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Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - Web posted at 9:07:35 AM GMT 9 killed in Mpuma plane crash * BARBERTON – Nine people including a pilot were killed after an aircraft crashed and exploded in Mpumalanga on Sunday afternoon. |
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72 dead is Kyrgyzstan quake * BISHKEK – Rescuers raced to reach a remote village in Kyrgyzstan yesterday after a strong earthquake killed at least 72 people in a mountainous area near the border with China, officials said. Strong earthquake in Tibet, kills 30 * BEIJING – China’s official Xinhua News Agency says 30 people are dead after an earthquake struck Tibet. The news agency said yesterday a magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit a county near Tibet’s capital Lhasa. Suicide blast at MP’s house kills 18 MULTAN - A suicide bomber killed 18 people and wounded a Pakistani opposition politician yesterday in the latest attack to undersscore the threat posed by Taliban and al Qaeda militants. US opens trade office in Libya * TRIPOLI - The United States has opened a trade office in Libya to boost economic ties with the oil-rich state, the official Jana news agency reported yesterday. Taliban, Afghan officials met in Saudi * KABUL – Taliban representatives met with Afghan government officials last month in Saudi Arabia, a former high-level Taliban ambassador said yesterday, but he denied the meeting could be construed as peace talks. Call for Uganda rebel’s arrest * THE HAGUE – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court called yesterday for renewed efforts to arrest a notorious Ugandan rebel leader following reports of a new wave of attacks. Thai protesters go to parliament * BANGKOK - Thousands of anti-government protesters marched to Thailand’s parliament building yesterday, police said, in what one of the rally leaders claimed would be their “final battle”. |
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