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Spain warns of soaring debt as unemployment rises
AFP, Published on 03/04/2012
» Spain said Tuesday its national debt will spiral sharply higher this year as data showed unemployment hit a record high in March, complicating efforts to stabilise the country's strained finances.
Tendulkar quits as IPL Mumbai captain
AFP, Published on 03/04/2012
» Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday stepped down as Mumbai Indians skipper on the eve of the Indian Premier League (IPL), saying he needed a "break from the responsibility of captaincy".
Park Ji-Sung predicts Asian World Cup win
AFP, Published on 03/04/2012
» Manchester United's South Korean midfielder Park Ji-Sung has predicted that an Asian country will bring home the World Cup within a decade.
Yemeni forces 'kill 38 Qaeda suspects'
AFP, Published on 03/04/2012
» Yemen's armed forces killed 38 suspected members of Al-Qaeda in two days of air raids and shelling of their hideouts in the country's south, a government official said Tuesday.
Love is in the air for Britain's giant pandas
AFP, Published on 03/04/2012
» The clock is ticking, and the heat is on. A giant male panda loaned to Britain by China has just 36 hours to make his move on his female companion or he'll have to wait another year.
Flutey to quit Wasps, return to New Zealand
AFP, Published on 03/04/2012
» Riki Flutey is to leave Wasps and return to his native New Zealand before starting a career in Japanese club rugby, the English Premiership side said Tuesday.
Chinese tycoon 'detained' amid political scandal
AFP, Published on 03/04/2012
» A Chinese business tycoon with reported links to disgraced Communist party official Bo Xilai has been detained, state media reported, in the latest twist to a major political scandal.
Pitbulls put down in Philippines after rescue
AFP, Published on 03/04/2012
» Twenty-five pitbulls rescued from an online dog-fighting racket run by South Koreans in the Philippines have been put down, and another 215 could be also destroyed, rescuers said Tuesday.
Kanoom Jeen Nam Prik (Thai vermicelli with peanut and chili paste)
Published on 03/04/2012
» This week's dish of the day from our Classifieds section.
UN advance team to begin Syria mission this week
AFP, Published on 03/04/2012
» An advance UN team preparing the deployment of observers in Syria is expected in Damascus within the next two days, the spokesman for UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said Tuesday.