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Magnitude 7.3 quake hits off New Zealand
09-29 23:57 (World)
A powerful magnitude 7.3 quake hit off New Zealand's remote Kermadec Islands, the US Geological Survey reported. There was no immediate tsunami war...

US negotiator to visit Pyongyang this week
09-29 23:20 (World)
US envoy Christopher Hill will travel to Pyongyang later this week for talks on North Korea's announced plans to restart its plutonium-producing plants, a ...

Wall Street slides as rescue plan fails to calm market
09-29 23:08 (Business)
Wall Street shares fell hard as a massive financial sector rescue plan hammered out by US lawmakers failed to calm investors, who fretted over a deepening of...

Fed bolsters liquidity in joint move with other central banks
09-29 22:18 (Business)
The Federal Reserve announced a bolstering of efforts to provide liquidity to strained financial markets in joint operations with central banks from Europe, ...

Pienaar arrested over alleged assault
09-29 22:10 (Sports)
South Africa midfielder Steven Pienaar has been arrested following an alleged assault on a woman in Liverpool. Everton star Pienaar, 26, went to a p...

Wall Street weaker on global bank woes
09-29 22:01 (Business)
US stocks fell in opening trade as a investors remained tense amid a deepening of bank problems in Europe and a takeover of Wachovia's banking operations by ...

Belarus opposition fails to win single seat in marred poll
09-29 21:41 (World)
Loyalists of autocratic Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko won every seat in parliamentary polls that observers said failed Western standards and h...

ABN Amro becomes a millstone around Fortis's neck
09-29 21:35 (Business)
Belgian-Dutch financial group Fortis bit off more than it could chew when it bought into ABN Amro bank last year and is now being forced to sell its new as...

Cadbury recalls China-made sweets
09-29 21:27 (Hong Kong)
British sweet maker Cadbury said Monday it had recalled its China-made chocolates from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia after tests ''cast doubt'' on their...

Death toll of August landslide rises to 41
09-29 21:10 (China)
The death toll from a landslide in northern China rose to 41 after rescuers found 12 bodies on Monday, state media reported. Four people remain missing...

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