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Indonesia warns runaway prisoners after quake chaos
AFP, Published on 14/04/2012
» Indonesian prison authorities Friday warned dozens of inmates who escaped during a massive quake, including paedophiles and drug offenders, that they would be shot if they resisted arrest.
New Zealand struggle against South Africa
AFP, Published on 27/03/2012
» South Africa had the scent of victory after another batting and bowling masterclass left New Zealand in dire straits at 26-2 at lunch on the final day of the third Test on Tuesday.
Chaotic burial for Egypt's Coptic Pope Shenuda
AFP, Published on 20/03/2012
» Egypt's Coptic Pope Shenuda was laid to rest on Tuesday in a monastery in the Egyptian desert, amid hysterical scenes as thousands of mourners mobbed to get close to his coffin.
Philander gives S. Africa easy win in N.Z. Test
AFP, Published on 17/03/2012
» Vernon Philander produced the best figures of his remarkable early career for South Africa to wrap up the second Test against New Zealand by nine wickets inside three days on Saturday.
S. Africa complete New Zealand cricket whitewash
AFP, Published on 03/03/2012
» Marchant de Lange took four wickets as South Africa completed a 3-0 whitewash of New Zealand in a withering display of pace bowling with a five-wicket win in the third and final one-day international on Saturday.
New Zealand crumble to South African pace in ODI
AFP, Published on 03/03/2012
» New Zealand crumbled under the withering pace of the South African bowlers and were unable to bat out their 50 overs in the third one-day international at Eden Park on Saturday.
Syria forces fire on funeral, China urges bloodshed end
AFP, Published on 18/02/2012
» Security forces shot dead a mourner at a huge funeral on Saturday for demonstrators killed in rare protests in the Syrian capital, as a senior Chinese envoy issued a plea for the bloodshed to end.
She shall not be moved
Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 12/02/2012
» Five years ago, Boeung Kak Lake was Phnom Penh's largest. It served as home to some 20,000 Cambodians as well as the capital's backpacker ghetto, where foreign travellers would sit on guest house patios in a cannabis haze to watch the sun set over the waters and finish another Angkor Beer. And although the lake was full of sewage and debris and was hardly pristine, it served as an important catchment basin for the capital, providing equilibrium during the wet and dry seasons.
Death toll in Philippine quake rises to 39
AFP, Published on 10/02/2012
» The death toll from a strong quake this week in the central Philippines rose to 39 on Friday, with dozens of missing feared dead, a disaster official said.
Philippine quake survivors beg for search help
AFP, Published on 08/02/2012
» Survivors of a deadly quake in the Philippines begged rescuers to keep searching for dozens of people buried in landslides, but officials said hopes of finding them alive were dim.