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More than 220 dead as big freeze grips Europe- 2012-2-4 18:01:12TEMPERATURES have plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives as forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten its grip over the weekend. A total of 223... |
Ferry runs aground in Italy snow storm, 260 rescued- 2012-2-4 17:58:11MORE than 260 people were rescued early today from a ferry which ran aground off Italy in a snow storm, while emergency services freed people trapped in cars and trains in freezing temperatures. The Shardon ferry... |
Train mishap in India kills at least 3, over 50 injured- 2012-2-4 16:15:20
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Bodies pulled from water after PNG ferry accident- 2012-2-4 15:44:51PAPUA New Guinean authorities today began retrieving the bodies of those killed when a crowded ferry sank two days ago in what is thought to be among the nation's worst sea accidents. More than 100 people are... |
Micron CEO dies in plane crash- 2012-2-4 13:47:59MICRON Technology's chairman and chief executive Steve Appleton died in a small-plane crash early yesterday, the company said. Appleton, 51, head of the mid-sized chipmaker, was the only person in the plane when... |
UN Security Council to vote on Syria- 2012-2-4 12:02:26THE UN Security Council is scheduled to meet in an open session on the current situation in Syria, the UN Spokesperson's Office announced yesterday. "There will be an open meeting of the Security Council at 9... |
Jobs report lifts Dow to highest mark since 2008- 2012-2-4 10:56:09A drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years propelled the Dow Jones industrial average yesterday to its highest close since May 2008, before the financial meltdown later that year. The Nasdaq... |
Oil prices rise after drop in US hiring expands- 2012-2-4 10:55:29A surge in US hiring lifted oil prices for the first time in a week. As more Americans commute to work and the economy picks up, demand for energy is expected to rise. US benchmark crude increased by US$1.48 yesterday... |
Too cold for this boy!- 2012-2-4 1:38:59
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Iran Supreme Leader offers aid to Israel enemies- 2012-2-4 1:36:25IRAN will help any nation or group that confronts the "cancer" Israel, the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday. He also said in remarks delivered to worshippers at prayers in... |
Prosecution forces UK Cabinet shake up- 2012-2-4 1:36:03BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron was making a third unwanted shake up of his government yesterday, after prosecutors charged Cabinet minister Chris Huhne over an alleged attempt to pin a speeding penalty on his... |
Leaks grow at 'stable' Japan nuclear plant- 2012-2-4 1:35:22LEAKS of radioactive water have become more frequent at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant less than two months after it was declared basically stable. The problem underlines the continuing challenges facing... |
Kidnapped US tourists are released- 2012-2-4 1:35:00A SENIOR security official says two female American tourists and their Egyptian guide have been freed hours after they were abducted at gunpoint near St Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula yesterday. South... |
4 die in Egypt clashes over deadly soccer riot- 2012-2-4 1:34:23ROCK-THROWING protesters yesterday fought riot police through clouds of tear gas to within meters of Egypt's Interior Ministry on a second day of clashes triggered by the deaths of 74 people in the country's worst... |
Illuminating experience- 2012-2-4 1:21:48
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Mailbox windfalls baffle community- 2012-2-4 1:20:34MYSTERIOUS benefactors are leaving cash in the mailboxes of residents at a city community, leading to intense speculation about their identity. Residents at the community on Yinhang Road in Yangpu District started... |
5 held after masked gang bind guards- 2012-2-4 1:19:58POLICE said yesterday that they have detained five men in connection with a robbery on Chinese New Year's Eve in which guards were bound and their cash taken. Masked men armed with knives broke into the security... |
Abandoned boy reunited with father- 2012-2-4 1:19:31A TODDLER abandoned almost a month ago at Hongqiao Railway Station was yesterday reunited with his father. The 18-month-old child from Shandong Province was left at the station by his mother on January 8. His... |
Residents shocked by sadistic cat killings- 2012-2-4 1:18:56POLICE are seeking three teenagers suspected of brutally killing more than 10 stray cats over the Spring Festival holiday. Almost daily over the break at the No.2 Taolin Neighborhood in Pudong, cleaners and residents... |
Writer brings suit over authorship claims- 2012-2-4 1:18:30POPULAR young writer Han Han yesterday brought a civil suit against "science cop" Fang Zhouzi at Putuo District People's Court over accusations he used ghostwriters to pen his books. The court said Han's lawyer... |
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2 dead after barge capsizes- 5 Feb 2012 0:00:00 +0800TWO people have been confirmed dead, with nine others still missing, two days after a barge from Hubei Province capsized in the neighboring province of Hunan, local authorities said yesterday. One body was found... |
Man shot, robbed- 5 Feb 2012 0:00:00 +0800POLICE in northeast China are hunting for a suspect who allegedly shot a man in the head with a gun and robbed him of 40,000 yuan on Friday. The 47-year-old victim surnamed Wen is receiving treatment at a hospital... |
Mine blast toll reaches 13- 5 Feb 2012 0:00:00 +0800TWO miners injured in a colliery gas explosion on Friday in Sichuan Province died on the way to hospital, bringing the death toll from the accident to 13, local authorities said yesterday. Eight other people are... |
Cadmium cleanup safe: experts- 5 Feb 2012 0:00:00 +0800MEASURES used to bring down cadmium concentration levels following a toxic spill in a Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region river are safe and effective, experts said. By yesterday morning, the water quality in the... |
Another blast of icy winter is in forecast- 5 Feb 2012 0:00:00 +0800TEMPERATURES will drop by up to 14 degrees Celsius in some regions of China over the next three days, the country's meteorological center said yesterday. The National Meteorological Center yesterday issued a blue... |
Spring begins with various celebrations- 5 Feb 2012 0:00:00 +0800
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Plan change at shrinking lake- 4 Feb 2012 1:06:10 +0800CHINA has altered a plan to build a hydropower dam on its largest freshwater lake after claims it could destroy an already fragile ecology. But officials in Jiangxi Province, where Poyang Lake is located, said... |
9 officials punished over toxic spill- 4 Feb 2012 1:05:33 +0800NINE officials in Hechi City in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have been punished in connection with a cadmium spill that seriously contaminated a local river and threatened water supplies in a downstream... |
HK may adjust its quota for mothers from the mainland- 4 Feb 2012 0:59:01 +0800HONG Kong's Secretary for Food & Health York Chow said yesterday that the city government is to review the need for an adjustment in the quota and policies regarding pregnant women from the Chinese mainland giving... |