Archive for August 10th, 2009

About 100 feared buried in Taiwan mudslide (AFP)

Written by on Monday, August 10th, 2009 in 296647.

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(afp.com)” border=”0″ />AFP – About 100 people in a remote village of southern Taiwan are feared to have been buried alive in a mudslide, the government’s rescue service said Tuesday.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Reuters – U.S. House leaders have dropped plans to spend $550 million in the Air Force budget on passenger jets used by lawmakers and senior government officials, officials said on Monday.

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi braces for trial verdict (AFP)

Written by on Monday, August 10th, 2009 in 296619.

This 1995 photo shows Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi addressing a press conference in the yard of her house in Yangon. Suu Kyi could finally hear the verdict in her internationally condemned trial on Tuesday after a series of delays in the case in which she faces a possible five-year jail term.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP – Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi could finally hear the verdict in her internationally condemned trial on Tuesday after a series of delays to a case in which she faces a possible five-year jail term.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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