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Houses lie flattened after two consecutive landslides hit Masara Village, Compostela Valley province, about 520 miles (840 kilometers) southern Philippines on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, leaving at least 11 people dead and 16 others missing. Several huts and small stone houses in the remote gold-mining village were destroyed Saturday by the tons of mud and rocks, killing six villagers and injuring 17 villagers. Another landslide struck the village early Sunday, killing five more people, officials s

8 dead, 10 missing in Compostela Valley slides
Sun Star

DAVAO CITY -- Eight people were killed and nine were injured while 10 others are still missing when two landslides hit a village in Maco, Compostela Valley in a span of 12 hours. Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Southern Mindanao Director Liza Mazo said that as of their latest account, 18 houses were damaged and 70 families were displaced by the twin...
photo: AP / Mark Tutor

Opinion Worldwide

Jemima Khan: Mad and bad - but the West will turn a blind eye
The Independent

President Asif Ali Zardari, Benazir Bhutto's widower, formerly known as Mr Ten Per Cent because...

Another sporting chance for China?
The Guardian

The forthcoming Paralympics is another opportunity to ask questions of the Chinese authorities...

Angola: blood oil and western hypocrisy
The Guardian

As the oil-rich country heads to the polls today, why are western democracies so partisan in...

Oprah compromised as she refuses to interview Palin

Oprah Winfrey looks out over the audience as she listen to a speaker in Whitesboro, N.J. Satuday, Aug. 30, 2008. Winfrey is scheduled to be the keynote speaker Saturday at the annual festival in Whitesboro, a tiny, rural community founded in 1901 as a settlement for blacks leaving the S

NZ Herald

Oprah Winfrey, America's favourite daytime television star, has refused to have Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as a guest on her talk show. Winfrey, a prominent supporter of Democratic nominee Barack Obama, has faced pressure from...
photo: AP / MJ Schear

Hamilton stripped of Belgian win

Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazi, left, stands next to McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain, on the podium of the Belgian F1 Grand Prix in Spa Francorchamps, Belgium, Sunday Sept.7, 2008. Ferrari's Felipe Massa has been declared the winner of the Belgian Grand Prix after McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton was given a 25-second penalty for an illegal maneuver. Hamilton had finished first Sunday after dramatically overtaking Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, but race stewards said he had cut across a chicane to gain an advantage before passing the defending world cha

London Evening Standard

07.09.08 Lewis Hamilton was stripped of victory following Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix after stewards imposed a 25-second penalty on the McLaren driver. Hamilton had taken the chequered flag after a dramatic conclusion to the race but a stewards'...
photo: AP / Yves Logghe

Democrats face key test as Hong Kong votes

Staff deliver the various party's promotional leaflet of the Legislative Council election to passersby in Hong Kong Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Hong Kong residents voted Sunday in legislative elections that threatened to set back the opposition camp and its push for greater democratic freedoms in the Chinese-ruled ter

The Manila Times

HONG KONG: Hong Kong voters headed to the polls Sunday, with the city's pro-democracy parties scrambling to avoid heavy losses and several high-profile politicians facing potential defeat. The polls opened at 7:30 a.m. across the southern Chinese...
photo: AP / Kin Cheung

Grab for power divides Bhutto clan

Pakistani elections will be delayed until Feb. 18 because of violence following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto (mj1)

The Australian

IN its short history of coups, wars and heads of state being toppled by everything from execution to a mysterious air crash, Pakistan has learned to expect the unexpected. But among all the myriad scenarios discussed when Benazir Bhutto flew home...
photo: AP / Ed Wray

Rivals divided on mortgage giants

John McCain speaks at a news conference in Southfield, Mich., Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006. McCain voiced support for tough U.N. sanctions against North Korea in response to North Korea´s reported test of a nuclear device. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) aaeh

The Australian

THE gloomy US economy became the focus of the presidential campaign yesterday as Republican candidate John McCain backed a government takeover of two failing mortgage giants while his Democratic rival warned taxpayers should not bail out their...
photo: AP Photo/Paul Sancya

Canada's prime minister calls early election

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces the construction of up to eight Polar Class 5 Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships at CFB Esquimalt in Victoria, British Columbia, Monday July 9, 2007. Canada announced plans Monday to increase its Arctic military presence in an effort to assert sovereignty over the Northwest Passage _ a potentially oil-rich region the United States claims is international territory. A deep water port will also be built in a region the U.S. Geological Survey estimates has as much as 25 percent of the world's undiscovered oil and

The Charlotte Observer

TORONTO Canada's prime minister dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an early election next month in hopes of strengthening his Conservative minority government's hold on power. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's party must win an additional 28...
photo: AP / CP, Deddeda Stemler

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