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Asian leaders to pledge EU-style bloc
HUA HIN, Thailand (AFP) - Asian leaders will pledge to overcome their differences and push towards the formation of an EU-style community as they wrap up an annual summit in Thailand on Sunday.
October 25, 2009, 3:50 pm -
Thousands gather for worldwide climate protests
NEW YORK (AFP) - From Asia to the Americas via Europe and the Middle East, activists around the planet have protested in an effort to mobilize public opinion against global warming 50 days ahead of a crucial UN climate summit.
October 25, 2009, 3:49 pm -
Mozambican parties make final push for votes
MAPUTO (AFP) - Mozambique's political parties prepared their final push for votes Sunday, the last day of campaigning for Wednesday elections that are widely expected to be won by ruling party Frelimo.
October 25, 2009, 3:47 pm -
Karzai rival says won't join Afghan government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's rival in next month's run-off election, said he would not join Karzai's government if the incumbent won.
October 25, 2009, 3:41 pm -
Winds shift as fire burns Puerto Rican oil depot
SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Firefighters made progress in containing a raging fire at an oil storage depot in Puerto Rico, but shifting winds threatened to bring the toxic smoke closer to populated areas, officials warned on Saturday.
October 25, 2009, 3:30 pm -
Obama declares swine flu emergency
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama declared swine flu a "national emergency", as the United States reels from millions of cases of infection and more than 1,000 deaths.
October 25, 2009, 3:18 pm -
Scandal hits Italy leftist party
A scandal has rocked Italy's main opposition party on the eve of a nationwide primary designed to select a new leader and relaunch the party's sagging fortunes.
October 25, 2009, 3:06 pm -
Major quake strikes off Indonesia: seismologists
JAKARTA (AFP) - A major quake with tsunami potential hit off eastern Indonesia Saturday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of any damage and the tsunami warning was later lifted.
October 25, 2009, 2:49 pm -
Sailor Watson heading past New Zealand
Jessica Watson, who is attempting to become the youngest person to sail solo around the globe, is passing north of NZ on her way to the Pacific Islands.
October 25, 2009, 2:46 pm -
Major quake strikes off Indonesia
A major quake with tsunami potential hit off eastern Indonesia overnight, seismologists say.
October 25, 2009, 2:45 pm -
Pilot who overshot site denies napping
The first officer of the Northwest Airlines jet that missed its destination by 240km says that neither he nor the captain was napping.
October 25, 2009, 2:23 pm -
Polygamist sect member to stand trial
A polygamist sect member whose alleged marriages to underage girls triggered a raid that swept more than 400 children into custody is about to go on trial.
October 25, 2009, 2:10 pm -
US, France, Russia pledge support for Iran nuclear deal
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama contacted his Russian and French counterparts Saturday, rallying support for a deal to end the crisis over Iran's nuclear program as they urged Tehran to accept the offer.
October 25, 2009, 12:22 pm -
S Arabia closes schools after swine flu
Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry has announced it will close two schools temporarily after two students died of swine flu.
October 25, 2009, 12:19 pm -
Fifteen dead, 24 injured in Egypt crash
At least 15 people have been killed and 24 others injured in a collision between two passenger trains in Giza southwest of Cairo, witnesses and police say.
October 25, 2009, 12:18 pm -
Suicide bomber in car kills Pakistani policeman: police
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - A suicide bomber blew up his explosives-filled car on a Pakistani motorway early Sunday, killing a patrol officer, the chief of motorway police said.
October 25, 2009, 11:51 am -
Obama declares swine flu a national emergency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has declared 2009 H1N1 swine flu a national emergency, the White House said on Saturday.
October 25, 2009, 10:46 am -
Egyptian passenger trains collide, at least 15 dead
CAIRO (Reuters) - Two Egyptian passenger trains collided on Saturday south of Cairo, killing at least 15 people and leaving passengers trapped in wreckage, security sources said.
October 25, 2009, 10:39 am -
Taliban call for Afghan vote boycott, threaten violence
KABUL (AFP) - The Taliban called Saturday for a boycott of the upcoming run-off in Afghanistan's fraud-tainted presidential election as US and UN envoys predicted fewer problems with the second round.
October 25, 2009, 9:56 am -
Maine girl with 'mermaid syndrome' dies
Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called "mermaid syndrome", and gained a wide following on the internet, has died.
October 25, 2009, 9:49 am
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