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TIMOR-LESTE: Preparing for the worst
Hardly a tremor was felt in Timor-Leste after the undersea 6.1 magnitude earthquake 85km north of the capital, Dili, on 16 October.
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Fed Moves Cast Cloud Over G-20 Economic Summit
On paper, the Group of 20 summit getting under way Thursday in Seoul, South Korea, is a chance for major countries to discuss the world's financial woes and try to come up with a joint plan to rebalance the global economy.
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UN reports 'volatile' global employment recovery
Global employment rates are on an upward trend with different economic sectors showing uneven improvement in job creation during the first half of this year, according to new data released today by the United Nations labour agency.
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Ban: G20 nations must not forget plight of world’s poorest at Seoul summit
The world’s richest nations must take into account the needs of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people in their plans for reinforcing the global economic recovery – that was one of the key messages from the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ahead of the two-day Group of 20 (G20) summit set to begin in Seoul on Thursday.
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COLLEGE OF CARDINALS MEETS FOR A DAY OF REFLECTION
Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, has sent a letter to the members of the college, and to the cardinals-elect, announcing that the Pope has invited them all to participate in a day of "reflection and prayer" due to be held in the Vatican's New Synod Hall on Friday 19 November.
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Bill Clinton to visit Taiwan on Nov. 14
The Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will visit Taiwan for a private trip and may meet with President Ma Ying-jeou. The 42nd U.S. president, Bill Clinton is invited by the UNI Strategic (Taiwan) Ltd., a subsidiary of the Singapore-based Universal Network Intelligence to deliver a speech in Taipei on Nov. 14.
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Economy strengthens but job losses continue
THE QUARTERLY gross domestic product releases pointed to an economy that is recovering, on the other hand the Quarterly Labour Force Survey shows that jobs continue to be lost.
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French experts say fault at rear of engine
An Airbus A380 airliner that was forced to make an emergency landing in Singapore on Thursday had suffered a "serious" fault at the rear of one of its jet engines, French crash investigators said.
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The danger of us against them
On the eve of the midterm elections, the mayor of New York City and the host of a popular cable TV news show said that partisan rancor in Washington does nothing to solve the country’s woes and, furthermore, doesn’t reflect the more conciliatory attitude of the American public.
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Violent criminal alien sentenced to 15 years in jail for illegal reentry after deportation
Jose Antonio Palma, 23, of Mexico, was sentenced on Friday by U.S. District Judge Frank J. Polozola to serve 15 years in prison and three years of supervised release following an investigation led by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
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