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Basaliom-Cancer The Times Of India 
'Cancer deaths will go up 45% by 2030'
NEW DELHI: The number of global cancer deaths is projected to increase by 45% from 2007 to 2030 — from 7.9 million to 11.5 million. | Cancer has become the leading cause of death worldwide and the n... (photo: GFDL / Produnis )
Disease   Health   People   Photos   Science  
Eggplant - Vegetable - Food The Times 
India awaits go-ahead on first GM crop despite scientists' warnings
| India will decide tomorrow whether to approve its first genetically modified (GM) food crop. It is a move that supporters argue will help to avert a global food crisis but which critics say is being... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
Food   India   Pesticides   Photos   Vegetable  
In this photo taken Sunday, April 19, 2009, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks at a meeting at the Iraqi Interior Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Maliki denounced a deadly U.S. raid on Sunday April 26, 2009 in the southern Shiite city of Kut, which left at least one person dead and six arrested, as a "crime" that violated the security pact with Washington and demanded American commanders hand over those responsible to face possible trial in Iraqi courts. Khaleej Times 
Bring Iraq's Sunnis on Board
The government of Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki has played a positive and crucial role in stabilising the war-ravaged Iraq. | Maliki has earned himself admiration and praise of Iraqi people as well as... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
Elections   Iraq   Iraqi   Photos   Politics  
 Emirates-airlines-flight-aviation (sl1) Khaleej Times 
First Class with a Unique Difference
DUBAI - In the easy First Class confines of the Emirates flight from Dubai to Riyadh recently, none seemed to mind Ibn Sina as he held forth in fluent Arabic | He was anything but an intrusion for fel... (photo: Public domain photo)
Dubai   Emirates   Flight   Photos   Travel  
Khaled Mashaal, the leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas speaks at the opening session of Palestinian conference, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. The exiled leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas on Sunday denounced Hebrew-language newspaper ads outlining a proposed Arab peace deal published by the Palestinian president in Israeli papers. Khaleej Times 
Hamas sees 'no prospects' for Mideast peace
MOSCOW ' The leader of Hamas said Monday he sees 'no prospects' for a Mideast peace settlement, a stand that could reduce Russia's chances of holding a Middle East peace conference that includes the P... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi)
Hamas   Mideast   Moscow   Peace   Photos  
Germany's Christian Democratic Union chairwoman Chancellor Angela Merkel briefs the media about their new ruling coalition in Berlin on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009. The New York Times 
Few Signs of Turnabout in Germany
| BERLIN - About 100 days ago, Angela Merkel started a second term as chancellor, armed with a new center-right government coalition and an admonition for Germany. "This country has to finally grasp t... (photo: AP / Eckehard Schulz)
Berlin   Economy   Fund   Germany   Photos  
Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing Thursday Feb. 8, 2007. China, regarded as the world's leading source of illegally copied movies and software, had only limited success during a four-month crackdown on Internet piracy and copyright infringement, an official said Thursday. Asia Times 
Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity
| By Willy Lam | While the furor over cyber-attacks against Google has lapsed somewhat, the Sino-American confrontation over the larger issue of Internet security and global digital warfare is expecte... (photo: AP / Greg Baker)
Attacks   Beijing   Cyber   Photos   Washington  
Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami delivers his talk about "Explanation of Doctrinaires of Reformation" during a gathering of reformists in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday Nov. 18, 2008. Khatami is under increasing pressure from moderates to challenge Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June's presidential elections The Star 
Iran's Khatami urges people to attend rallies
| TEHRAN (Reuters) - Reformist former president Mohammad Khatami urged people on Monday to attend rallies marking the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, when the opposition is expected to ... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian)
Iran   Photos   President   Tehran   US  
Billboard - Senator Manny Villar The Daily Tribune 
Questions Villar must answer
| FRONTLINE | 02/09/2010 | Manny Villar makes much of his being poor, and of his no longer being a businessman from the time he joined the House of Representatives as a congressman, then Speaker, then... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
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Former president Joseph Estrada who had his birthday celebration in   Settlement House ( Association De Damas De Filipinas ) , an orphanage for children of unwed mothers located in Paco ,  Manila  City , Philippines , April 18 , 2009. The Daily Tribune 
Campaign starts at Plaza Miranda
| MR. EXPOSE | 02/09/2010 | The official campaign period for national candidates starts today with the traditional proclamation rally. The venues are: Joseph “Erap” Estrada-Jojo Binay at Plaza Miranda... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Philippine   Photos   President   Radio   TV  
Philippine opposition Senator Panfilo Lacson, left, joins a prayer vigil for the safety of Rodolfo Lozada Jr., a witness in a Senate corruption inquiry that has implicated President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's husband, in front of the Senate building in suburban Manila on Wednesday Feb. 6, 2008. Lozada was facing an arrest warrant from the Senate for failing to attend last week's hearing when police whisked him out of Manila airport after he returned from an official trip abroad, authorities and his family said. Sign at right reads "Cannot bare this rotten government!" (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) The Daily Tribune 
Ping’s ‘asylum’ an option
| By Michaela P. del Callar | 02/09/2010 | Lawyers for the senator on the run, Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, in a TV interview yesterday, brought up the idea of the senator seeking political asylum in a fore... (photo: AP / Aaron Favila)
Asylum   Crime   Philippines   Photos   Warrant  
APRIL 18, 2009 , MANILA CITY, PHILIPPINES - FORMER PRESIDENT JOSEPH " ERAP " ESTRADA  READING A WELCOME SONG FOR HIM AS HE CELEBRATED HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY IN ASSOCIATION DE DAMAS DE FILIPINAS WITH THE CHILDREN AND CARE TAKERS OF , A TALK ABOUT ORPHANAGE WHICH WAS FUNDED BY ESTRADA ON HIS TERM TO BE RENOVATED IN 45 DAYS AFTER IT WAS BURNED LAST DECEMBER 3, 1998 WITH 29 PERISHED CHILDREN AND CARE TAKERS. IT HAS BEEN HIS EFFORTS TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY EVERY YEAR ON THE SAID ORPHANAGE. The Daily Tribune 
Erap meets with Mindanao leaders, skips PDI debate
| 02/09/2010 | Former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada yesterday skipped the presidential debate sponsored by the Philippine Daily Inquirer at the University of the Philippines as the Pwersa ng Masang ... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Debate   Delegations   Erap   Leaders   Photos  
World Politics
Pakistani Shiite Muslims take part in a rally to condemn Friday's bombing, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 in Lahore, Pakistan. Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts Asia Times
Morgan Stanley Building After Buying Spree, China Owns Stakes in Top U.S. Firms The New York Times
Abortion Advocates push abortion-rights license plate in Va The Press Democrat
Armed security personnel wait outside the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Black-clad Indian commandoes raided two luxury hotels to try to free hostages Thursday, and explosions and gunshots shook India's financial capital a day after suspected Muslim militants killed peo Officials: 2 suffered gunshot wounds to head The Examiner
Saint John, New Brunswick's skyline at dusk. Saint John is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the oldest incorporated city in Canada.[3][4] The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 68,043. Fallout over N.B. tourism minister's ouster continues CBC
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