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The United Nations, citing Philippines government figures, on Thursday put the latest death toll from powerful Typhoon Haiyan at 4,460
Philippine President Benigno Aquino was under growing pressure on Thursday to speed up the distribution of food, water and medicine to desperate survivors of a super typhoon as a US aircraft carrier "strike group" arrived to get supplies moving.
The United Nations, citing Philippines government figures, on Thursday put the latest death toll from powerful Typhoon Haiyan at 4,460
What a difference an ordinary person can make at a time when China and Japan are mired in the worst diplomatic deadlock since 1972.
A US aircraft carrier "strike group" started unloading food and water to the typhoon-ravaged central Philippines on Thursday, as President Benigno Aquino faced mounting pressure to speed up the distribution of supplies.
The wealthy city-state of Singapore has for the first time lifted the death penalty given to a drug trafficker, commuting his sentence to life in prison and 15 strokes of the cane.
Police in the Pakistani port city of Karachi said that six suspected militants were killed early Thursday and foiled a big terror plan on the eve of religious processions by the Shiite Muslims.
At least seven people, including a child, were charred to death while 40 others sustained burn injuries in a fire which broke out in the wee hours of Thursday on a luxury bus in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, a senior police official said.
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced his retirement from politics on Wednesday night with a speech in the House of Representatives.
A department of the Guangdong provincial government is following up on reports that the deputy head of a subordinate institute has been charged with raping a university student tour guide in Australia.
Desperation gripped Philippine islands devastated by Typhoon Haiyan as looting turned deadly on Wednesday and survivors panicked over delays in supplies of food, water and medicine.
A series of military exercises between China, the US, India and Indonesia demonstrate that the Chinese military wants to expand co-op with outside and build a more transparent image.
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