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China offers Argentina nuclear power technology

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez was received here Wednesday by Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao as Beijing offered to provide advanced technology for Argentina's planned fourth nuclear power plant.

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Philippines capital targeted by typhoon

A massive typhoon has raged through Philippines towns and the capital Manila.

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Powerful blast rips apart 100-year-old mosque, shrines in FATA

A powerful blast ripped apart a mosque and some other shrines in Landi Kotal tehsil of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas'(FATA) Khyber Agency on Thursday morning.

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Helping rural Nepalese grow more food

In 2008, as the cost of foodstuffs reached record levels, FAO launched a series of input supply projects to help farmers grow more food and earn more money, via its Initiative on Soaring Food Prices. In Nepal - a country reeling from a decade-long...

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