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Taiwan to boost quake warning system
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan plans to build its first undersea seismic station, designed to improve the island's early warning system and save valuable seconds when earthquakes strike, officials said.
November 15, 2009, 6:16 pm -
Thaksin opponents to rally in Thailand over Cambodia trip
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thousands of members of Thailand's royalist "Yellow Shirt" protest movement are set to rally in Bangkok on Sunday against a visit by fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra to neighbouring Cambodia.
November 15, 2009, 6:15 pm -
Leave Fiji alone: Bainimarama tells NZ
Fiji's self-appointed prime minister says New Zealand's deputy high commissioner was expelled from the Pacific nation as a message to "leave us alone".
November 15, 2009, 5:40 pm -
Anti-Taliban Pakistan mayor attacked
A police official says more than a dozen militants opened fire on the house of an anti-Taliban mayor in northwestern Pakistan.
November 15, 2009, 5:03 pm -
South Korea shooting range fire kills 10
South Korean police and fire officers are investigating a blaze that raced through a shooting gallery killing 10 people, including eight Japanese tourists.
November 15, 2009, 4:53 pm -
Honduras' Zelaya won't recognise vote
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya insists that he won't accept any deal to restore him to office if it means he must recognise elections later this month.
November 15, 2009, 4:29 pm -
Hawaii to host 2011 APEC summit: Obama
US President Barack Obama announced Hawaii would host the APEC summit in 2011 and teased leaders they would be obliged to wear loud shirts and grass skirts.
November 15, 2009, 3:53 pm -
Kim on target with Bond skate programme
LAKE PLACID, New York (AFP) - South Korea's World Champion Yu-Na Kim hit the bull's eye as a sultry Bond girl, delivering another record-breaking performance in the short program at Skate America.
November 15, 2009, 3:36 pm -
APEC leaders back delaying final climate deal
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders threw support on Sunday behind a proposed two-step plan for December's climate talks in Copenhagen that would leave legally binding agreements until later.
November 15, 2009, 3:34 pm -
Rumours fly about a 2012 royal wedding
There's new speculation that Prince William could marry Kate Middleton in 2012 - the same year as the summer Olympics in London and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
November 15, 2009, 3:20 pm -
Ousted Honduran leader says won't negotiate return
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Saturday he would refuse to return to the presidency as part of any deal to end the crisis sparked by his ouster, saying that to do so would legitimize a June coup.
November 15, 2009, 2:56 pm -
Kim on target with Bond programme at Skate America
LAKE PLACID, New York (AFP) - South Korea's World Champion Yu-Na Kim hit the bull's eye as a sultry Bond girl Saturday, delivering another record-breaking performance in the short programme at Skate America.
November 15, 2009, 2:52 pm -
Obama meets friends, foes in Southeast Asia summit
SINGAPORE (AFP) - US President Barack Obama was to sit down with friends and foes alike Sunday at an inaugural summit with Southeast Asian leaders including the prime minister of the region's pariah state Myanmar.
November 15, 2009, 2:39 pm -
Fire in South Korea shooting range kills 10
SEOUL (Reuters) - A fire that tore through a South Korean indoor shooting range killed eight Japanese visitors and two South Koreans, including the group's Korean guide, the fire service said Sunday.
November 15, 2009, 2:32 pm -
US blocks release of detainee abuse pics
Defence Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the public release of 44 pictures of foreign detainees abused by their US captors.
November 15, 2009, 1:32 pm -
Peru's Garcia bails out of APEC summit over spy case
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Peru's President Alan Garcia and his delegation pulled out of an Asia-Pacific summit in Singapore on Sunday in protest over charges neighbouring Chile had paid a Peruvian military officer as a spy.
November 15, 2009, 1:12 pm -
Colombia moves to calm tensions with Venezuela
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia captured four members of the Venezuelan National Guard on Colombian soil and said on Saturday it would send them home in a gesture aimed at lowering diplomatic tensions between the neighbouring countries.
November 15, 2009, 12:15 pm -
Madoff's personal items auctioned in NYC
Fallen financier Bernard Madoff and his wife's belongings fetched as much as 20 times their estimated value at auction.
November 15, 2009, 12:11 pm -
Swindler Madoff's personal items sold off to aid victims
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 100 items belonging to notorious swindler Bernard Madoff and his wife were auctioned off on Saturday to help repay his victims, with many fetching far more than their estimated value set by the U.S. government.
November 15, 2009, 12:00 pm -
Nine killed when train derails in India
A speeding train derailed in western India, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 80.
November 15, 2009, 11:57 am
