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Asylum seekers on hunger strike

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Female asylum seekers from Sri Lanka on hunger strike to draw attention to their plight from women's groups, as Australia says the boatpeople are economic refugees and not eligible for asylum.

  • Global warming hits China's Yangtze Play
    Global warming hits China's Yangtze Reuters - Tue Nov 10, 8:33 AM ET

    A report by the World Wide Fund for Nature says future of China's Yangtze basin is endangered.

  • Deadly car bomb in Pakistan Play
    Deadly car bomb in Pakistan Reuters - Tue Nov 10, 8:18 AM ET

    Pakistani police say 10 people were killed and 15 wounded as a car bomb exploded in the northwestern Pakistani town of Charsadda.

  • Boston woman's near miss on subway Play
    Boston woman's near miss on subway Reuters - Tue Nov 10, 8:01 AM ET

    A drunken woman from Boston in the United States has had a lucky escape after falling onto tracks as a train pulled into the station.

  • Two Koreas in naval clash Play
    Two Koreas in naval clash Reuters - Tue Nov 10, 7:31 AM ET

    North and South Korea navies clash briefly just ahead of a visit by U.S. president.

  • Fall of the chocolate Berlin wall Play
    Fall of the chocolate Berlin wall Reuters - Tue Nov 10, 7:25 AM ET

    A Paris confectioner knocks down his own Berlin Wall - made of chocolate and weighing over a ton.

  • Ida claims 130 lives Play
    Ida claims 130 lives Reuters - Tue Nov 10, 7:10 AM ET

    Residents of El Salvador, hit by devastating rains in the wake of Hurricane Ida, begin to assess the damage to their homes and country.

  • APEC eyed for global boost Play
    APEC eyed for global boost Reuters - Tue Nov 10, 2:23 AM ET

    Security is tight around the APEC summit in Singapore as analysts say the grouping will lead global recovery from the economic crisis.

  • Snow hits Beijing Play
    Snow hits Beijing Reuters - Tue Nov 10, 2:18 AM ET

    Snow settles on Beijing as a cold snap brings winter weather and lower temperatures to northern China.

  • Demand surges at Texas food bank Play
    Demand surges at Texas food bank Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 7:15 PM ET

    As the U.S. unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent for the first time in 26-1/2 years, a food bank serving 21 counties in Texas is seeing a 60 percent increase in the need for food supplies.

  • Berlin marks 20 yrs since wall fell Play
    Berlin marks 20 yrs since wall fell Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 7:11 PM ET

    Chancellor Angela Merkel along with world leaders hail the human courage that toppled the Berlin Wall 20 years ago.

  • DC sniper to be executed Play
    DC sniper to be executed Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 7:02 PM ET

    Convicted murderer John Allen Muhammad is set to die by lethal injection in a Virginia prison, seven years after he and a teenage accomplice went on a spree the Washington DC region with a ...

  • Iraq sets election vote Play
    Iraq sets election vote Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 6:03 PM ET

    After months of wrangling Iraqi lawmakers passed a key election law, setting the stage for US to continue with withdrawal plan.

  • US hikers charged as spies in Iran Play
    US hikers charged as spies in Iran Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 5:50 PM ET

    Three Americans have been detained in Iran and charged with espionage.

  • Talk of the Town: Steve Tyler quits Play
    Talk of the Town: Steve Tyler quits Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 5:06 PM ET

    The latest celebrity and entertainment headlines including Steve Tyler may have quit Aerosmith, Jennifer Lopez sues ex over sex tapes and Kenny Chesney coming to a theater near you.

  • Celebrities recall end of Berlin wall Play
    Celebrities recall end of Berlin wall Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 2:56 PM ET

    20 years later, celebrities recollect what they were doing when the Berlin Wall fell.

  • Kidnapped teacher beheaded Play
    Kidnapped teacher beheaded Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 1:29 PM ET

    Militants in the Philippines beheaded a teacher held captive after a ransom demand was not met.

