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No water, caverns found beneath sinking roadway...

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2009-02-26 07:10. ::

TOWN OF NEWBURGH - Road crews didn't know what to expect as they dug into a buckling stretch of pavement on River Road on Wednesday.

Suspicious sinkholes have been springing up around Newburgh's hamlet of Roseton for years. There are ponds and streams that didn't exist a decade ago, and some suspect that a leaky underground aqueduct that ferries water to New York City is partially to b...

81 dead in Somali fighting...

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2009-02-26 06:10. ::

Mogadishu - Islamist rebels battled African Union (AU) peacekeepers and Somali police for a second day on Wednesday, taking the death toll in the worst fighting for weeks to 81, witnesses and a rights group said.

The local Elman Peace and Human Rights group said 48 civilians had been killed and 90 wounded since early Tuesday.

Witnesses said at least 15 Islamist fighters and six poli...

RBS to unveil worst annual UK loss...

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2009-02-26 05:10. ::

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F&P striving for debt compliance...

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Intel chief says Guantanamo jail hurts US reputation, hinders ......

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2009-02-26 00:10. ::

"Countries won't deal with us. Our popularity's down. We don't have blue chips to trade," National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair told the House Intelligence Committee.

In one of his first acts in office, President Barack Obama signed an executive order to close the jail next year. The order also convened a task force to determine what to do with the roughly 250 suspected terroris...

Wall Street stocks in negative territory...

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2009-02-25 21:10. ::

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Thursday:

The Australian share market is likely to open mixed with the SPI contracts higher and a late, positive lead from Wall Street.

Wall Street investors were selling stocks again overnight, as worries about the banking and housing industries pile up.

The Australian dollar opened weaker as data in Europe and the US reaffi...

9 dead in Turkish plane crash in Amsterdam...

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2009-02-25 20:10. ::

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Islanders allege boat repairing business is destroying reef...

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2009-02-25 19:10. ::

A group of islanders are alleging soil erosion and extensive damage to their reef by a boat repairing business headed by the father of “Sun Travel” Ahmed Shiyam, which involves dragging boats through the lagoon

Ali Shameem, 25, a teacher on Kudafari, Noonu atoll, has said as the boat repairs take place on the south side of the island, the boats are dragged through the lagoon a...

Eclipse says it won't oppose Chap. 7 bankruptcy...

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2009-02-25 18:10. ::

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Eclipse Aviation says it will not oppose a motion filed by senior noteholders in federal court to convert the Albuquerque aircraft manufacturer's bankruptcy proceedings to Chapter 7, which would lead to liquidation of the company.

The senior secured noteholders filed the motion in U.S. District Court in Delaware on Tuesday after it became clear that Eclipse's bu...

PM offers amnesty to end troops' revolt...

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2009-02-25 17:10. ::

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News World News World General PM offers amnesty to end troops' revolt MATT WADE 26/02/2009 2:01:27 AM

AN INTENSE gun battle broke out in the headquarters of Bangladesh's border guard in the heart of the country's capital, Dhaka, yesterday.

The fighting was between mutinous soldiers ...