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Inspectors contracted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have begun contacting North Carolina residents who have applied for federal disaster assistance for damage caused by severe storms and flooding associated with Tropical Storm Nicole.

The Obama administration changed federal policy allowing the military to step in and assist during a cyber-attack on domestic soil, reported the New York Times on Oct. 21.

On October 20, 2010, a federal grand jury indicted sixty-eight (68) individuals as a result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Bureau (ATF) and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD), announced today United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The defendants are charged in three separate two-count indictments, with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute narcotics and conspiracy to possess and use firearms during and in relation to a drug related offense.

German President Christian Wulff said Europe "needed Turkey as much as Turkey needed Europe."

Nearly 140 people have died in central Haiti in an outbreak of suspected cholera, Haitian health officials said on Thursday as they faced the country's biggest medical crisis since the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Today we celebrate the grand occasion of the 99th National Day of the Republic of China. As we commemorate the sacrifices and contributions made by the revolutionary idealists of yore to save a nation in peril, we are keenly aware that we must dedicate ourselves to the historical mission of building on past accomplishments to create a brighter future.

In just under a year’s time all people within the borders of South Africa will be counted on the night of the 9th and 10th October 2011 in the biggest census ever conducted in this country.

A research association in China has launched a global recruitment drive to form a team to search for the legendary and elusive ape-like creature called Bigfoot.

The touristic facility and entertainment center "Wonderland" will be erected in Gaziveren sea coast of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).

While some 20 million people have been affected by the floods in Pakistan since July and more are still being displaced in the southern province of Sindh, one group of people are looking on the bright side.