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• China: Crane container carrying 23 construction workers kills 11
  2008-10-29 03:13:51 - (SomaliNet) Chinese state media said on Wednesday that a Chinese crane container carrying 23 construction workers plunged to the ground, killing 11 and injuring 12. Xinhua news agency said the ac
  
• (Press Release)Syria: Release pro-democracy activists immediately- Amnesty
  2008-10-29 00:53:44 - (SomaliNet) The Syrian authorities must immediately release 12 activists who have been victims of an unfair trial which could see them sentenced for up to 15years in prison, Amnesty international said
  
• Israel: Early elections will take place in Israel next year- President
  2008-10-28 04:37:20 - (SomaliNet) Israeli President Shimon Peres says early elections will definitely take place in Israel next year. However, an exact date has not yet been set. The Israeli leader’s announcement came
  
• U.S Elections: Police nabs two men ‘planning’ to assassinate Barack Obama.
  2008-10-28 04:25:02 - (SomaliNet) Two men suspected of planning to assassinate presidential candidate Barack Obama have been arrested by Police in the US state of Tennessee. Media reports say the men, who were racial
  
• Bangladesh: Cyclone kills two people in southern coast
  2008-10-27 06:41:36 - (SomaliNet) A cyclone hit Bangladesh’s southern coast killing two people on Monday, a police officer said. Dozens of houses had been destroyed when cyclone Reshmi made landfall before dawn, Bhola
  
• U.S Elections: 8 days to the polls, McCain still fighting
  2008-10-27 04:26:53 - (SomaliNet) Senator John McCain remains in a pugnacious mood, with just 8 days to go before the US presidential elections. Although opinion polls show the Arizona senator lagging far behind his riv
  
• Pakistan: Suspected US missile strike killed 20 people- Intelligence officials
  2008-10-27 04:23:09 - (SomaliNet) Pakistani intelligence officials said a suspected US missile strike on the house of a Taliban commander near the Afghan border killed up to 20 people on Monday. The reported strike oc
  
• Mexico: Security forces capture leader of biggest drug gangs
  2008-10-27 04:18:56 - (SomaliNet) Mexican security forces have captured a leader of one of Mexico’s biggest drug gangs in the border town of Tijuana. Eduardo Arellano Félix was one of the heads of the Arellano Félix
  
• UK: Fifteen missing athletes found
  2008-10-27 04:02:55 - (SomaliNet) The 15 athletes who went missing when high winds and torrential rains caused flooding in the Lake District in the northwest of England have been found. Almost 2,500 runners took part
  
• Ukraine: IMF to loan Ukraine 13 billion euros to fight financial crisis
  2008-10-27 03:59:55 - (SomaliNet) In an effort to help the effects of the financial crisis, Ukraine is to receive a loan of approximately 13 billion euros from the International Monetary Fund. Dominique Strauss-Kahn,
  

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