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• Nepal: Plane crash kills 18 in Nepal
  2008-10-08 06:38:30 - (SomaliNet) Eighteen people died when the plane they were travelling in crashed on landing at the airstrip in Lukla in eastern Nepal. The Twin Otter plane, owned by Yeti Airlines, was travelling from
  
• US presidential candidates Obama, McCain meet for second debate
  2008-10-08 06:36:13 - (SomaliNet) The US presidential candidates met on Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee for a second televised debate. Although both men avoided harsh confrontations, the tone was definitely tougher. They c
  
• Mexico: Gov’t hands over ex-Guatemalan president accused of graft
  2008-10-08 06:34:35 - (SomaliNet) Mexico has handed former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo back to Guatemala. Mr Portillo, who was president between 2000 and 2004, is suspected of corruption and of embezzling million
  
• Italy: Over 800 illegal immigrants reach Italy
  2008-10-08 06:32:43 - (SomaliNet) Over 800 illegal immigrants, most of them from Libya, managed to reach Italy on Tuesday in 11 boats. Media reports said they landed in Sicily and Lampedusa, a small island lying to t
  
• U.S Elections: Obama widens leading margins over McCain in national polls
  2008-10-07 03:39:49 - (SomaliNet) In the wake of economic downturn and financial crisis, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is moving further ahead in all national polls Monday . Obama now leads McCai
  
• Pakistan: 60 wounded as bomb explodes at opposition MP’s home
  2008-10-07 03:16:50 - (SomaliNet) At least seven people were killed and 61 others wounded when a bomb exploded at the home of an opposition lawmaker in eastern Pakistan on Monday, officials and a witness said. Expert
  
• Pakistan: Suicide bomber kills 12 people, injures leading politician
  2008-10-07 03:09:02 - (SomaliNet) The police in Pakistan said a suicide bomber killed at least 12 people and wounded a leading Pakistani opposition politician on Monday. The attack targeted the home of Rashid Akbar K
  
• Sri Lanka: Ex-general among 27 killed in suicide bombing
  2008-10-07 03:06:42 - (SomaliNet) A retired army general who is the provincial leader of the main opposition party is among the 27 people killed by a Sri Lankan suicide bomber, police said on Monday. The killings whi
  
• Thailand: Main opposition candidate re-elected as governor of Bangkok
  2008-10-07 03:01:43 - (SomaliNet) The candidate from Thailand\'s main opposition party has been re-elected governor of the capital, Bangkok, leaving his rival from the main party in the national coalition government trailin
  
• Tibet: Earthquake kills 9 people in Tibet
  2008-10-07 02:56:51 - (SomaliNet) At least nine people have been killed in an earthquake in Tibet, Chinese state media reported. The epicentre of the quake, which measured 6.3 on the Richter scale, was in a sparsely
  

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