HONG KONG (AFP) - Cathay Pacific said Wednesday it has endured a spate of mysterious toilet blockages on its Airbus fleet, with one packed plane forced to make an unscheduled landing because it had no working lavatory.
40 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to "finish the job" of an unpopular and costly eight-year war in Afghanistan, and officials said he could announce an increase of around 30,000 troops next week.
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COTABATO, Philippines (AFP) - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo is facing rising pressure to bring to justice a political ally who stands accused of masterminding a massacre that left 46 people dead.
45 minutes ago
MONTREAL (AFP) - Gold production will continue to fall, despite a brief boost in 2009 and soaring prices, as deposits are exhausted and new discoveries remain elusive, say miners.
53 minutes agoRescuers have found three more bodies in a coal mine in northeastern China hit by a massive gas blast, bringing the confirmed death toll to 107, reports say.
1 hour, 2 minutes agoNEW YORK, (Reuters) - Singer Alicia Keys has won
fans with her music but now the Grammy-winning R&B star is
hoping to uplift them by launching her own jewelry collection
inscribed with inspirational messages.
LONDON (AFP) - Roger Federer said finishing the season as world number one counted among his greatest-ever achievements in the game, given the dramatic upheaval in his personal life during 2009.
1 hour, 10 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AFP) - An AFP journalist who is among the few independent reporters still working in war-torn Mogadishu received Tuesday a key press award for his work, along with three other correspondents.
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A private detective, who allegedly disappeared after being paid to search for missing British girl Madeleine McCann, has been arrested in England, reports say.
November 25, 2009, 5:36 pm
Philippine police have named a political ally of President Gloria Arroyo as the prime suspect in an election-linked massacre of 46 people.
November 25, 2009, 4:47 pm
TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese police plan to arrest on suspicion of attempted murder four children of US military personnel after a motorcyclist was badly injured by a rope stretched across a road, according to media reports.
November 25, 2009, 4:42 pm
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - The Khmer Rouge prison chief was to give his concluding remarks on Wednesday in final arguments at Cambodia's war crimes court, nearing justice for the "Killing Fields" atrocities three decades ago.
November 25, 2009, 4:22 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Barack Obama threw the biggest party of his presidency for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, hailing the world's largest democracy as "indispensable" and pledging to work out a range of thorny issues.
November 25, 2009, 4:21 pm
Two teenage girls have been found guilty of murdering a retired New Zealand school teacher by beating him repeatedly with his own walking sticks.
November 25, 2009, 4:21 pm
LONDON (AFP) - The BBC has held talks with financial advisers about floating part of its commercial arm on the stock market, amid pressure over its market share and public subsidy, a report said Wednesday.
November 25, 2009, 4:19 pmMalcolm Turnbull remains Australia's leader of the opposition.
November 25, 2009, 3:51 pm
President Barack Obama, vowing to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, has promised he will soon announce his decision on troop deployment.
November 25, 2009, 3:17 pm
Barack Obama has thrown the biggest party of his presidency for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, hailing the world's largest democracy as "indispensable".
November 25, 2009, 3:11 pmA 19-year-old Sydney man has collapsed and died of heat exhaustion while installing roof insulation.
November 25, 2009, 2:55 pmFORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (Reuters) - Royal Caribbean's new Oasis of the Seas is the largest, widest, tallest, most expensive cruise ship afloat, a cornucopia of amusements aimed at quashing the notion that cruising is a sedentary vacation, said chief executive Richard Fain.
November 25, 2009, 2:11 pm
As the long weekend beckons, it's time to take a light-hearted look at some of this week's quirkier news...
The Oxford Dictionary defines racism as "1. Belief in the superiority of a particular race; prejudice based on this. 2. Antagonism towards people of other races."Since his expletive laced email tirade Hone Harawira has been called many...
Several stories this week merit a special mention in my mind-boggling news blog, but this first one will take some beating. Or shocking.A police officer called to a house in an small Arkansas town saw fit to use his Taser on the house's unruly...
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