Archive for May 12th, 2008
Monday, May 12th, 2008
The earthquake in China's Sichuan province on Monday afternoon sent tremor to Bangkok as many tall buildings in the Thai Capital could feel the shake, local newspaper reported.
Around 1:30 p.m. local time (0630 GMT), many residents ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
South Korea signed a contract Monday to purchase 2,600 tons of uranium worth 400 million U.S. dollars from Uzbekistan between 2010 and 2016, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported on Monday.
The contract was signed after South Ko ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
The South Korean government on Monday warned its citizens not to travel to Sudan due to security concerns caused by the recent conflicts in the African country.
"We advise you not to tour Sudan as it will surely take time for the si ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
The Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Army Gen. Anupong Paochinda on Monday ruled out the possibility of another coup, saying the military is not worried about such speculations.
"I hereby affirm there will be no coup and we are not ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Fifty-nine percent of the Israelis believe their Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should resign or be suspended until the police investigation against him is completed, a poll published Monday revealed.
Only one-third of the public believ ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
A large United States military aircraft with aid supplies landed at the Yangon International Airport Monday afternoon for delivery to cyclone-hit regions through the Myanmar authorities.
It was the first planeload of humanitarian a ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
An American soldier was killed by aroadside bomb explosion in Baghdad, the U.S. military said Monday.
The soldier was killed on Sunday night when the blast hit his vehicle during a route clearance patrol in northwestern Baghdad, ami ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
A Vietnamese man in Norway who believed that mixing cash with a special liquid could double its value suffered in fact a loss of 35,000 U.S. dollars, according to media reports Monday.
This unidentified man was told by a 32-year-old ...
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