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Oil falls below $53 on fears of deep recession

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 5 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by LewisStanley

Oil prices fell below $53 to almost a two-year low Thursday as investors, worried by plummeting stock markets , priced in lower crude demand as the global economic downturn shapes up to be the worst in decades. Light, sweet crude...

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In Cairo,Crisis meeting over Somali piracy.

Cairo :: Egypt | about 2 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Senior officials from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen are meeting in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. It comes amid a report that pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil tanker on Saturday are demanding a $25m (£17m) ransom. However, the...

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Indian Navy praised for sinking Somali pirates, by Susan Kumar--...

Mumbai :: India | about 5 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by BiodunIginla

by Susan Kumar--reporting for Biodun Iginla @ BBC News London in transit from Paris to Minneapolis--in Mumbai Search term Explore the BBC BBC News Updated every minute of every day One-Minute World News News Front Page Africa Americas Asia-Pacific Europe...

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Convicted Australian Terrorist David Hicks Speaks Publicly for the ...

Adelaide :: Australia | about 3 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by TheObservatory

Former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks, who pleaded guilty before a US Military Commission to proving material support to a terrorist organisation, has today spoken publicly for the first time. Speaking via video on www.getup.org.au , Hicks made an appeal...

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Hamas man killed in Gaza by explosion.

Amman :: Jordan | about 10 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

One of its militants had been killed in a "Jihadist mission," a phrase used in the past to refer to an accidental explosion. An explosion in the Gaza Strip killed a member of the Hamas Islamist group on Thursday. Gunmen...

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UK hostages on Saudi tanker named

Mecca :: Saudi Arabia | about 16 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by vishnughimire

The families of two British crew men held by pirates aboard a hijacked Saudi Arabian oil tanker said they hoped the men would be "home safely very soon". Peter French and James Grady are on the Sirius Star, a supertanker...

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Suspected US missile strikes deep inside Pakistan

Islamabad :: Pakistan | about 17 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by vishnughimire

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The U.S. military apparently struck at Islamic militants outside Pakistan's lawless tribal belt for the first time Wednesday, firing a missile that killed six suspected insurgents taking refuge away from the conflict zone along the Afghan border....

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Fatal blast hits Bangkok protest

Bangkok :: Thailand | about 16 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by vishnughimire

An explosion in Bangkok has killed at least one anti-government protester and wounded more than 20, reports say. Src: bbc.co.uk The pre-dawn blast rocked an area where demonstrators had gathered in the city's Government House compound. Protesters from the People's...

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Second bomb attack kills Thai protester

Bangkok :: Thailand | about 18 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Times Online

A second grenade attack on anti-government demonstraters in Thailand has killed one and injured 23 others. Just after 3 am local time (2000 GMT) the bomb was hurled into the makeshift camp inhabited by members of the Peoples Action for...

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Sri Lankan army capture tiger defence line.

Colombo :: Sri Lanka | about 2 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Sri Lankan Government troops took control of an eight-km-stretch in Muhalamai, north of the tiger's stronghold of Kilinochchi after six days of bitter fighting. Sri Lankan troops on Thursday overran a strategic defence line of the Tamil tigers in Muhalamai...

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