Rescuers search for missing after deadly quake
Nashua Telegraph
By GIRLIE LINAO MANILA, Philippines – Rescuers dug through debris and mud in the central Philippines Tuesday in search of nearly 100 missing a day after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake triggered landslides, collapsed houses and killed at least 48 people.
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China deepens ties to Arab Gulf states while rejecting Western curbs on ...
Chicago Tribune
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — To celebrate Chinese New Year last month, Dubai's swankiest hotel bathed its sail-shaped facade in red lighting accented with an image of a twisting golden dragon. The gesture by the $2300-a-night Burj al-Arab was a ...
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Maldives president quits after police mutiny, protests
Chicago Tribune
MALE (Reuters) - President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, widely credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean archipelago, resigned on Tuesday in what his party said was a coup after weeks of opposition protests erupted into a police mutiny.
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Russian Envoy Calls Syria Visit 'Very Productive'
New York Times
MOSCOW — Russia moved forcefully on Tuesday to show that it was seeking a peaceful resolution to the Syria crisis, sending its foreign minister to Damascus for talks that he called “very productive” and countering critics who said the Kremlin had ...
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Rebels Free Chinese Workers in Sudan, Red Cross Says
New York Times
NAIROBI, Kenya — Sudanese rebels released more than two dozen Chinese construction workers who were abducted late last month, Sudanese and Red Cross officials announced Tuesday. The Sudanese government implied that the newly independent nation of South ...
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