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| Burger King stops buying unsustainable palm oil |
| INDONESIA - Environmentalists praised Burger King's decision Saturday to stop buying palm oil from an Indonesian company accused of destroying rainforests.The US hamburger chain giant - which sealed a deal Thursday to sell itself... |
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Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:09 p.m. |
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| Plane crashes near Dubai airport |
| DUBAI: A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai.The state news agency WAM, quoting the General Civil Aviation Authority, reported that the "bodies of two pilots" had been... |
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Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:26 p.m. |
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| 11-year-old mauled by sea lion at zoo |
| SYDNEY: An 11-year-old boy is recovering after being mauled by a sea lion at a popular Sydney zoo in front of horrified visitors.The boy was identified by his stepmother as Jack Lister. He had been invited by zookeepers to meet... |
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Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:52 p.m. |
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| US wildfire sparked by signal blaze |
| CALIFORNIA - Authorities say a wildfire burning in rural San Diego County was sparked by two illegal immigrants who set a signal fire after they got lost.California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Battalion Chief Nick... |
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Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:24 p.m. |
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| Taleban bomber kills 65 in Pakistan |
| PAKISTAN: A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taleban killed at least 65 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan. The assault sharply drove up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country battered by massive flooding.To... |
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Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:15 p.m. |
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| Migrant survivors tell tale of Mexican massacre |
| HONDURAS: A Honduran who survived the massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico helped untie the only other survivor - a wounded Ecuadorean - and the two fled together.In an interview with El Heraldo newspaper, Honduran Deputy Foreign... |
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Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:14 p.m. |
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