Thirty-four workers were rescued Wednesday from an oil platform that was leaning dangerously in the East China Sea. China's Ministry of Transport says two others remain missing. (Sept. 8)
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Pacha Khan, a 25 year old, from the Logar province in Afghanistan says he is ready to become a human bomb and kill foreigners in his country. "God willing, our leaders have prepared everything for me, I am now waiting for my orders". His Commander reveals off camera that the plan was for him to strike during next week's elections. "Many others are ready to martyr themselves but he is always saying he wants to be the first. That's why we gave him priority". It's a tactic that is on the rise in Afghanistan, and one, the Taliban say it will use to derail parliamentary elections planned for next week. The UN says that suicide bombers were responsible for around three quarters of all civilian deaths in Afghanistan. Al Jazeera's Sue Turton traveled to northern Afghanistan, and met some of the young men who are preparing to be part of that deadly plan
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The family of a British property developer jailed in the United Arab Emirates is requesting that he be pardoned in conjunction with the Islamic holiday, Eid al-Fitr. Safi Qurashi was sentenced to seven years in a Dubai prison for bouncing three cheques, an act considered a criminal offence. Al Jazeera's Dan Nolan reports on the case from Dubai that has advocates calling for legal reform.
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By COREY WILLIAMS and JEFF KAROUB
2010-09-09T07:21:32Z
DETROIT (AP) -- As exhausted Detroit firefighters battled wind-fed blazes burning wild in some neighborhoods and threatening to char much of the city, a half-dozen departments from surrounding communities brought in sorely needed - and gladly accepted - help....
By JOAN LOWY
2010-09-09T07:08:07Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After a regional airliner crashed in western New York a year and a half ago, killing 50 people, the Obama administration promised swift action to prevent similar tragedies. High on the list: new rules governing the number of hours pilots may work, to prevent tired flight crews from making fatal errors....
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
2010-09-09T07:05:04Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's health care tab will go up - not down - as a result of President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul. That's the conclusion of a government forecast released Thursday, which also finds the increase will be modest....
By YURI KAGEYAMA
2010-09-09T06:41:03Z
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) -- Thai-made Nissan March subcompact cars - the first major model from a Japanese automaker being mass produced abroad for sale in Japan - are getting extra scrutiny from a team of quality experts to meet choosey consumer standards, a senior executive said Thursday....
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's detained former Army chief Gen Sarath Fonseka today described as "last nail in the coffin of democracy" the constitutional reforms enabling President Mahinda Rajapaksa to seek a third term and cautioned that this could pave way for a military rule in the country. Fonseka, the 'war hero' who led...
WASHINGTON: Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro has joked that the "Cuban model doesn't even work for us any more," the Atlantic magazine reported on Wednesday. Meeting with a reporter from the US magazine, the 84-year-old former Cuban president who remains head of the ruling Communist Party, appeared well on the mend after his near-fatal...
Scientists unveiled the latest weapon in the battle against Alzheimer's disease yesterday - a humble vitamin. Researchers from the University of Oxford have found that taking tablets of three B vitamins every day slows the brain shrinkage that happens with age, causing early signs of dementia such as memory loss. In a two-year trial, the vitamin supplement delayed the rate of brain atrophy by up to half in a group of elderly people, with a more than 30 per cent reduction overall. Cognitive tests show those with the least shrinkage perform best. A vitamin pill that curbed the mental decline associated with ageing would have colossal implications. About 1.5 million people in the UK, 14 million...
10:36 AM Thursday Sep 9, 2010 Share Email Print MEXICO CITY - Mexican marines have arrested seven gunmen suspected of participating in the massacre of 72 Central and South American migrants, the government announced. Four of the suspects were arrested after a Sept. 3 gunbattle with marines, and the other three were captured days later, spokesman Alejandro Poire said at a news conference. Marines - alerted by a survivor who managed to escape the mass slaying - found the bodies of the migrants Aug. 24 at a ranch in the northern state of Tamaulipas. Poire alleged the seven detainees belong to the Zetas drug gang, but he gave no further details on their identities. Investigators believe the...
By PHILIP ELLIOTT
2010-09-09T07:09:47Z
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- The Tea Party Express is asking supporters to raise $250,000 for its preferred candidate in Delaware's contentious Senate primary....
By NANCY BENAC
2010-09-09T07:06:44Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First came the outrage over plans for a mosque near ground zero. Now there's anger over a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran....
By BETH FOUHY
2010-09-09T07:05:55Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- It sounds like a political grudge match for the ages: Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel, battered by ethics charges and stripped of his chairmanship of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, defending his seat against Adam Clayton Powell IV, son of the legendary Harlem lawmaker Rangel ousted 40 years ago....
By KEN THOMAS
2010-09-09T03:12:43Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government says the number of people dying on the nation's roads has reached its lowest level in six decades....
By ALAN ROBINSON
2010-09-09T05:18:06Z
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- When Armando Galarraga steps onto the mound to face Baltimore on Friday night, the Tigers pitcher will see a familiar face behind home plate in umpire Jim Joyce....
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2010-09-09T00:54:59Z
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram has not returned to practice for No. 1 Alabama and while Nick Saban said the injured running back is unlikely to play against No. 18 Penn State on Saturday, the coach isn't necessarily counting his star out....
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2010-09-09T00:54:59Z
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram has not returned to practice for No. 1 Alabama and while Nick Saban said the injured running back is unlikely to play against No. 18 Penn State on Saturday, the coach isn't necessarily counting his star out....
