Landslides, floods kill over 200 in Indonesia
Indonesian rescuers scoured mud-filled homes for
bodies and some survivors suffered diarrhoea and skin diseases after
landslides and floods on eastern Sulawesi island killed 210 people,
officials said on Thursday.
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Howls of protest as Mumbai named as rudest city on earth
India's crowded commercial centre Mumbai drives
the nation's rapid economic growth but is far too busy to say "thank
you," making it the world's rudest city, according to a survey.
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Hu orders sacking of vice mayor
Chinese President Hu Jintao ordered the sacking
of a vice mayor at a secret meeting to prevent political patrons
from protecting him, a government source said on Thursday, in a sign
Hu was determined to fight graft.
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