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News for People Both 'black boxes' found in plane crash: Russian official
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MOSCOW, Russia, April 10 AFP - Authorities have found both "black box" flight recorders from the plane that crashed on Saturday in western Russia, killing Poland's president, Russian Emergency Minister Sergei Shoigu says.2010-04-10T18:22Z Polish plane ignored Russian air traffic control: official
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Russia says the crew of a plane that crashed in western Russia yesterday .. killing Poland's president .. repeatedly ignored instructions from Russian air traffic controllers.2010-04-10T18:16Z Polish president and elite killed in plane disaster
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SMOLENSK, Russia, April 10 AFP - A Soviet-era jet carrying Polish president Lech Kaczynski and much of the military and state elite has crashed in thick fog in Russia, killing all 96 people on board in a blazing inferno.2010-04-10T18:14Z Polish president killed in plane crash
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SMOLENSK, Russia, April 10 AFP - An ageing jet carrying Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and much of the state elite has crashed in thick fog in Russia, killing all 97 people on board and plunging a nation into grief.2010-04-10T18:12Z Polish leader, 95 others dead in Russia jet crash
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MOSCOW, April 10 Agencies - Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died when the presidential plane crashed while landing in thick fog in western Russia on Saturday, killing 96, officials said.2010-04-10T10:50Z Total of 96 on board crashed plane: Russian officials=3D2
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"According to confirmed information, there were 96 people aboard the Tu-154 that crashed near Smolensk, including 88 members of the Polish delegation," a spokesperson for the Emergency Situations Ministry told Interfax news agency.2010-04-10T10:46Z Total of 96 on board crashed plane: Russian officials
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MOSCOW, April 10 AFP - A total of 96 people were on board the plane that crashed in the western Russian city of Smolensk on Saturday, killing all on board including Polish president Lech Kaczynski, emergency officials said.2010-04-10T10:43ZPilot error eyed in Poland president's plane crash: agencies
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SMOLENSK, Russia, April 10 AFP - Pilot error is suspected as a cause in the crash of a plane carrying President Lech Kaczynski and other top Polish officials in Russia on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported.2010-04-10T10:05Z Polish president dies in Russian plane crash
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MOSCOW, April 10 Agencies - Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife died on Saturday along with 130 others when their plane crashed while coming in for landing in western Russia, officials said.2010-04-10T08:55ZNo survivors in crash of Polish president's plane: official
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Polish President LECH KACZYNSKI has been killed in a plane crash in Russia .. with a local official confirming there are no survivors.2010-04-10T08:41ZCIS:No survivors in crash of Polish president's plane: official
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MOSCOW, April 10 AFP - There were no survivors in the crash of a plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski, according to a local official in the western Russian city where the plane crashed on Saturday.2010-04-10T08:21ZCIS: Scores dead as Polish president's plane crashes: reports
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Scores of people have reportedly been killed after a plane carrying Polish President LECH KACZYNSKI crashed on landing near the western Russian city of Smolensk.2010-04-10T08:14Z North Korea to put US citizen on trial for illegal entry
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North Korea says it'll put on trial an American citizen who entered the country illegally .. disclosing his identity for the first time.2010-03-22T15:19ZTim Berners-Lee to head new British institute of web science
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LONDON, March 22 AFP - Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the internet, will head a new British institute for web science, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced on Monday.2010-03-22T15:18Z Pentagon investigating alleged private spy network
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WASHINGTON, March 22 AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Monday said he had potential concerns about an alleged spying network of contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan run by a Pentagon official, but that he still lacked information about the reported operation.2010-03-22T15:16ZUS stocks drop amid health care reform, debt concerns
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US stocks have fallen .. as investors digested key passage of landmark US health care reform .. and worried about the Greek debt crisis and its impact on the global economic recovery.2010-03-22T15:15Z Constable dismissed over drink-driving
