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Cuba says hurricanes took 9pc of sugar crop
11-11 23:53 (Business)
Hurricanes Ike and Gustav destroyed 9 percent of Cuba's sugar crop scheduled for harvesting in the coming months, while damage from Paloma was being evaluated,...

Eleven Taleban killed in northwest Pakistan
11-11 23:47 (World)
At least 11 Taleban militants were killed and two soldiers wounded in gunfights with Pakistani troops in a northwestern valley rocked by a violent campaign to ...

Levy extended for five years
11-11 23:05 (Hong Kong)
The government yesterday bowed to pressure from lawmakers as the Executive Council agreed to extend the suspension of the maid levy from two to five years. ...

Wall Street skids on GM fears, poor corporate news
11-11 22:49 (Business)
US stocks skidded in opening trade, with sentiment unsettled by fears about a collapse of General Motors and more poor corporate news amid the credit crisis. ...

Egypt Bedouin release 25 abducted policemen
11-11 22:47 (World)
Bedouin tribesmen released a truckload of 25 Egyptian policemen they kidnapped in the northern Sinai on Tuesday in protest at the killing of one of their numb...

Citigroup to help 500,000 mortgage holders keep homes
11-11 22:18 (Business)
Citigroup on Tuesday launched measures to help embattled borrowers remain current on mortgage payments and avoid foreclosures on their homes. The US b...

Egypt Bedouin kidnap 25 policemen in Sinai protest
11-11 22:04 (World)
Bedouin tribesmen on Tuesday kidnapped a truckload of 25 Egyptian policemen in the northern Sinai in apparent protest at the killing of one of their number, a...

Russian church vanishes
11-11 21:48 (World)
A church has vanished from the Russian village where it stood for almost 200 years, the local diocese said on Tuesday. The Church of Christ's Resurrec...

Oil prices tumble under US$57
11-11 21:17 (Business)
Oil prices slid beneath US$57 (HK$444.60) a barrel in London trading on Tuesday following further gloomy economic news in the United States, the world's ...

Five killed in China factory accident
11-11 21:11 (China)
Five factory workers died and one was critically injured when a structure they were building in northwestern China collapsed, state media reported. The ...

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