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 Telegraph.co.uk | NZ earthquake Sydney Morning Herald Aftershocks are ongoing and police say damage is widespread throughout Christchurch, with electricity supplies cut to about half of the city of about 340000. Sewer lines were damaged and residents are being urged to conserve water supplies. ... Widespread devastation after 7.0 quake in New Zealand Emergency declared after massive earthquake in New Zealand Police: Only minor incidents of disorder |
 msnbc.com | 55 killed in Pak suicide blast Times of India ISLAMABAD: A suicide blast ripped through a rally of Shia Muslims in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 53 people and injuring around 197. Two other blasts rocked Mardan and Peshawar on the last Friday of Ramzan, ... Attack on Quetta Shia rally kills 60 US condemns 'reprehensible' Pakistan bombings Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites |
 Reuters (press release) | Peres hails 'promising start' of newly launched talks Jerusalem Post By JPOST.COM STAFF AND BLOOMBERG NEWS Clinton declares peace is within Israeli and Palestinian interests; Erekat denies report that negotiating teams scheduled to meet in West Bank. President Shimon Peres said newly launched peace talks with the ... Can Netanyahu manage expectations? Palestinians deny agreeing to West Bank talks with Israel on Monday Mideast progress |
 New Zealand Herald | Moscow dominates table of Russia's best universities RIA Novosti Three Moscow universities top a list of Russia's best higher education institutions compiled by the Higher School of Economics and RIA Novosti that ranked the prestigious Moscow State University down in sixth place. The ratings, drawn up based on the ... Eight die as wildfires consume Russian villages Wave of fires in Russia Eight dead as fires flare up again in southern Russia |
 CBC.ca | Two pilots killed in cargo plane crash in Dubai Hindustan Times Two pilots were killed on Friday when a Boeing 747 cargo plane crashed on a road just two minutes after it took off from Dubai airport, police said. The plane which took off for Cologne in Germany came down in a ball of fire at about 8 pm near the Nad ... Factbox: Details of cargo plane which crashed in Dubai Middle East Plane crashes near Dubai airport UPS cargo plane crashes in Dubai, killing two |
 swissinfo.ch | Azerbaijan eager to continue increasing gas supplies to Russia RIA Novosti "Medvedev and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilkham Aliev concluded a new gas deal, stipulating a strong increase in the volumes of Azerbaijani gas supplies for Russia in 2011-2012". Azerbaijan has agreed to increase substantially its gas exports to ... Azerbaijan to double natural gas exports to Russia Azerbaijan, Russia seal major gas deal, more to come Gazprom Agrees to Double Azeri Gas Purchases in 2011 |
 Reuters India | Six Convicted of Sexual Crimes at Portuguese Children's Home New York Times MADRID β Six people were convicted of child sexual abuse in a Lisbon court on Friday, in a trial that lasted nearly six years and shocked people in Portugal and beyond. A three-judge panel found the defendants guilty of raping and ... Men jailed over children's home sex abuse Guilty after six-year trial, Portugal's high-society paedophile ring Six Jailed In Child Abuse Case In Portugal |
 GulfNews | Aquino Takes Responsibility for Bus Siege That Killed 8 Hong Kong People Bloomberg Philippine President Benigno Aquino said today he takes full responsibility for the outcome of the bus siege that killed eight members of a Hong Kong tour group. βAt the end of the day, ... Manila to probe Hong Kong hostage coffin 'mix-up' Coffin mix-up after Philippine hostage crisis Manila begins hostage crisis probe |
 National Geographic | Hurricane Earl takes aim at US Cape Cod Sydney Morning Herald A weakened but still nasty Hurricane Earl raced towards the beachcombers' paradise of Cape Cod, sweeping up the US East Coast with heavy rains and strong winds. "Although Hurricane Earl has weakened some, it is still a potentially dangerous storm and ... Earl Upsets Travels, Weakens, on Way to New England Cape Cod greets Earl with plywood and grumbling Hurricane Earl makes little more than waves in Ocean City |
 Globe and Mail | Obama: jobs data 'positive' but not enough AFP WASHINGTON β US President Barack Obama said better-than-expected jobs data released Friday was positive, but said it was not good enough as the economy struggles out of the deepest slump in decades. The president noted that new Labor Department figures ... Why 100000 jobs a month won't lower unemployment rate Analysis: Dems out of jobs options before election Jobs versus the Drilling Moratorium, Oil and Gas Taxes |