| Volcanic Eruption in Ecuador Causes Thousands to Flee Updated:16 July 2006 |
| Thousands of people are fleeing their homes in the wake of a volcanic eruption. The Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador began spewing lava and toxic gases into the air Friday.
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| Heavy Monsoon Rains Leave Dozens Dead Or Missing In S. Korea Updated:16 July 2006 |
| At least 29 people were dead or missing in South Korea after heavy monsoon rains pounded the eastern part of the country on Sunday. An official with South Korea's National Emergency Management Agency reports that torrential rains since Friday have left nearly 12 people killed in landslides and 17 missing in flash floods.
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| Techno Parade Hits The Streets Of Berlin In All-Night Party Updated:16 July 2006 |
| Branded as the world's biggest outdoor party, millions of techno music lovers flocked the streets of the German capital of Berlin to celebrate the Love Parade. Having once started out as a small party organized by two local DJs in 1989, the Love Parade was forced into cancellation for the past two years due to financial difficulties.
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| Guns For Bikes Program Works In Congo Updated:16 July 2006 |
| Pastor Ngoy Mulunda of the Democratic Republic of Congo has collected 6,500 weapons in the past year in exchange for guns--a program now backed by President Joseph Kabila.
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| Tropical Storm Billis Kills 115 In China Updated:16 July 2006 |
| Devastating tropical storm Billis killed at least 115 people and injured hundreds as the storm pounded the southern part of China. Coastal province of Fujian was the hardest-hit region of the country with 43 deaths recorded. After Fujian, 39 people were killed in Hunan province and 33 in Guangdong province.
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| Nobel Prize Winner Walesa Lashes Out At Poland's Twin Leaders Updated:16 July 2006 |
| Polish Nobel Peace Prize winner and Solidarity leader Lech Walesa has lashed out at Poland's current twin leaders, President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Jaroslaw, calling them incompetent and that they were not capable of governing the Central European country. Walesa, who served as Poland's president from 1990-1995, says that the Kaczynski brothers were 'without the necessary format' and called their style of governing 'embarrassing.'
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| Public Displays Of Affection For Same-Sex Couples Now A Crime In Zimbabwe Updated:16 July 2006 |
| Same-sex couples in Zimbabwe who display affection for one another in public by kissing or hugging will be prosecuted by a new law that is meant to crackdown on gay behavior, according to reports. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has dismissed such intimate embraces by gay couples as conduct best suitable for "dogs and pigs."
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| Workers Die At Mittal Steel Plant Updated:17 July 2006 |
| Controversy surrounds a Romanian steel plant bought by NRI tycoon Lakshmi Mittal with a report saying that scores of workers have died or were injured in accidents on the site. Some 25 people have been killed and another 254 injured at the Galati plant in eastern Romania since it was bought in late 2001 by Mittal, the world's largest steel magnate.
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| Thirty-One Killed In Nepal Landslide Updated:17 July 2006 |
| The death toll reached 31 in a landslide in western Nepal triggered by incessant downpour which is obstructing rescue operations. Thirty people were buried under mud when a landslide swept away an entire settlement in the Kaski district. Two foreign tourists are missing.
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| The U.N. And U.K. Call For Lebanon Peace Force Updated:17 July 2006 |
| The United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have both called on the international community to deploy a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. The duo wants the mission to stop Hezbollah militants from firing their rockets into Israeli territory.
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| Gunmen Kill 42 Iraqis At Southern Baghdad Market Updated:17 July 2006 |
| More than 42 Iraqi civilians were killed, and 60 others were wounded on Monday in what appeared to be a continuation of sectarian violence that has struck the country in the last few weeks. The gunmen opened fire at a market in the town of Mahmoudiya south of Baghdad.
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| Indian PM: "We Will Win This War Against Terror" Updated:17 July 2006 |
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, affirmed India's sturdy resolve against terror when condemned Mumbai attackers. He said, "No one can make India kneel." In a speech to the nation, the Prime Minister affirmed, "It is not the first time the enemies of the nation had tried to undermine our peace and prosperity. These elements have not yet understood that we will never let them win."
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| Panama Canal Expansion To Be Voted On In Late October Updated:17 July 2006 |
| On October 22, Panamanians will vote on whether to undertake the biggest modification to the Panama Canal since it was opened in 1914. President Martin Torrijos' office stated on Sunday that he will sign the bill approving the canal referendum on Monday.
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| British Police Officers Won't Face Criminal Charges In Last Year's Metro Shooting Updated:17 July 2006 |
| According to state prosecutors, British police officers will not face criminal charges in last year's shooting of a Brazilian man. Instead, the officers will be prosecuted under health and safety laws, more usually used to resolve minor incidents in the work place.
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| Mumbai Train Bombings Denounced At G8 Summit Updated:17 July 2006 |
| The world's most powerful leaders on Monday denounced last week's train bombings in the Indian city of Mumbai as "barbaric". On the final day of the Group of Eight summit in St Petersburg, the G8 leaders, and those from five key emerging economies, including India, said they were "outraged by the barbaric terrorist acts, carried out in Mumbai and other parts of India".
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| Israel May Be Ready For A Conditional Cease-Fire Updated:17 July 2006 |
| Israel on Monday for the first time hinted its readiness for a cease-fire provided the Hezbollah guerrillas pull back from the Lebanon's border and release two of its captured soldiers. The Israel-Hezbollah fight on Monday entered into sixth day as Israeli aircrafts continued hammering targets across Lebanon.
