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  • Food crisis of 2007 and 2008 may be upon us again

    Food crisis of 2007 and 2008 may be upon us again

    Stockholm News.Net

    As natural disaster batter the world's agricultural industry, fears are growing that we may be heading into the dark food crisis days of 2007 and 2008.

  • Prime Minister arrives to survey damage in Christchurch

    Prime Minister arrives to survey damage in Christchurch

    Stockholm News.Net

    Christchurch residents are taking stock of the damage to their city following the major earthquake that struck in the early hours of Saturday morning with local officials calling the lack of fatalities a miracle.

  • Sides of Mount Sinabung evacuated once more following new activity from volcano

    Sides of Mount Sinabung evacuated once more following new activity from volcano

    Stockholm News.Net

    Mount Sinabung in Indonesia has sent more ash billowing into the air, prompting the evacuation of villagers who'd begun to return to their homes.

  • Dubai cargo plane crashes into military base

    Dubai cargo plane crashes into military base

    Stockholm News.Net

    A plane has crashed in the United Arab Emirates in the city of Dubai, killing both pilots of the 747.

  • No survivors of Fox Glacier plane crash

    No survivors of Fox Glacier plane crash

    Stockholm News.Net

    A plane has crashed in New Zealand's South Island killing all nine passengers onboard.

  • Robert Gates meets troops in Afghanistan

    Robert Gates meets troops in Afghanistan

    Stockholm News.Net

    US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in the south of Afghanistan after touching down on Friday.

  • Man arrested after package found in luggage in Miami

    Man arrested after package found in luggage in Miami

    Stockholm News.Net

    Miami police swooped on the main airport on Friday when screeners detected a suspicious article in a checked bag.

  • Mexican shootout kills dozens of people

    Mexican shootout kills dozens of people

    Stockholm News.Net

    25 or more people have died in a gunfight between Mexican soldiers and suspected drug gang members near the northern Mexican city of Monterrey.

  • Abbas and Netanyahu on cordial terms at peace talks

    Abbas and Netanyahu on cordial terms at peace talks

    Stockholm News.Net

    Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is time to finalize a deal on the Middle East peace process.

  • US general says Taliban is strapped for cash

    US general says Taliban is strapped for cash

    Stockholm News.Net

    A US general has revealed the Taliban in Afghanistan are very short of money with their drug labs and supply routes under pressure from US troops.

  • Muslims asked to commit money to Pakistan

    Muslims asked to commit money to Pakistan

    Stockholm News.Net

    The relief effort in the area hit by floods in Pakistan may be helped by a new request for Muslims to tithe for the aid effort.

  • Stephen Hawking says the universe created itself

    Stephen Hawking says the universe created itself

    Stockholm News.Net

    A new book written by famous British physicist, Stephen Hawking, claims that God did not create the universe and the "big bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics.

  • Fuel tanker aground in Canadian waters

    Fuel tanker aground in Canadian waters

    Stockholm News.Net

    A fuel tanker is aground on a sandbar in Canada’s far north.

  • Another oil rig catches fire in Gulf waters

    Another oil rig catches fire in Gulf waters

    Stockholm News.Net

    Another Gulf coast rig has caught fire, causing the United States Coast Guard to scramble into action.

  • Israeli girl hurt in car stoning

    Israeli girl hurt in car stoning

    Stockholm News.Net

    A twelve-year-old girl, riding in a car which was driving through Tapuach Junction in the West Bank, has been hit with a stone which came through the window.

  • Nine believed dead in New Zealand plane crash

    WHP CBS 21

    (IDM) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Nine people are believed to have died when a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed on New Zealand's South Island on Saturday.A spokesman for ...

  • Australian among NZ plane crash dead

    West Australian

    An Australian tourist is among nine people to have died in a light plane crash near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, police say.The plane, belonging to a skydiving company, caugh...

  • Nine dead after New Zealand plane crash

    Globe and Mail

    Nine people have died after a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed Saturday on New Zealand's South Island, police said. The plane burst into flames after takeoff from an airstr...

  • How unions lost touch with workers

    New York Post

    Linda Chavez The labor movement doesn't have much to celebrate this Labor Day. Congress first established the na tional holiday in 1894 at unions' behest. Since then, the US labor movement's fortu...

  • Mosque's money men: One shady group

    New York Post

    * I guess somebody finally figured out that the tips that mosque property owner Sharif El-Gamal was getting as a waiter weren't enough to buy the old Burlington Coat Factiory building ("More Mosque Re...

  • Stop those killer trees!

    New York Post

    A word of advice next time you go for a ramble in Central Park: Don't forget to look up. As The Post reported Sunday, the park's private caretakers frequently ignore their own computerized watch list ...

  • Dimon manse price is cut

    New York Post

    Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., sliced about $2.6 million off the asking price of his Chicago mansion. The Gold Coast neighborhood property is now listed for $6.95 million, ...

  • H.I.V. Prevention Gel Hits Snag: Money

    International Herald Tribune

    H.I.V. infections in women, there was still a prosaic — though essential — piece of the puzzle missing: money. Donors have not committed enough money for even one of the two studies neede...

  • Hedgie Cohen's ex-wife is suing her lawyer

    New York Post

    Patricia Cohen, the ex-wife of hedge fund kingpin Steve Cohen, is going after the high-profile lawyer behind her now-abandoned effort to grab a controlling stake in Cohen's $13 billion hedge fund empi...

