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More than 2,000 trapped gold miners were rescued in a dramatic all-night operation, and efforts gathered speed Thursday to bring hundreds more to the surface.
The leaders of Iran and Venezuela cemented an alliance aimed at countering the United States while the Iranian president reached out to a new ally in Bolivia and declared that together, "no one can defeat us."
Survivors scavenged for food and drinking water in towns hammered by a tsunami on the Solomon Islands' west coast, while officials said the death toll was 28 and would rise as they struggled to reach remote communities.
A bone-rattling undersea earthquake sparked a tsunami that sent 10-foot-high waves crashing into parts of the Solomon Islands on Monday, wiping out one village and killing at least 13 people. The death toll was expected to rise.
The majestic male elephant ambled through the dense bush to the water hole, extending his trunk in greeting to two young females, April and Aqua, their mother Aran and grandmother Agatha.
Legislators introduced a sweeping abortion bill Wednesday that supporters hope will lead to a legal challenge of Roe v. Wade.
A deadly new strain of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis discovered in South Africa is likely to have spread beyond the rural area where 52 of the 53 people diagnosed with it have died, the doctor who discovered the super bug said.
Khadijeh Tabaja couldn't recognize her own apartment building. She took one look at the charred shell, its balconies pancaked and hanging from one side, and screamed, "Where is my home? Somebody tell me this is not my home!"
South Africa proposed new laws Tuesday that would end the "canned hunting" of wildlife bred in captivity to be shot in closed reserves by wealthy tourists.
South American meteorologists are getting a boost from space: A U.S. weather satellite long used for tracking hurricanes and other wild weather will soon be moved over a continent plagued by its own costly natural disasters.
A fire swept through a downtown Johannesburg building early Wednesday, killing 12 people and injuring 33 others trapped inside by locked security gates and belongings piled in passageways, officials said.
NATO wrapped up its 90-day mission to the earthquake-battered parts of Pakistan on Tuesday, saying it had completed its goal of providing relief and helping survivors endure the harsh winter in Kashmir.
I would like to draw urgent attention to an affliction that is rapidly spreading around the world's high-income areas. The disease, 'Australism', is a particularly virulent strain that seems to have evolved from Orientalism.
Kids in Jefferson, Ga., are shutting the tap off as they brush their teeth. Adults are doing bigger, but fewer, laundry loads. And just about everybody is glancing nervously at the puddle passing for the town's reservoir.
Democrat officials tell staffers to get immunizatons before they go to the South and visit NASCAR facilities. Democrates have come under fire from Republicnas and NASCAR officials over the incident.
The Defence Ministry must probe the Lohatla accident which left 9 soldiers dead and 15 critically injured, the country's two defence unions said on Saturday.
The South Shore Arts Council is pleased to announce that this year's Art Frolic will be on Sunday, October 14th 2007 from 1 to 6 pm. All venues are free and open to the public.
In an unlikely marriage of desire to secede from the United States, two advocacy groups from opposite political traditions — New England and the South — are sitting down to talk.
North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-il has welcomed South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun to Pyongyang for a historic summit.
Even though encounters with the microscopic bug are extraordinarily rare, it's killed six boys and young men this year. The spike in cases has health officials concerned, and they are predicting more cases in the future.
The Open University in Wales has employed t2 business solutions to create bespoke commercial training for it's IT and Office Support Service staff.
South Indian Bank allots 20mn equity shares through QIP
From author Christina Scott: "Africa's biggest HIV vaccine trial were stopped today (21 September) after a sister study testing the same experimental vaccine in US men found no protection against infection."
OK, Newsvine it's time to have your voices heard. The Jena 6 protests, beatings, and trials have been big news makers lately and I think it's time we all weigh in. Here's a little background info for you to base your thoughts on. From Metroblogging Philadelphia:
"There's Jenas in Atlanta, there's Jenas in New York, there's Jenas in Florida, and there are Jenas all over Texas," Sharpton told a raucous crowd Thursday morning. "This is the beginning of the 21st Century civil rights movement."
The tree that started all the trouble was one of those beautiful old Southern oaks with thick outspread boughs offering a haven of cool shade in the noon heat. It stood outside the high school in rural Jena, La., where it was known as the White Tree.
How many in Miami believe the promises of the Dems candidates for the Presidency tonight?
Before the Cowboys' practice Wednesday, wide receiver Terrell Owens said he saw some dog fights growing up in Alabama. In a recent radio interview with Jim Gray, Owens said he witnessed his uncle fighting dogs and said it is part of a culture.
Before Rick Ross gained national success, his talent was discovered by legendary music mogul Tony Draper. The top-selling Miami rapper was one of many up and coming artists signed to Draper's Suave House Records.
Taliban militants on Wednesday released ten women and two men total 12 of 19 South Korean captives they promised to free under a deal struck with the South Korean government to resolve a nearly six-week hostage crisis.
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President of South Korea,Mr Roh Moo-Myhun expressed his satisfaction over release of two south Korean hostage from the captivity of talibens,urges an early release of all South Koreans hostages in Afghanistan.He has instructed the government to make all efforts to get the hostage …
Global warming?
During the Nationalist Party, or white government, days in South Africa, the only time the country made it into the international newspapers was when apartheid based atrocities and anti-apartheid campaigns were reported.
The National Weather Service reported record highs of 103 in Atlanta, nearby Athens, Georgia, and Raleigh, North Carolina. Charlotte, North Carolina, and Greenville, South Carolina, both saw 102-degree readings
Leaflets obtained by reporter in Ghazni town read: "For the sake of your security and reconstruction, the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan will launch an operation in your areas." "We respectfully ask you to evacuate to safe areas or keep under cover in safe p …
Up on stage at New York's annual River to River summer music festival, a four-piece string band is tearing through the song "Sourwood Mountain." The fiddle wails, the banjo frails and a few members of the audience actually stand up to do impromptu clog-style jigs.
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