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Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Discovered in Brazil Rainforest
Brazil's National Indian Foundation announced the discovery
of a new Indian tribe in the western...
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Australia Is Ready For The Olympic Rally
Yesterday, the Olympic torch arrived in Australia from
Indonesia at an air base in Canberra. The...
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Terrorists Sentenced To 15 Years In Jail
Abu Dujana, military commander and also Zarkasih, caretaker leader
of the Asian terror network...
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President Ramos-Horta Is Back After Assasination Attempt
President Jose Ramos-Horta returned today to East Timor after
a difficult recovery from an...
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Anti-Islam Film Released on the Internet Causes Controversy
An anti-Islam film by Dutch right-wing legislator Geert
Wilders, depicting Islam as a ticking time...
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Terror Suspect Escaped From Singapore Detection Center
An
alleged terrorism suspect escaped Wednesday from the Singaporean prison where
he had been...
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7.3 Earthquake Hits Indonesia, Tsunami Warning Canceled
Another tsunami warning was issued on Monday by Indonesia's meteorology agency as a powerful...
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More Troops Sent By East Timor To Hunt Rebels
Over 1,000 police and soldiers were sent on Friday on the
streets of East Timor’s capital, Dili,...
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3 Killed In Indonesia Quake
Almost three people lost their lives and 25 others were
injured in the powerful earthquake which...
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Strong Quake Rocks Western Indonesia, Tsunami Watch Issued
Indonesia's western province of Aceh was struck by a powerful earth quake. The United States...
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East Timor President Shot Twice in Rebel Attack
East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was severely wounded in a coordinated attack carried out by...
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Americans Overseas Get To Cast Their Votes
Democrats from overseas were the first ones to vote in the
Super Tuesday primaries at midnight in...
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Candidates Participate In Youths Forum
The democrats, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and the
republicans, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul,...
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East Timor Shaken By A Quake Of 6.2 Magnitude
East Timor was shaken on Wednesday
by a powerful earthquake, which according to the Indonesian...
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Former Indonesian President Suharto Dies At 86
The former Indonesian President Suharto died today at the Jakarta Pertamina Hospital.
Suharto, who...
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Bird-Flu Strikes At Ukraine Poultry Farm
According to the Interfax news agency, 153 birds have died
from the H5N1 bird-flu virus, at the...
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Suharto’s Chances Of Recovery Remain Low
Former Indonesian President
Suharto is still in a critical condition at a Jakarta hospital, after...
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Landslides, Floods Leave Dozens Dead or Missing in Indonesia
More than 100 people have been killed or are reported missing after landslides buried dozens of...
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New York Couple on Trial for Slavery and Torture Found Guilty
A millionaire New York couple was found guilty Monday of keeping two middle-aged Indonesian...
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Al Gore Is Laureate of Nobel Peace Prize
The former U.S.
vice-president Al Gore won on Monday the Nobel Peace Prize. He said that it...
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Climate Conference Starts Next Week in Bali
More than 180 nations will meet on Monday in Bali, Indonesia
to establish a strategy to fight...
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India Fights Back on UN Carbon Cut Recommendations
The United Nations report was criticized by India for the
recommendation that the developing...
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Six Killed in the Indonesian Earthquakes
On Monday morning two earthquakes hit the eastern Indonesian
island of Sumbawa killing six people...
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Sumatra Hit by Earthquake
On Friday a strong earthquake of 6.0 magnitude on the
Richter scale hit the coast of...
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Global Action Needed as UN Panel Reports Climate Warning
The final report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was released on Sunday and was...
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Strong Earthquake in Indonesia Triggers Tsunami Alarm
The earthquake that struck Indonesia Thursday morning had a magnitude
of 7.1 on the Richter scale...
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US Avoids Binding Targets in Fight Against Global Warming
Representatives from sixteen countries gathered Thursday in Washington to discuss voluntary efforts...
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Industrialized Countries Must Act On Climate Change
World leaders met at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday for a one-day conference...
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Indonesia Continues to Be Rattled by Earthquakes
Indonesia is shaken by powerful earthquakes since Wednesday, the latest temblor striking Sumatra...