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BRISBANE, March 22 AAP - A constable convicted of driving more than four times over the legal alcohol limit has become the first to be dismissed under new Queensland Police Service (QPS) rules.2010-03-22T10:05Z Scientists conduct second Hifire test over Woomera
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CANBERRA, March 22 AAP - Australian and American scientists have successfully flown an unmanned test aircraft at more five-and-a-half times the speed of sound over the South Australian outback.2010-03-22T09:50Z Most US media support health care legislation
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WASHINGTON, March 22 AFP - Most leading US newspapers have backed health care reform legislation championed by President Barack Obama, saying it amounted to a major change in American society.2010-03-22T09:48Z Main points of Obama health care plan
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President BARACK OBAMA'S health care bill .. which passed on Sunday in the House of Representatives .. aims to bring the United States closer to universal coverage than ever before.2010-03-22T09:45Z US Congress passes historic health overhaul
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WASHINGTON, March 22 AFP - The US Congress has passed an historic health care overhaul, handing President Barack Obama a landmark win and taking the United States closer than ever to guaranteed coverage for all Americans.2010-03-22T09:42Z US Congress sends Obama historic health overhaul
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WASHINGTON, March 21 AFP - The US House of Representatives has sent a historic health care overhaul to President Barack Obama, bringing the United States closer than ever before to guaranteed coverage for all Americans.2010-03-22T09:33Z Cheap software helps Iraqi militants down US drones: report
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WASHINGTON, Dec 17 AFP - Iraqi militants have regularly used cheap and widely-available software to intercept the feeds of US-operated drones, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.2009-12-17T11:54Z 'Accurate and fast' internet filter gets govt green light
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CANBERRA, Dec 15 AAP - The federal government is pushing ahead with its controversial plan to filter the internet, saying illegal material can be blocked "with 100 per cent accuracy and negligible impact on internet speed".2009-12-17T11:53ZAt last, Obama to roll out Afghan strategy
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WASHINGTON, Dec 1 AFP - Barack Obama on Tuesday makes a globally awaited address on his new Afghan war plan and big troop surge strategy, shouldering the most perilous burden yet of a presidency defined by crises.2009-12-01T12:03Z US stocks dip amid Dubai, retail worries
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NEW YORK, Nov 30 AFP - US stocks drifted lower on Monday as Dubai debt crisis worries abated after the UAE central bank announced support for banks and traders weighed lacklustre Black Friday weekend holiday retail sales.2009-11-30T15:07Z Peter Doherty sparks outrage in Germany over Nazi anthem
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BERLIN, Nov 30 AFP - British rocker Peter Doherty was hauled off stage at a weekend music festival in Germany after he began singing the Nazi anthem, Deutschland, Deutschland ueber alles, during his set, reports say.2009-11-30T14:41Z Young people key to making world better place: Dalai Lama
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The Dalai Lama has called on young people to work to make the world a better place .. saying all individuals can make a change.2009-11-30T14:40Z Private, public patients cost the same for Canberra
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SYDNEY, Dec 1 AAP - A private hospital patient costs the federal government almost exactly the same as a non-insured patient treated in a public hospital.2009-11-30T14:06ZAustralia must adopt fairer tax system says Bernie Fraser
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SYDNEY, Nov 30 AAP - Australia must adopt a fairer, more progressive tax system through reforms to capital gains tax and negative gearing allowances, former central bank governor Bernie Fraser says.2009-11-30T13:56Z Aust's ETS debate is "entertaining", says US ambassador
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PERTH, Nov 30 AAP - The US Congress is poised for the kind of "robust" debate on climate change policy now dominating Australian politics, says newly appointed US ambassador Jeffrey Bleich.2009-11-30T13:54Z US senators to begin fractious health care reform debate
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WASHINGTON, Nov 30 AFP - The US Senate is set to begin debate on a massive health care reform bill that is a key priority for President Barack Obama but faces stiff Republican opposition and is plagued by divisions in Democratic ranks.2009-11-30T13:52Z Michael Moore warns Obama over Afghanistan
