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Almost 5,000 people have demonstrated in the Algerian town of Ghardaia to demand urgent aid after flash floods killed 31 residents, witnesses say.
05/10/2008
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Tens of millions of Chinese will die of lung diseases over the next 25 years unless the government takes action to combat smoking and the indoor burning of fuel, scientists have warned.
04/10/2008
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South Korea, Australia and Japan have pulled melamine-contaminated sweets and drinks from supermarket shelves amid a widening scandal over Chinese milk products tainted with the toxic chemical.
04/10/2008
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India's Tata Motors says it has abandoned plans to build the world's cheapest car in the eastern state of West Bengal after weeks of demonstrations triggered by a land dispute.
04/10/2008
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Chinese users of the internet voice and text service Skype have been spied upon and their communications and identities recorded, the US-based company has confirmed.
03/10/2008
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Investigators have found human remains in the wreckage of a light aircraft belonging to Steve Fossett, the US millionaire adventurer who went missing in late 2007 and was later declared dead.
03/10/2008
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The wreckage of a light aircraft, thought to belong to missing millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, has been found.
02/10/2008
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The parents of a Chinese baby allegedly sickened with kidney stones after being fed tainted baby formula have launched what is thought to be the first legal case against the dairy firm at the centre of China's contaminated milk scandal.
02/10/2008
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The Chinese dairy company at the centre of an escalating scare over tainted milk asked for government help to cover up the extent of the problem, a report in state media has said.
01/10/2008
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