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| Nigeria, Clinton Foundation Sign Deal To Fight AIDS Updated:17 July 2006 |
| An AIDS charity set up by former U.S. President Bill Clinton signed a deal with Nigeria on Monday to make cheap AIDS drugs available to fight the disease in Africa's most populous nation. Clinton, who witnessed the signing, tells Reuters that testing for HIV/AIDS was crucial to curbing the infection rate in Nigeria, where about 3 million people are living with the virus, saying, "It is because 90 percent of people who are infected do not know their HIV status ... that is why it is spreading in Africa."
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| Dutch Court OK's "Pedophile" Political Party Updated:17 July 2006 |
| With the judge ruling it is the voters' right to judge the appeal of political parties, a Dutch court refused Monday to ban a political party whose main goal is to lower the age of sexual consent from 16 to 12. Opponents had asked The Hague District Court to bar the party from registering for national elections in November, arguing that children have the right not to be confronted with the party's platform.
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| New Zealand Plans Evacuation For Citizens In Lebanon Updated:17 July 2006 |
| New Zealand is taking steps to evacuate an estimated 30 nationals in Lebanon. "Evacuation plans are being made as we speak,"Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters told National Radio, mentioning that the government was cooperating with Britain and France on getting New Zealanders out.
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| Six Militants Get Life For Bombings In Bangladesh Updated:17 July 2006 |
| Six militants of the outlawed Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were sentenced to life in prison by a court of country's southern district on Monday for blasting bombs on August 17 last year. The District and Sessions Judge of Feni also the judge of special tribunal-1, M Nazrul Islam handed down the punishment, a local news agency reported.
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| Death Toll From Indonesia Tsunami Reaches 105 Updated:17 July 2006 |
| The death toll is now at least 105 from a tsunami that ravaged Indonesia's Java Island. Rescuers are searching for nearly 130 people still missing after massive waves triggered an undersea earthquake on Tuesday.
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| Industrial And Commercial Pollution Threatens Life Of Indian Village Updated:17 July 2006 |
| Alapuzzha, Kerala has been honored by the Union Commerce Ministry as a center of excellence, both industrially and commercially. However, it stands to lose that distinction due to the high pollution levels at Aroor, a northern industrial village of the district. The village thrives on marine fisheries, industrial units and export houses (factories).
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| Concern Grows Over Pak-India Peace Process Updated:17 July 2006 |
| As the Mumbai blasts have been widely condemned, experts in South Asia worry about the future of strained India-Pakistan relations consequent to the attacks. The blasts have been seen as an attempt to shatter the peace process between the two countries.
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| Grenade Attack Outside Iraqi Mosque Kills 40, Wounds 90 Updated:18 July 2006 |
| An explosion at the Mohammed Al Amin Mosque in Mahmudiya, Iraq, has left up to 40 citizens killed, and almost 100 wounded. Iraqi security forces and soldiers from the Multinational Division Baghdad responded to the marketplace where officials say terrorists stormed the area, engaging the troops with small arms fire while an explosion could be seen near by.
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| Security Forces Capture And Kill Terror Leaders In Raids Across Iraq Updated:18 July 2006 |
| Iraqi forces have made progress against terrorists, capturing a cell leader and killing another insurgent leader. According to officials an insurgent cell leader who was involved in the planning and organization of an attack on a southern Baghdad mosque on July 13 is now in custody after a raid in the dangerous Al Rasheed district of Baghdad.
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| Taiwanese Nationals Arrested In Philippine Drug Bust Updated:18 July 2006 |
| Philippine police raided a warehouse and arrested five Taiwanese nationals allegedly producing huge amounts of drugs. If found guilty, drug trafficking is punishable by death.
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| Manila Sees Libya Playing A Big Role In Peace Talks With Moro Rebels Updated:18 July 2006 |
| The Philippines is seeing a bigger role for the Libyan government with the on-going peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) which has been fighting for an independent Mindanao in the south of the country. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo and National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales made the observation as they both acknowledge Libya's strong influence in the Muslim community.
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| AHN Inside The Middle East: Evacuation Of Westeners Gathers Speed In Beirut Updated:18 July 2006 |
| Westerners fleeing the war-ravaged Beirut got a bit of relief as evacuation efforts picked up speed early Tuesday and governments of western nations rushed to the aid of their citizens trapped there. A French chartered boar t left Beirut to Cyprus carrying 800 French nationals and 400 individuals from Germany, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Spain, Finland, Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland.
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| Rescuers Getting Desperate In Indonesia Following Tsunami Updated:18 July 2006 |
| Rescuers have raised the alarm of desperation as the death toll in Monday's tsunami reached over 300 and hundreds more missing as search and rescue operations are hampered by lack of heavy equipment. The scene in Java was chaotic even as some 1,500 rescue workers scour coastal area in a desperate attempt to look for possible survivors and bodies.
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| Pacific Islands Losing Their Mangroves Updated:18 July 2006 |
| Some islands in the Pacific may see over half of the mangroves fading away steadily by the end of this century, the worst hit being American Samoa, Fiji, Tuvalu and the federated states of Micronesia, says a UN study. A study by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) assessed the vulnerability of the 16 Pacific Island nations and territories having native mangroves, has revealed that as much as 13 per cent of the mangrove area may be lost.
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