Indonesian karaoke fire kills 20
UPI - Fri Dec 4, 6:20 pm ETMEDAN, Indonesia, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A fire at a karaoke lounge in an Indonesian provincial capitol Friday killed 20 and injured more than a dozen, police say.
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MEDAN, Indonesia, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A fire at a karaoke lounge in an Indonesian provincial capitol Friday killed 20 and injured more than a dozen, police say.
Several hundred hardline Muslim protestors staged rallies in Indonesia Sunday to urge the government to prevent the spread of HIV by implementing Islamic law.
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Amnesty International called Monday for an investigation into a "pattern of unchecked human rights violations" by Indonesian police in restive Papua province.
“Since 1945 the United States has been the world’s dominant power.”
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More than 100 heads of state or government have confirmed their participation in top-level talks at the end of the UN-led Copenhagen climate conference, Danish government officials said Friday.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Hanesbrands Inc. , the maker of Hanes underwear and the Wonder Bra, may sell debt as soon as today after high-yield, high-risk bonds returned less than equities and U.S. Treasuries in November.
(Corrects high-yield issuance in ninth paragraph.) Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Hanesbrands Inc. , the maker of Hanes underwear and the Wonder Bra, may sell debt as soon as today after high-yield, high-risk bonds returned less than equities and U.S. Treasuries in November.
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Luc Longley, the center on three Chicago Bulls championship teams, has a soft spot for taxonomical nomenclature. He purchases the naming rights for a newly discovered Australian shrimp species on eBay.
TELUK MERANTI, Indonesia -- From the air, the Kampar Peninsula in Indonesia stretches for mile after mile in dense scrub and trees. One of the world's largest peat swamp forests, it is also one of its biggest vaults of carbon dioxide, a source of potentially lucrative currency as world governments struggle to hammer out a global climate treaty. The vault, though, is leaking.