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TOKYO, Nov 30 AFP - Filmmaker Michael Moore has urged President Barack Obama not to expand the war in Afghanistan, as Washington prepares to announce a surge of US troops in the conflict-torn nation.2009-11-30T13:50Z Atom-smasher sets record energy levels: CERN
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GENEVA, Nov 30 AFP - The world's biggest atom-smasher has set a world record by accelerating to energy levels that had never been previously reached, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Monday.2009-11-30T13:47Z Hong Kong's carbon footprint 2nd highest in world: report
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HONG KONG, Nov 30 AFP - Hong Kong has the second highest carbon footprint per capita in the world, due to the city's high consumption patterns and large volume of imports, according to a survey released in Norway.2009-11-30T12:46Z UK confirms 500 more troops heading to Afghanistan
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LONDON, Nov 30 AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office says he will confirm that 500 extra UK troops are heading to Afghanistan.2009-11-30T12:34Z Senate report: Bin Laden was 'within our grasp'
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WASHINGTON, Nov 29 AP - Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of US troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says.2009-11-29T10:24Z Letter to reveal Blair was told Iraq war 'illegal' - report
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LONDON, Nov 29, AFP - The British government's chief legal adviser informed then prime minister Tony Blair in 2002 that deposing Saddam Hussein would contravene international law, a newspaper reported on Sunday.2009-11-29T04:33Z Fire threatening property at Torrington, in northern NSW
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Six water bombers are battling a new fire front threatening rural properties in the north of New South Wales.2009-11-29T04:30Z Dust haze eases for Sydney but Hunter still covered
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SYDNEY, Nov 29 AAP - A dust haze across Sydney should completely clear on Sunday afternoon but the Hunter Valley is expected to be blanketed until evening.2009-11-29T04:29Z 60 fires still burning across NSW
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SYDNEY, Nov 29 AAP - Cooler conditions in some parts of the state are helping firefighters get the upper hand over about 60 bushfires burning across NSW.2009-11-29T04:27Z Obama welcomes Indian PM at start of state visit
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WASHINGTON, Nov 24 AP - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the White House, opening an elaborate state visit that will include talks designed to overcome differences on climate change and US ties with Indian rivals China and Pakistan.2009-11-24T15:50Z Obama hails 'indispensable' India on Singh state visit
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WASHINGTON, Nov 24 AFP - US President Barack Obama hailed India as "indispensable" on Tuesday as he welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the White House on the first state visit of his presidency.2009-11-24T15:49Z Norway unveils osmostic power plant, using salt to make electricity
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TOFTE, Norway, Nov 24 AFP - Norway unveiled the world's first osmotic power plant on Tuesday, harnessing the energy-unleashing encounter of freshwater and seawater to make clean electricity.2009-11-24T15:48Z US discussed overthrowing Saddam well before Iraq invasion
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LONDON, Nov 24 AAP - Britain and the US were at odds over whether to overthrow dictator Saddam Hussein two years before the pair teamed up to invade Iraq in 2003, an inquiry has heard.2009-11-24T15:47Z Obama Afghan strategy decision 'within days'
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WASHINGTON, Nov 24 AFP - US President Barack Obama has concluded months of deliberations on whether to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan and will announce his decision within days, the White House said on Tuesday.2009-11-24T15:45ZWall Street surges to open week
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US stocks have roared higher .. with traders focusing on a weak dollar that boosted commodities and other shares sensitive to greenback-linked movements.2009-11-23T15:35Z Atom-smasher restart a 'success': scientists
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GENEVA, Nov 23 AFP - Scientists on Monday hailed the restart of the the Large Hadron Collider as an "enormous success" as two beams began circulating simultaneously in the world's biggest atom-smasher.2009-11-23T15:23ZJames Hardie says US housing downturn near bottom
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SYDNEY, Nov 23 AAP - James Hardie Industries NV says the downturn in the US housing market appears to be nearing the bottom as it looks forward to about an 18.8 per cent rise in full year underlying earnings.2009-11-23T13:45Z Tuesday shapes as D-Day for Turnbull and ETS
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CANBERRA, Nov 23 AAP - The future of Malcolm Turnbull's leadership and the government's emissions trading scheme may well be decided on Tuesday after five weeks of uncertainty.2009-11-23T13:42Z