  • Merkel, Trabants celebrate wall fall Play
    Merkel, Trabants celebrate wall fall Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 1:28 PM ET

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel, joined thousands of others to walk across a former checkpoint in celebration of 20 years since the wall's collapse

  • Official slapped at Indian assembly Play
    Official slapped at Indian assembly Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 10:59 AM ET

    A legislator of India's newly elected western Maharashtra state Assembly is man-handled and slapped for taking an oath in Hindi rather than in Marathi.

  • TV watching taxi drivers Play
    TV watching taxi drivers Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 9:52 AM ET

    A South Korean court has ruled that watching TV when driving is legal because a regulation to ban the practice contravened another law.

  • Berlin wall celebrations begin Play
    Berlin wall celebrations begin Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 9:02 AM ET

    Germany prepares to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

  • Protest balloons float into N.Korea Play
    Protest balloons float into N.Korea Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 8:21 AM ET

    South Koreans launch thousands of leaflets, attached to balloons, over the border into North Korea denouncing political prison camps.

  • Heavyweight champ Haye back in UK Play
    Heavyweight champ Haye back in UK Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 8:06 AM ET

    Briton David Haye returns to a hero's welcome at London's Stansted Airport after returning from his heavyweight title win against giant Russian Nikolai Valuev in Germany.

  • Ballet students hit Bolshoi theatre Play
    Ballet students hit Bolshoi theatre Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 7:44 AM ET

    Russia's Bolshoi theatre presents a new production with gifted ballet students replacing their own troupe.

  • Chavez, troops to prepare for war Play
    Chavez, troops to prepare for war Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 7:11 AM ET

    Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez tells his troops on Sunday (November 8) to prepare for a possible attack from Colombia.

  • Dalai Lama visits India China border Play
    Dalai Lama visits India China border Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 6:28 AM ET

    Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama criticises China for calling all his movements "splittist" while on a visit to India.

  • Pakistan blast kills 3 Play
    Pakistan blast kills 3 Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 6:11 AM ET

    Suicide bomber kills at least 3 in Pakistan's Peshawar one day after another attack killed 12.

  • Suspected suicide bomber killed Play
    Suspected suicide bomber killed Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 6:08 AM ET

    Pakistani police have shot dead a suspected suicide bomber they say was about to blow himself up near a security checkpoint in Islamabad.

  • Dozens die in El Salvador floods Play
    Dozens die in El Salvador floods Reuters - Sun Nov 8, 4:26 PM ET

    The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in El Salvador rises to more than 90 as hurrican Ida intensifies.

  • Obama welcomes Iraq election law Play
    Obama welcomes Iraq election law Reuters - Sun Nov 8, 3:12 PM ET

    U.S. President Barack Obama congratulates Iraqi leaders on new election law saying it paves the way for combat troop withdrawal by September 2010.

  • Japanese protest against U.S. base Play
    Japanese protest against U.S. base Reuters - Sun Nov 8, 11:32 AM ET

    Thousands rally on the southern island of Okinawa to demand the removal of a U.S. Marine base days before a visit by President Barack Obama.

  • Fog shrouds north China Play
    Fog shrouds north China Reuters - Sun Nov 8, 10:36 AM ET

    Heavy fog disrupts activity across northern China.

  • UK remembers fallen Play
    UK remembers fallen Reuters - Sun Nov 8, 9:50 AM ET

    Thousands gather in London to honour those killed in conflicts past and present while troops in Afghanistan hold their own remembrance service.

  • House passes U.S. health bill Play
    House passes U.S. health bill Reuters - Sun Nov 8, 8:46 AM ET

    The House of Representatives backs the biggest U.S. healthcare reform bill in four decades.

  • Andorra bridge collapses Play
    Andorra bridge collapses Reuters - Sun Nov 8, 8:43 AM ET

    A bridge under construction in Andorra collapsed killing several workers.

  • India fire crews turn snake-catchers Play
    India fire crews turn snake-catchers Reuters - Sun Nov 8, 8:26 AM ET

    Fire fighters in the Indian state of Orissa are taking special courses in snake catching.

  • Blast hits busy Pakistan market Play
    Blast hits busy Pakistan market Reuters - Sun Nov 8, 6:53 AM ET

    An anti-Taliban village mayor is among the victims of the suicide attack on the outskirts of Peshawar.

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