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Aquino leads in latest Philippine presidential poll
MANILA (Reuters) - The son of Philippines democracy icon Corazon "Cory" Aquino continued to lead candidates for the 2010 presidential election, an opinion poll said on Monday.
November 16, 2009, 3:48 pm -
Marathon bid to separate conjoined Bangladeshi twins
MELBOURNE (AFP) - A team of Australian doctors began marathon and risky surgery on Monday to separate a pair of Bangladeshi twins who are joined at the head, giving only a one in four chance of both surviving.
November 16, 2009, 3:45 pm -
Cops deny asylum seeker extortion claims
Indonesian police who shot at a group of asylum seekers attempting to reach Australia have denied trying to extort money from the Afghans before opening fire.
November 16, 2009, 3:29 pm -
Obama takes to the Web to talk to China
SHANGHAI (AFP) - US President Barack Obama will try Monday to break out of the official constraints of his maiden state visit to China and seek to talk directly to Chinese people in a live dialogue via the Internet.
November 16, 2009, 3:16 pm -
Nicaragua seizes arms cache from Mexico drug gang
MANAGUA (AFP) - Nicaraguan police have seized a large cache of weapons and explosives from suspected members of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel after a police car chase outside Managua, a spokeswoman said.
November 16, 2009, 3:00 pm -
Suicide bomber kills 3 near Pakistani air base
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide car-bomber killed at least three people on Monday near a Pakistan air force base close to the north-western city of Peshawar and the Afghan border, a government official said.
November 16, 2009, 2:57 pm -
Suspected car bomb kills 3 near Pakistan air base
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected car bomb killed at least three people on Monday near a Pakistan air force base close to the north-western city of Peshawar and the Afghan border, a government official said.
November 16, 2009, 2:40 pm -
Obama in China faces tensions on trade and Tibet
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama faces tensions with China over trade and Tibet on his first visit to the emerging superpower for a summit that will grapple with economic imbalances and the future of the yuan currency.
November 16, 2009, 2:31 pm -
Obama presses Burma during ASEAN summit
Supporters of Burma's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi are voicing guarded hope after US President Barack Obama raised her case directly with the junta.
November 16, 2009, 2:13 pm -
Kosovo PM claims his party won elections
Kosovo's first independent elections have ended peacefully.
November 16, 2009, 2:12 pm -
Man poses as father and son in sex scam
A Taiwanese man tricked up to 20 women into having sex with him in a scam where he posed as both a young man and that man's ailing father, a newspaper says.
November 16, 2009, 2:09 pm -
Australia's Rudd says sorry to orphans, child migrants
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologized Monday for years of abuse and pain suffered by thousands of orphans and children sent to Australia from Britain, often without the knowledge of their parents.
November 16, 2009, 1:29 pm -
Solomons soccer riot leads to 16 arrests
A soccer referee's unpopular decision sparked riots and looting in the Solomon Islands at the weekend.
November 16, 2009, 1:28 pm -
Wie scoops first US LPGA title victory
GUADALAJARA (AFP) - Michelle Wie's long wait for her first LPGA Tour title has ended after the onetime golf prodigy celebrated a two-shot triumph in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.
November 16, 2009, 1:00 pm -
Obama foes lash out at 9/11 trial plans
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Prominent Republicans on Sunday lashed out at the administration's decision to try five alleged plotters of the 9/11 attacks in a New York civilian court, saying it would harm efforts to fight terrorism.
November 16, 2009, 12:49 pm -
African immigrants drift toward Latin America
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Stowed away on cargo ships and unsure where their dangerous journeys will take them, increasing numbers of African immigrants are arriving in Latin America as European countries tighten border controls.
November 16, 2009, 12:49 pm -
US, Russia warn Iran over nuclear crisis
SINGAPORE (AFP) - President Barack Obama on Sunday won the strongest backing yet from Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on the Iranian nuclear crisis as the US leader warned that Tehran was "running out of time".
November 16, 2009, 12:24 pm -
Kosovo's statehood faces first test at local polls
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo held its first elections on Sunday since declaring independence from Serbia last year, with unemployment, corruption, poor infrastructure and low investment the biggest issues for voters.
November 16, 2009, 11:32 am -
Christmas may not be merry for retailers
Stores hoping for an increase on last year's Christmas sales may be disappointed, with a consumer survey showing more people cutting back, rather than ramping up, gift spending.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 11:18 am -
Commission examines Kilmore fire
The Bushfires Royal Commission will this week examine the cause of the Kilmore blaze that killed more than 100 people on Black Saturday.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 11:09 am