  • Lucrative departure for Griffin

    New York Post

    It's tough times for the publishing business, but magazine publisher Meredith seems to be feeling generous. The publisher paid departed president Jack Griffin $1.4 million after he jumped to become ri...

  • Universal loses royalty case

    New York Post

    Universal Music Group, a Vivendi unit, lost a federal appeals court ruling over royalties from Apple's iTunes downloads and mobile-phone ringtones in a lawsuit brought by the Detroit producers who hel...

  • Another big win for the Cyclones

    New York Post

    Valley Cats 4Cyclones 5Friday, Sept. 3 at MCU ParkThe Cyclones took one step closer to the best winnering percentage in franchise history with a squeaker over the The Clones built a 5–0 lead wit...

  • Nine believed dead in New Zealand plane crash

    Fox 23

    (IDM) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Nine people are believed to have died when a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed on New Zealand's South Island on Saturday.A spokesman for ...

  • Nine reported dead in New Zealand plane crash

    Earth Times

    Wellington - Nine people died when a light aircraft crashed Saturday at Fox Glacier on New Zealand's South Island, according to news reports quoting paramedics at the scene.Unconfirmed reports said a ...

  • 9 people killed in New Zealand plane crash

    The Seattle Times

    Nine people have died after a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company burst into flames and crashed Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, police said.

  • 9 dead in NZ plane crash

    ABC Australia

    Nine people are believed to have been killed when a plane crashed at a popular New Zealand tourist spot, medical officials said. The plane went down near the airstrip at Fox Glacier, a central attrac...

  • US wildfire sparked by signal blaze

    New Zealand Herald

    CALIFORNIA - Authorities say a wildfire burning in rural San Diego County was sparked by two illegal immigrants who set a signal fire after they got lost. California Department of Forestry and Fire P...

  • Mexicans: U.S. cartoonist went too far

    CNN

    The sketch created by political cartoonist Daryl Cagle depicts the green, white, and red Mexican flag with a bullet-riddled eagle sprawled in the center of the emblem. Mexico's coat of arms includes t...

  • Girl, 4, weighed 15 pounds at death

    CNN

    New York (CNN) -- The mother of a 4-year-old girl found dead in her Brooklyn home Thursday morning was charged Friday with second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a...

  • Coulson 'safe' over phone claims

    BBC

    Downing Street's head of communications is safe in his job despite phone hacking claims relating to his tenure as News of the World editor, a senior government source has told the BBC. Labour po...

  • Nine Dead In NZ Skydiving Plane Crash

    Sky News

    The aircraft burst into flames after taking off from an airstrip at Fox Glacier, said a local ambulance service spokesman. Greymouth Police Senior Sergeant Allyson Ealam confirmed the pilot and eight...

  • 9 people killed in New Zealand plane crash

    Tampa Bay Online

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Nine people have died after a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed Saturday on New Zealand's South Island, police said.

  • 9 people killed in New Zealand plane crash

    Associated Press

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Nine people have died after a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed Saturday on New Zealand's South Island, police said.

  • Nine dead in plane crash - report

    The Daily Telegraph

    NINE people died when a plane crashed at a popular New Zealand tourist attraction today, the New Zealand Herald reported citing a spokesman with the St John Ambulance Service.

  • Nine dead in plane crash - report

    News.com.au

    NINE people died when a plane crashed at a popular New Zealand tourist attraction today, the New Zealand Herald reported citing a spokesman with the St John Ambulance Service.

  • Nine dead in NZ plane crash - report

    News.com.au

    NINE people died when a plane crashed at a popular New Zealand tourist attraction today, the New Zealand Herald reported citing a spokesman with the St John Ambulance Service.

  • Nine dead in NZ plane crash - report

    The Daily Telegraph

    NINE people died when a plane crashed at a popular New Zealand tourist attraction today, the New Zealand Herald reported citing a spokesman with the St John Ambulance Service.

  • Nine dead in NZ plane crash - report

    The Courier Mail

    NINE people died when a plane crashed at a popular New Zealand tourist attraction today, the New Zealand Herald reported citing a spokesman with the St John Ambulance Service.

  • Nine dead after New Zealand plane crash

    The Globe and Mail

    Nine people have died after a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed Saturday on New Zealand's South Island, police said. The plane burst into flames after takeoff from an airstr...

  • BP says failed blowout preventer off Gulf well

    Reuters

    HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc removed a failed blowout preventer from atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well on Friday afternoon, a company spokesman said.

  • Earl Weakens to Tropical Storm near New England

    CBS News

    A massive wave crashes into the fishing pier Sept. 3, 2010 in Ocean City, Md., as Hurricane Earl churned off the coast on a path toward New England.

  • La Salle surges past North Penn

    Philadelphia Daily News

    No Drew Loughery. No problem. With wide-eyed Matt Magarity taking over at quarterback for the three-year throwing sensation, La Salle by no means shied away from the pass in Friday night's much-antic...

  • Hamels, Phils blank Brewers

    Philadelphia Daily News

    Cole Hamels allowed three hits in seven shutout innings as the Phillies beat the Brewers, 1-0, at Citizens Bank Park. Shane Victorino scored the games' only run on a Carlos Ruiz fielders choice in the...

  • 9 feared dead in New Zealand plane crash

    MSNBC

    FOX GLACIER, New Zealand — At least nine people were believed killed Saturday when a small plane crashed at an airstrip at a national park in New Zealand, police and medical officials said. T...

  • 9 believed dead in New Zealand plane crash

    Gadsden Times

    Nine people are believed to have died when a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed on New Zealand's South Island on Saturday.