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Death Toll of Indonesia's Quake Rises to 70
Submitted by voxbikol on Sun, 06/09/2009 - 22:48
PNA
Xinhua
Sunday, September 6th, 2009

JAKARTA, Sept. 6 -- The 7.3-magnitude powerful earthquake jolting Indonesia's West Java on Wednesday had killed 70 people, wounded 966 and caused 32 still missing, the national Antara news agency reported on Saturday.

Rano Harjaya, an official from the coordinating unit of the West Java Disaster Mitigation Service, said that most of the dead, wounded and missing victims were found in Cianjur of West Java.

Former Philippine President Cory Aquino Passes Away
Submitted by voxbikol on Sat, 01/08/2009 - 10:43
PNA
Xinhua
Saturday, August 1st, 2009

MANILA, Aug. 1  -- Former Philippine president Corazon Aquino died early Saturday morning at age 76 after battling colon cancer for over a year, her family said.

Corazon Aquino's son, Senator Benigno Aquino III, confirmed that the former Philippine leader died of cardio respiratory arrest at 3:18 a.m. local time Saturday (1918 GMT Friday) at the Makati Medical Center in the country's capital Manila.

Aquino was diagnosed with the disease in March 2008 and has been confined at the hospital for more than a month.

Rich, Emerging Nations Must Bridge Climate Divide: UN Envoy
Submitted by voxbikol on Sat, 18/07/2009 - 14:07
PNA
Xinhua
Saturday, July 18th, 2009

UNITED NATIONS, July 16 (PNA/Xinhua) -- Industrialized and developing countries must rectify their "formidable differences" if the climate talks in Copenhagen are to bear substantive results, said the director of the UN climate change support team here on Wednesday.

"All countries need to make an effort based on common but differentiated responsibilities," Janos Pasztor told reporters.

Investigation into Jackson's Death Continues
Submitted by voxbikol on Mon, 13/07/2009 - 01:23
PNA
Xinhua
Monday, July 13th, 2009

LOS ANGELES, July 11 - The investigation into Michael Jackson's death continued on Friday, with the focus on painkillers the King of Pop may have used, and the doctors who gave them to him, the Los Angeles Times said on its website.

The coroner's office subpoenaed "any and all" of Jackson's medical records, "including radiology and psychiatric records," a source familiar with the investigation told the paper.

One of the subpoenas was served on Dr. Arnold Klein, Jackson's dermatologist, the paper quoted the doctor's attorney as saying.

U.S. to Meet June 30 Deadline of Military Withdrawal from Iraq -- Ambassador
Submitted by voxbikol on Sun, 21/06/2009 - 08:51
PNA
Xinhua
Sunday, June 21st, 2009

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The United States will, in accordance with its agreement with Iraq, withdraw combat troops from all Iraqi urban areas, U.S. Ambassador to Baghdad Christopher Hill said here on Thursday.

"We signed that (security) agreement and we will absolutely comply fully with it. And that means pulling all combat forces out of the ... cities," Hill told reporters.

Hillary Confident in Thai Politics, Says Thai Minister
Submitted by voxbikol on Mon, 27/04/2009 - 12:27
PNA
Xinhua
Monday, April 27th, 2009

BANGKOK, April 24 (PNA/Xinhua) -- The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had expressed confidence in Thailand's politics and hoped the Thai government would be able to restore stability, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Friday.

Kasit met with Clinton during his official visit to Washington this week to boost the bilateral tie, the website by The Nation newspaper reported.