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| Hurricane Earl cancels Anguilla flights |
| ANGUILLA: The tourism-dependent island of Anguilla is rushing to repair an airport beacon damaged by Hurricane Earl that has forced the cancellation of night flights.Caribbean carrier LIAT spokesman Desmond Brown said Saturday... |
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Published: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:37 a.m. |
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| Oil spill blowout delay |
| GULF OF MEXICO: Icelike crystals have formed on the 300-tonne blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. The icing-up is forcing BP crews to wait before they can safely hoist the device to the... |
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Published: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:55 a.m. |
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| Afghan leader hints at peace talks |
| In a further step toward reconciling with insurgents, President Hamid Karzai has said he will soon name the members of a council tasked with pursuing peace talks with rebels willing to break with al-Qaida and recognise the government... |
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Published: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:30 a.m. |
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| Joy-riding UK cops |
| MANCHESTER: Two British police officers have been suspended for confiscating a sports car from its driver and then crashing it. The driver of the turbo-charged Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII was arrested in Manchester in the early... |
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Published: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:10 a.m. |
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| Snake smuggling |
| A Malaysian man pleaded guilty to wildlife smuggling after his bag bursting with 95 live boa constrictors broke open on a luggage conveyer belt at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Keng Liang "Anson" Wong, 52, who was previously... |
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Published: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:40 a.m. |
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| Amazon levels drop |
| LIMA: Drought has cut Peru's Amazon River to its lowest level in 40 years and it is already below the minimum set in 2005, when a devastating dry spell damaged vast swathes of South American rainforest in the worst drought in decades.... |
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Published: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:10 a.m. |
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