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Quake Leaves At Least Nine Dead in Indonesia
At least nine people lost their lives and dozens were injured when a magnitude-8.4 quake and two...
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Health
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WHO: New Molecular Test to Detect TB Faster Gives Sufferers Hope
The World Health Organization unveiled on Monday a new
diagnostic test that will give doctors the...
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Baxter’s New Bird Flu Vaccine May Be Best Choice
Bird flu virus is closer than ever to finding its enemy,
as the first experimental bird flu...
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Mass Bird Cull in Hong Kong over Bird Flu Threat
Just days after Hong Kong health
workers slaughtered 2,700 poultry after excrement samples tested...
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All Hong Kong Markets to be Inspected for Bird Flu Virus
Hong Kong health workers
slaughtered 2,700 poultry on Saturday after excrement samples taken from...
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Bird Flu Strain at Tyson Foods Leads to Killing of 15,000 Hens
Routine blood tests conducted Friday on hens at Tyson Foods
Inc., the world’s largest meat...
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Bangladesh: Child Doing Well after Bird Flu
Bangladesh
reported on Thursday that a child infected with bird flu had recovered...
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Glaxo’s Bird Flu Vaccine Prepandrix Gets EU Clearance
GlaxoSmithKline Plc. has received the European Union
approval for the world’s first wide-spectrum...
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WHO: ‘Threat of a Pandemic Influenza Has Not Diminished’
During a conference held in Geneva on May 6, World Health Organization
experts warned on the...
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Indonesia Reports Its 108th Bird Flu Victim
Just days after Indonesian authorities organized a three-day
bird flu crisis exercise, a...
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Extensive Indonesian Bird Flu Crisis Drill
A major drill initiative is taking place in Indonesia, as
authorities have prepared a three-day...
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Human-to-Human Transmission of Bird Flu Confirmed in China
Chinese health officials confirmed the first case of human-to-human
transmission of bird flu....
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Thousands of Chickens to Be Culled in S Korea amid Bird Flu Alarm
South Korean authorities have started culling thousands of
chickens following a bird flu outbreak,...
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Indonesia Reports Two More Bird Flu Victims
Two Indonesian children have died from bird flu, taking the
confirmed death toll in the country...
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WHO Concerned over Slow Progress in Fighting Tuberculosis
The fight against the worldwide tuberculosis epidemic slightly
slowed in 2006, the most recent...
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China Reports Its Third Bird Flu Victim for 2008
A 44-year-old woman has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in
the southern Chinese province
of...
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Indonesia Reports Its 105th Bird Flu Victim
A three-year-old boy from the Indonesian capital Jakarta died last week of
bird flu, the Health...
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Bird Flu Death Toll on the Rise in Indonesia
Indonesia’s Health Ministry has added a new victim to the growing toll of bird flu deaths, as...
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Half of Bangladesh Districts Affected by Bird Flu
Three more districts of Bangladesh have been affected by
the avian influenza, raising the number...
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Another Indonesian Dies of Bird Flu; Threat Spreads in Asia
Another person has died of bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the country’s toll to 102, health...
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More than 100 Deaths From Bird Flu in Indonesia
Indonesia reported its 101st death from bird flu on Wednesday, when a health ministry official...
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Indonesia Reports Its 100th Bird Flu Victim
An Indonesia woman, 23, from East Jakarta has died from bird flu, raising the country’s death toll...
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Indonesia Reports Its 95th Bird Flu Death
The death of a woman in West Java’s Banten province has
brought Indonesia’s
human death toll from...
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Four Indonesian Family Members Cleared of H5N1 Suspicions
Indonesian representatives announced on Friday a possible
human-to-human spread of the H5N1 bird...
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Epidemiologists on Alert: Bird Flu Strikes Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday that
bird flu is starting to spread again,...
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World AIDS Day: AIDS Is Still A Problem Worldwide
A Summit
of health ministers back in 1988 designated December 1rst as World AIDS Day to
raise...
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Indonesian Woman Dies of Bird Flu
Indonesia reported its 87th death from bird flu Monday, saying a 44-year-old woman from Sumatra...
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First Bird Flu Death In Bali
Indonesian health officials have confirmed the death of one person in Bali from bird flu, the first...
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