Rescuers start to drill escape shaft in Chile

 

Rescuers begin drilling a new hole at the San Jose mine, Copiapo, Chile, on August 30, 2010 overnight.Picture: AFP
COPIAPO, CHILE
Wednesday, September 1, 2010RESIGNED to watching his child's imminent birth on video, trapped miner Ariel Ticona waited as rescuers started drilling an escape shaft on Monday to save him and 32 companions 25 days after a cave-in. The bid to rescue the miners, stuck in a hot and....

Russian air crew freed in Darfur

KHARTOUM

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

THREE Russian helicopter crew members kidnapped in Sudan's restive Darfur region have been freed, officials said Tuesday, with one report indicating force was used to secure their release.

Iran paper condemns Bruni over stoning comments

TEHRAN

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

AN IRANIAN newspaper said on Tuesday that Carla Bruni, the wife of France's president, deserved to die after she expressed solidarity with a woman sentenced to be stoned for adultery. The hardline daily Kayhan called Bruni a "prostitute" whose lifestyle meant she deserved a similar fate as the Iranian woman who was sentenced to death for adultery.

Terror threat: Dutch hold two on US flight

AMSTERDAM

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

DUTCH police questioned yesterday two US residents of Yemeni descent arrested after flying into the Netherlands from Chicago in what officials fear may have been a dry run for a terror attack.

Netanyahu heads to US for key peace summit

TEL AVIV

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington on Tuesday for peace talks with the Palestinians, leaving up in the air the question of future Jewish settlement construction once a partial freeze ends. The Palestinians have threatened to pull out of the face-to-face peace negotiations, due to begin on Thursday, unless Israel extends the moratorium on new housing starts past its expiration date of September 26.

Libyan leader stirs anger in Italy visit

 

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) applauds as Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures in the north of Rome on August 30, 2010.Picture: AFP Wednesday, September 1, 2010LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi caused anger yesterday after calling in Italy for Europeans to convert to Islam, and demanding billions of euros to stop migration leading to a "black Europe". The controversial leader ...

US combat mission ends in Iraq

 

(Top) US soldiers listen to instructions as they wait for their flight back to the US at Camp Virginia in Kuwait yesterday. (Above) US Vice President Joe Biden (R) shakes hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during his visit to Baghdad yesterday. Pictures: Reuters
Wednesday, September 1, 2010PRIME Minister Nuri al-Maliki said yesterday that Iraq's own soldiers and police were capable of defending a "sovereign and independent" country as American forces ended seven years of combat operations.

What you should know about your heart and heart valve diseases

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Congenital Heart Disease

Congenital heart disease is a type of defect or malformation in one or more structures of the heart or blood vessels that occurs before birth.These defects occur while the fetus is developing in the uterus and affect 8-10 out of every 1,000 children.Congenital heart defects may produce symptoms at birth, during childhood, and sometimes not until adulthood.About 500,000 adults in the U.S. have congenital heart disease ......

Tonga orders Supreme Court judge involved in Ashika enquiry to stop hearing cases

The Supreme Court judge who presided over the Ashika enquiry in Tonga has been told to stop sitting as a judge and to hand all his files to the acting Chief Justice.

Mafi joins Leicester

Leicester have added Tonga lock Steve Mafi to their squad as an injury dispensation signing.

Geoff Parling is expected to miss the opening three months of the season due to a neck injury and fellow second-row forward Richard Blaze has a foot problem, so Mafi comes in to strengthen Richard Cockerill's squad ahead of the Aviva Premiership season, which begins this weekend.

Raiders release four, one more due

Written by Patrick A. Patterson

Monday, 30 August 2010 18:25

The Oakland Raiders announced the release of four of the five players they need to jettison in order to get down to the league mandated 75 players by tomorrow.

2009 Samoa-Tonga tsunami disaster occurred due to 2 earthquakes, not 1

Scientists have found that the massive earthquake that struck the South Pacific on September 29, 2009 was a combination of two earthquakes - one with magnitude 8.1, which then trig

HMAS Tobruk leads aid mission to PNG

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The Australian navy is for first time leading a joint aid mission to the Pacific that sets to win hearts, minds and fix other body parts.

Tonga leader says judge’s claims false and he left them in the lurch

The Tonga Government says claims by a Supreme Court Judge that it demanded he stop working as a judge are false.

The judge, Warwick Andrew, who had headed the Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the Princess Ashika, had resigned and he says his finish date was October the 5th.

Rini Sworn in as Minister, Solomon Islands

Mr. Rini was sworn in yesterday as the Minister for National Planning and Aid Coordination.

Tonga Declines Government's Request

Tongan authorities will conduct their own investigations into the recent shooting and death of a former police officer from Guadalcanal Province, according to laws of the Kingdom of Tonga.

Auckland: A new wave

At the beginning of the 21st century, immigration is an important
issue in New Zealand and Auckland, and much of the public and media focus relates to the increasing ethnic diversification of the population.

Old timer's jamboree

Ian Tyson, at a folk fest press conference Sunday, said something about not being too happy about the world we’re “going into.”
Typical. Old people are forever complaining that the world is going to hell, when it’s just a natural reaction to their own bodies falling apart. No offence to Alberta’s country legend, but shut up. The kids don’t need to hear this. The next generation, the future, is going to be just fine.

Te Vaka's Sounds of Polynesia Coming to Harlow's

Ship not airstrip says Tokelau Faipule

Tokelau’s Minister of Transport says an airstrip is not a priority for the atolls.
The New Zealand Government has asked interested businesses to look at whether or not an airstrip for Tokelau is feasible.
Tokelauans currently rely on a 20-year-old boat for all transport to and from the atolls.

Some backing for Tokelau airstrip idea

The leader of one of Tokelau’s atolls says there is a lot of support for a proposed airstrip.
The New Zealand Government has asked interested businesses to look at whether or not an airstrip is feasible.

Tiny Tokelau's smart strategies of waste disposal

Tokelau has just ten square kilometres of land with about 1,500 people living there, making waste disposal by landfill a big challenge.

Mara goes it alone in first grade debut

Alehana Mara didn't tell his family he was making his first grade debut; he didn't tell his friends. He only told his partner because he figured she would wonder why he was flying to Australia. He didn't need any extra pressure.

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