in Ukraine mine blast
Associated Press - Sat Nov 17, 2007
DONETSK, Ukraine - A methane blast ripped through a coal mine in eastern Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least 63 miners in the ex-Soviet nations worst mining accident in years, emergency officials said. More»

Cooling begins for doomsday seed bank
Associated Press - Wed Nov 14, 2007
OSLO, Norway - Refrigeration units on Friday begin cooling a new doomsday vault dug into an already frigid Arctic mountainside to protect the worlds seeds in case of a global catastrophe. More»

Scientist predicts future mad-cow epidemic
UPI - Sat Nov 10, 2007
LONDON - A British scientist predicts thousands of future deaths from mad cow disease caused by contaminated beef eaten between 1980 and 1986. More»

In China, new crackdown on dissidents
Christian Science Monitor - Sun Oct 14, 2007
BEIJING - As Chinas ruling Communist Party holds its most important conclave in five years, the government has launched an unusually harsh crackdown on potential troublemakers, say Chinese and international human rights groups. More»

74 of 3,000 rescued from S. Africa mine
Associated Press - Tue Oct 2, 2007
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Rescue workers early Thursday evacuated the first 74 of about 3,000 miners trapped more than a mile underground by an accident. More»

Jimmy Carter confronts Sudan officials
Associated Press - Tue Oct 2, 2007
KABKABIYA, Sudan - Former President Jimmy Carter confronted Sudanese security services on a visit to Darfur Wednesday, shouting "You dont have the power to stop me!" at some who blocked him from meeting refugees of the conflict. More»

Inquest opens in Princess Di's death
Associated Press - Mon Oct 1, 2007
LONDON - Opening an inquest into the death of Princess Diana and her companion, Britains coroner asked a jury Tuesday to determine exactly how the couple died in a car crash in a Paris tunnel - in an accident or as part of a murder plot. More»

Billions of dollars withheld from Australian Aborigines
AFP - Wed Sep 19, 2007
BRISBANE - Australian government bodies withheld billions of dollars from Aboriginal workers, stockpiling the money while children were dying of malnutrition, a study released Wednesday said. More»

British bank hit by panic withdrawals
AFP - Thu Sep 13, 2007
LONDON - Anxious customers of British bank Northern Rock rushed to withdraw their savings on Friday, forming queues in front of branches after the lender was bailed out by the Bank of England. More»

European Diplomats destroy Egypt whale fossil
Associated Press - Sun Aug 26, 2007
CAIRO - European diplomats in four-wheel drive cars have caused millions of dollars worth of damage to a fossilised whale lying for millions of years in the Egyptian desert, a security source said on Sunday. More»

Desperate search for quake victims as aftershocks rock Peru
AFP - Thu Aug 16, 2007
PISCO, Peru - Powerful aftershocks rattled rescuers as they clawed through rubble Friday in a desperate search for survivors two days after a massive earthquake claimed some 500 lives in Peru. More»

Death toll hits 450 in Peru earthquake
Associated Press - Wed Aug 15, 2007
ICA, Peru - The death toll rose to 450 on Thursday in the magnitude-8 earthquake that devastated cities of adobe and brick in Perus southern desert. More»

Powerful 7.5 earthquake hits Indonesia
Associated Press - Tue Aug 7, 2007
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake under the Java Sea shook Indonesias capital early Thursday, violently shaking tall buildings and panicking residents. More»

Magic mushrooms face ban in Netherlands
Associated Press - Mon Aug 6, 2007
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The famously liberal Netherlands has been swinging toward the right, cracking down on immigration, religious freedoms and the freewheeling red light district. More»

Lab leak fears over Britain's foot and mouth outbreak
AFP - Sat Aug 4, 2007
LONDON - The urgent probe into Britains foot and mouth outbreak homed in on an animal research laboratory Sunday amid fears of a virus leak. More»

South Korea suspends US beef imports again over banned bones
Associated Press - Wed Aug 1, 2007
SEOUL - South Korea has again suspended US beef imports after inspectors discovered banned bones in a recent shipment, officials said Thursday. More»

Philippine Volcano Erupts
AFP - Mon Jul 30, 2007
MANILA - A volcano erupted in the eastern Philippines on Tuesday, raining ash on two towns, but there were no reports of casualties, volcanologists said. More»

Khmer Rouge prison chief first to be charged by UN-backed court
AFP - Mon Jul 30, 2007
PHNOM PENH - A former Khmer Rouge prison chief was charged Tuesday with crimes against humanity and detained by Cambodias UN-backed tribunal in the first legal action taken by the court against regime leaders. More»

Polish Euro MP Seeks Removal Of Name From CIA Prisons Report
AFP - Sun Jul 29, 2007
BRUSSELS - Polish socialist euro MP Marek Siwiec has brought court action in Poland demanding Swiss senator Dick Marty removes his name from a report about secret CIA prisons in Europe. More»

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