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Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene

Posted: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 1:36 am Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a health ministry official said Tuesday. » read more
Keywords: world news medical treatment superbugs detected resistant superbugs Date: 09-07-2010

Iran says it has the right to bar UN inspectors

By GEORGE JAHN | Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 11:30 pm Iran's nuclear chief says Tehran has the right to bar some U. » read more
Keywords: world news nuclear nuclear program disputed nuclear nuclear chief Date: 09-07-2010

Sharp series of aftershocks strike New Zealand

By ROB GRIFFITH | Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 10:22 pm A sharp series of about 20 aftershocks rattled New Zealand's earthquake-hit city of Christchurch overnight, and earthquake experts warned Tuesday that another powerful temblor might hammer the region in coming days. » read more
Keywords: world news earthquake another powerful powerful temblor temblor might Date: 09-07-2010

Pakistanis suspect landowners of diverting floods

By SEBASTIAN ABBOT and ASHRAF KHAN | Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 9:21 pm As the disastrous floods recede in Pakistan, something new is rising: suspicions and rumors that powerful officials and landowners used their influence to divert water away from their property and inundate the villages and fields of millions of poor Pakistanis. » read more
Keywords: world news their influence divert water their property powerful officials Date: 09-07-2010

3 suspects in Mexico migrant massacre found dead

By MARK STEVENSON | Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 8:05 pm The bodies of three men suspected of participating in the massacre of 72 migrants last month were found by the side of a road in northern Mexico after an anonymous caller told authorities where to find the cadavers, federal officials said Monday. » read more
Keywords: world news authorities where anonymous caller mexico after northern mexico Date: 09-07-2010

Death toll rises to 45 in Guatemala mudslides

By LUIS ANGEL SAS | Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 7:47 pm Searchers on Monday pulled five more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and then the people trying to save them. » read more
Keywords: world news people trying deaths raised landslides buried highway where Date: 09-07-2010

Suriname leader: Drug conviction 'almost a joke'

By BERT WILKINSON | Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 5:35 pm Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse shrugged off questions about his past during his first overseas trip as elected president, saying Monday that he will not interfere in his ongoing murder trial and dismissing a 1999 drug conviction as "almost a joke. » read more
Keywords: world news president saying saying monday ongoing murder murder trial Date: 09-07-2010

Egyptian opposition leader urges election boycott

By SARAH EL DEEB | Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 4:20 pm Egypt's leading democracy advocate made a forceful call Monday for the nation to boycott November's parliamentary election, saying they were certain to be rigged and urging his young supporters to be patient and plan for a lengthy struggle. » read more
Keywords: world news election saying young supporters parliamentary election boycott november Date: 09-07-2010

Bahamas drops charges in Travolta extortion case

By JUAN MCCARTNEY | Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 3:44 pm A judge in the Bahamas dismissed charges Monday against two people accused of trying to extort money from John Travolta after the actor decided he no longer wanted to face the pain of a new trial stemming from the death of his teenage son on the island chain. » read more
Keywords: world news travolta after actor decided longer wanted extort money Date: 09-07-2010

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Report: China passenger car sales up 18 pct in Aug

By ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 3:28 am Sales of passenger cars in China _ the world's biggest market _ rose 18 percent in August from a year earlier, a report said Tuesday, as government subsidies and price cuts by dealers helped spur demand. » read more
Keywords: dealers helped government subsidies biggest market Date: 09-07-2010

Barclays CEO John Varley to step down

By ROBERT BARR | Posted: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 2:53 am John Varley, who guided Barclays bank through the credit crisis without resorting to a government bailout, will retire next year as chief executive, to be succeeded by the head of the group's highly profitable investment banking operation, the company said Tuesday. » read more
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Oil falls below $74 as traders look to US economy

By ALEX KENNEDY | Posted: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 2:15 am Oil prices fell to near $74 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as investors mull the strength of the U. » read more
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