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Russian forces in Georgia appear to begin pullout (AP)
Date : 08 Oct 2008
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Russian forces began the final stage of a pullback from positions outside Georgia's separatist South Ossetia region, bulldozi read more »
US, Japan favored for Nobel chemistry prize (AP)
Date : 08 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - U.S. and Japanese researchers are among the favorites to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry, but don't expect any recent discov read more »
Norbert strengthens into Category 2 hurricane (AP)
Date : 08 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Hurricane Norbert strengthened into a powerful Category 2 storm over the Pacific Ocean and forecasters warned that it could r read more »
Computer glitch may have caused Qantas plunge: investigator (AFP)
Date : 08 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - A computer glitch may have caused a Qantas jet to plunge mid-flight, an investigator said Wednesday as passengers told how t read more »
Half-ton Mexican man dies after pleading for help (AP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A 450-kilogram (990-pound), bedridden man who had appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem died Tu read more »
Naked swimmer evades police in Tokyo palace moat (Reuters)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - A bald, naked man who said he was a British tourist went swimming in the moat of Japan's Imperial Palace on Tuesday, cli read more »
India's Tata signs deal to move cheap car plant (AFP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Tata chairman Ratan Tata signed an agreement on Tuesday to move the troubled Nano cheap car project to the western Indian st read more »
3 win Nobel for subatomic physics research (AP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Two Japanese citizens and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries that help explain the behavior of t read more »
Thai army sends troops to help police keep peace (AP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The Thai military is sending unarmed troops to help keep the peace in the capital Bangkok after a day of violent clashes betw read more »
UN peacekeeper killed in Darfur (AFP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - A Nigerian UN peacekeeper was killed when up to 60 gunmen ambushed a patrol in Sudan's war-torn western region of Darfur, a read more »
Dozens injured in Qantas mid-air jet drama (AFP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Thirty-six passengers and crew were injured, some seriously, in a mid-air drama that forced a Qantas jetliner to make an eme read more »
Russia's Jerusalem land claim worries Israelis (AP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The Russians are coming to downtown Jerusalem, reclaiming ownership of a landmark with the approval of the Israeli government read more »
China says US arms sale to Taiwan harms ties (AP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A planned multibillion dollar U.S. arms sale to Taiwan threatens China's national security and has cast a pall over military read more »
Tropical Storm Marco closing in on Mexico's coast (AP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Tropical Storm Marco was closing in on Mexico's coast early Tuesday and threatened to hit with near-hurricane strength winds read more »
Two dozen dead in Sri Lanka fighting: military (AFP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Sri Lankan troops killed 23 Tamil Tigers as they advanced into rebel-held territory, the defence ministry said Tuesday. read more »
Gates: US to remain in Kosovo through late 2009 (AP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The United States will continue its troop presence in Kosovo until at least late next year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates sa read more »
Govt mulls extending bank guarantee (AFP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - The government has vowed to do "whatever is needed" to keep its financial system stable, including the possibility of extend read more »
Dozens injured in mid-air jet 'incident': Australia police (AFP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Up to 40 people were injured in a mid-air incident that forced an Australian airliner to make an emergency landing on Tuesda read more »
Somali pirate says ransom reduced (AP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A Somali pirate on a hijacked cargo ship laden with tanks reduced the ransom Tuesday to US$8 million (euro5.87 million), but read more »
Iraqi police: 2 blasts rock Foreign Ministry (AP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Iraqi police say that two blasts in front of the Foreign Ministry have wounded at least five people. The attacks have occurre read more »
Dark matter, new planets could bring physics Nobel (AP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Scientists who have pursued dark matter, hunted for undiscovered planets and advanced nanotechnology were being touted Monday read more »
US, NKorea seek compromise in nuclear deadlock (AP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The United States and North Korea are being flexible in their effort to reach a compromise to resolve the dispute in the Nort read more »
Armed man releases his hostages in Guatemala City (AP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - An armed man in a jealous rage took 42 hostages in a Guatemala City call center on Monday and released them unharmed and turn read more »
More die as clashes continue in India's troubled Assam (Reuters)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - Police used helicopters to spot armed mobs attacking Muslims in India's troubled northeast Tuesday, where clashes betwee read more »
Belgium, France choose new bosses at troubled Dexia (AFP)
Date : 07 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - The Belgian and French governments have agreed that former Belgian premier Jean-Luc Dehaene should become new chairman of tr read more »