AP - The official death toll nearly doubled to 78,000 from Myanmar's killer cyclone as heavy rains on Friday lashed much of the area stricken two weeks ago, further hampering relief efforts.
Peruvian president calls for increasing agricultural production, reforesting Amazon
Garcia made the proposal in a telephone call to the heads of State and Government of Latin America, Caribbean and European Union (LAC-EU) gathering in Lima for the LAC-EU summit. He urged the leaders to distinguish 'what unite us' to seek solutions to
ANALYSIS: Lima summit achieves little more than posturing
Lima - Despite earlier promises to the contrary, the fifth European Union-Latin America-Caribbean (EU-LAC) summit Friday in Lima failed to deliver much more than gestures and was yet another sum of good intentions with little practical content. People in
Business: UK company invests 55m euros in Macedonia
UK-based company Johnson Matthey presented its 55m-euro investment project in Macedonia on Wednesday (May 14th). The auto parts plant will create 250 new jobs and construction is expected to start in two to three weeks. The plant is expected to open in a
Skoko targets Europe move
Former Socceroos midfielder Josip Skoko is targeting a move to Europe after English Premier League club Wigan announced his departure this week. Skoko has not ruled out a switch to the A-League and spoke to some Australian clubs about two months ago, but
RACING: Former Aussie star Haradasun out to win Lockinge for Ireland
British punters get a first glimpse of Aidan O'Brien's Australian secret weapon when he unleashes Haradasun in this afternoon's Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes at Newbury. Coolmore Stud bought a half share for £11million in the dual Group One winner who has
Ten held in Europe for Al Qaeda ties
* Eight arrested in France, one in Germany and one in Netherlands * Detainees linked with IMU PARIS: Authorities in France, Germany and the Netherlands on Friday detained at least 10 people suspected of helping to fund Al Qaeda-linked militants with
Germany increases earthquake aid to China to 1.5 million euros
(Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- The German government announced on Friday that it will provide another 1 million euros (1.54 million U.S. dollars) in aid for earthquake victims in China. The Foreign Ministry said that the additional aid would be
Finland to provide financial emergency aid for China
(Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- Finland will provide about 500,000 euros to China to help the victims in the earthquake area, Finnish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday. The decision was made Friday by Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade
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