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JAKARTA - A landslide triggered by hours of heavy downpours buried a family of seven alive in the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku, state media said Thursday.
LONDON - A 27-year-old South Korean man committed suicide after posting a suicide note on the social micro-blogging website Twitter.
US, SKorea express solidarity over ship sinking
Taliban attack police in SE Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing Thursday morning outside a district police headquarters in southeastern Afghanistan that wounded four Afghan policemen, one critically.
YANGON - At least 46 people were killed and four injured in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Myanmar in the past four days, state media reported Thursday.
BP CEO to tell Congress he’s ‘devastated’ by spill
SoCal woman arrested in 2-year-old’s drowning
Mexico City, June 17 (IANS/EFE) About 16,000 liters of chemicals used in making synthetic drugs have been seized in the port of Veracruz in Mexico, officials said.
Mexico City, June 17 (IANS/EFE) The Mexican government may ask British oil giant BP for $20 million to monitor oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, an official said.
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Rigger declines jury in NYC crane collapse trial
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Sweaters, fleece vests, beanies OK at Pebble Beach
Miner killed by falling beam in Kentucky coal mine
Army: Afghan civilians killed by grenades, shots
Search effort officially ends after Ark. floods
Ohio Guard changes air zone after near miss
Indy Series makes changes after hose malfunction
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Indonesia’s anti-terror campaign under fire
WASHINGTON - Oil giant BP has agreed to set up a $20-billion fund to compensate local Gulf Coast businesses and fishermen devastated by the ongoing oil spill, US President Barack Obama said after a meeting with BP’s top executives Wednesday.
Mixed bag of weather woes boost wheat prices
PARIS - At least 19 people have died after torrential rains lashed parts of southern France, media reports said Wednesday.
Wheat prices jump as rainstorms stall harvests
Sea creatures flee oil spill, gather near shore
White House fact sheet details agreement with BP
Altidore has USA on his chest, Haiti in his heart
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BP agrees to suspend quarterly dividend
WASHINGTON — The chairman of BP’s board says that the oil company will suspend its quarterly dividend as part of its commitments to compensate victims of the Gulf oil spill.
Santorini: Cliffs, beaches and the sapphire sea
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Durbin presses Peabody about southern Ill. mine
LUCKNOW - An aircraft carrying Uttar Pradesh Governor B.L. Joshi made an unscheduled landing Wednesday evening at an Indian Air Force base in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district due to bad weather, an official said.
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LALGARH - West Bengal is set to unveil a rehabilitation package for Maoists willing to surrender and return to the mainstream, a senior police official said here Wednesday.
Floods near Riviera leave at least 19 dead
LALGARH - Thirteen people, including three city intellectuals, arrested for alleged links with Maoists in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district were Wednesday remanded by a court to judicial custody for 14 days.
KOLKATA - The Alumni Association of La Martiniere for Boys school here Wednesday showed solidarity with their school but said the truth should come out regarding the suicide of Class 8 student Rouvanjit Rowla.
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