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Bangladesh slaughters 117,000 birds over avian flu | DHAKA – At least 117,000 chickens were destroyed in northern Bangladesh Sunday after avian flu outbreak on one of the country's largest poultry farms, a local official said. | The deadly H5N1 strain... (photo: AP /Pavel Rahman) Inquirer Bangladesh Bird Flu Outbreak Photos Poultry |
Kandahar blasts were warning to US and Nato - Taliban | Saturday's bomb attacks in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar were a warning to US and Nato forces, the Taliban say. | A Taliban spokesman said the attacks were in response to a planned major offe... (photo: AP / Allauddin Khan) BBC News Afghanistan Nato Photos Taliban US War |
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Guinea Interim Leader Rules Out Presidential Bid | Filed at 6:20 a.m. ET | CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- Guinea's interim leader says he will not run in presidential elections planned for June in the small West African countr... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell) The New York Times Election Guinea Photos Politics Vote |
Nadal through, Kuznetsova out | Indian Wells, California - Reigning champion Rafael Nadal breezed into the third round of the BNP Paribas Open with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Germany's Rainer Schuettler on S... (photo: Creative Commons / Bruno Girin) Independent online Kuznetsova Nadal Photos Sport Tennis |
Hussey happy with IPL III security Hussey happy with IPL III security | Australia middle-order batsman Michael Hussey has given a thumbs up to the security measures put in place for the Indian Premier Leag... (photo: AP / Gurinder Osan) Deccan Chronicle Australia Cricket IPL Photos Star |
Australia defends mandatory Internet filter | SYDNEY: Australia Sunday defended its plan to block some Internet content, such as that featuring child sex abuse or advocating terrorism, after a media rights watchdog... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Himalayan Australia Internet Photos Sydney Technology |
Clarke a 'definite' for first New Zealand Test | Auckland, March 14: Ricky Ponting has called Michael Clarke a definite starter for Friday's first Test against New Zealand in Wellington. Clarke has been in Sydney sinc... (photo: AP Photo / Aman Sharma) The Siasat Daily Australia Cricket Photos Sport Sportstar |
Thai protesters converge on Bangkok | A sea of anti-government protestors dressed in their signature red shirts surrounded Bangkok's Independence Monument this morning, rattling their plastic hand-clappers,... (photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong) The Times Photos Politics Protest SE Asia Thailand |
Robert Allenby two behind Ernie Els and Charl Schwartzel in CA Championship | ROBERT Allenby says he is playing the best golf of his life, whether or not he wins the $US8.5 million ($A9.29 million) CA Championship tomorrow. | "My swing feels... (photo: AP) The Daily Telegraph Australia Golf Media Million Photos Sport |
Greek woes push Aussie dollar higher | THE fallout from Greece's debt woes have helped propel the dollar to a 13-year high against the euro, experts say. | However, they also say that while the Australi... (photo: WN / patricia) The Daily Telegraph Australia Australia Dollar Economy Greece Photos |
Nadal sails through knee test to advance at Indian Wells | Indian Wells, California - Rafael Nadal made a storming and confident start to his Indian Wells Masters title defence Saturday as the Spaniard returned to the courts af... (photo: AP / Johnn Donegan) m&c Men Photos Sports Sportsstar Tennis |
China's Wen says external pressure on yuan not helpful * Says yuan not undervauled * Sees possibility of global double dip recession By Benjamin Kang Lim BEIJING, March 14 (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan) The Guardian China Economy Market Photos Yuan |
US and Russia 'near' new nuclear arms treaty | Russia and the US have both said it should soon be possible to conclude a new nuclear disarmament treaty. | Officials in Moscow and Washington said US President Barack ... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service) BBC News Disarmament Nuclear Photos Russia US |