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International drug ring busted in Queenstown
[The New Zealand Herald]– Police raids in Otago and Canterbury have uncovered a sophisticated international drug syndicate. Queenstown police have recruited the help of Australian and Canadian police after the…
President meets Fidel Castro, top Cuba leaders
[Vietnam News]– President Nguyen Minh Triet affirmed the continued friendship, support and solidarity by the Party, State and people of Viet Nam for their Cuban counterparts during a courtesy call…
Berlin’s former city finance chief calls the capital too stupid to be great
[Deutsche Welle]– Berlin’s outspoken former city finance chief Thilo Sarrazin has provoked the citizens of his old home town once again by blaming the city’s underclass and its leftist mentality…
Rescuers comb Padang rubble amid fears quake toll will top 1000
[The Australian]– Rescue teams are this morning combing desperately through rubble for survivors from yesterday’s earthquake in Indonesia amid fears that the death toll could top 1000. The powerful earthquake,…
As Poles Age, ZUS Facing Shortages
[Krakow Post]– Poland’s Social Insurance Office (Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych, or ZUS) is in trouble. In August of this year, it hit its “magical figure”, meaning that three working persons are…
Russian gas project suspended over Korean peninsula tension
[RIA Novosti]– A project to pump Russian gas to South Korea through a North Korean pipeline has been suspended due to the deterioration in inter-Korean relations, the South Korean Yonhap…
Battle To Keep 106-Year-Old In Care Home
[Sky News]– A 106-year-old woman is due to find out whether she will be evicted from her council-run care home. Louisa Watts, believed to be the sixth oldest person in…
Guinea massacre toll put at 157
[BBC News]– At least 157 people were killed when Guinean troops opened fire on opposition protesters on Monday, a human rights group says. Earlier police said 87 people had died,…
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