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AFP - In their plumed helmets, dark blue tunics with shiny brass buttons, trousers and rubber gumboots, Mumbai's firefighters cut a dash as they ride the streets on their ageing red engines.
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• £70m needed this year and next to feed poor and hungry• Traditional donors, including Britain, have yet to offer aidMillions of Yemenis are starving while the international community focuses on security issues and tackling al-Qaida, according to the United Nations.Vital deliveries of food deliveries and...(more)
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera takes office as Chile's new president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding the country after one of the worst earthquakes ever recorded killed hundreds of people less than two weeks ago.
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British IT expert held captive for two years after Baghdad kidnap tells of regret at not attempting to escape in early daysPeter Moore, the British IT expert who spent more than two years in captivity after being kidnapped in Iraq, tonight revealed how he regretted that...(more)
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The closure of almost half of Kansas City's schools shows what can happen when the wealthy opt out, and services sufferTwenty-nine out of 61 Kansas City, Missouri, schools will soon be shuttered in a desperate bid by the struggling school district to stave off bankruptcy. At...(more)
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Obama's congressmen will sabotage the health bill to keep their seats. It is stomach-churningIn our House of Representatives – "the people's body" – the Democrats at this moment enjoy a gaudy 75-seat majority. Wait. Did I just put "Democrats" and "enjoy" in the same sentence? Scratch...(more)
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So Zoe Williams reckons "there's a world of difference between a man who thinks he looks cool with a tough dog, and a young man ... encouraging it to be vicious" (Comment, 11 March). Really? I didn't notice the difference when my neighbour's pit bull/boxer cross...(more)
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There are two big decisions about high-speed rail. First, is it needed in Britain? And second, if it is, where should it go?In many regards, yesterday was just another bad day for British transport. Rail maintenance workers decided to strike. Signallers may join them and shut...(more)
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Former president Ejup Ganic seized on extradition request from Serbia, which accuses him of war crimesA high court judge today released a former president of Bosnia accused of war crimes 18 years ago in a case that has inflamed the Balkans and revived claims of British...(more)
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Keep America Safe group draws backlash after dubbing lawyers who defended terrorist suspects 'al-Qaida seven'Not long after the Twin Towers fell, Dick Cheney declared the death of more than two centuries of American tradition. "It will be necessary for us to be a nation of men,...(more)
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• Former chief Dick Fuld and accountants Ernst & Young criticised in 2,200-page report• Claims that buyer Barclays received assets it was not entitled to• Fuld tried to involve Gordon Brown to fast-track Barclays rescueA court-appointed US bankruptcy examiner has concluded that there are grounds for...(more)
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New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero rescue and response ...
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