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Indonesian ferry captain blames storm for sinking

Indonesian ferry captain blames storm for sinking
AFP - Tuesday, November 24

TANJUNG BALAI, Indonesia (AFP) - - The captain of an Indonesian ferry which sank killing 29 people rejected claims of overcrowding Monday and blamed a freak storm for the disaster, as officials launched an investigation. More »

  • Asylum-seekers riot at Australia detention centre

    Asylum-seekers riot at Australia detention centre

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australia moved to tighten security at its main immigration centre on Monday after a riot by 150 asylum-seekers, reportedly wielding pool cues, broomsticks and tree branches, left 37 wounded.

  • Man slashed by kangaroo while trying to rescue dog

    AP - Monday, November 23

    MELBOURNE, Australia - An Australian man was in stable condition Monday after being slashed across the abdomen and face by a kangaroo that was holding his dog underwater.

  • Over 100 icebergs drifting to N.Zealand: official

    Over 100 icebergs drifting to N.Zealand: official

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - More than 100, and possibly hundreds, of Antarctic icebergs are floating towards New Zealand in a rare event which has prompted a shipping warning, officials said on Monday.

  • CORRECTED-Indonesian ferry with over 200 people on board sinks

    Reuters - Monday, November 23

    Corrects reference to Dumai to show it is a port, not island

  • Australian blames Scientology for brother's death

    AP - Monday, November 23

    CANBERRA, Australia - A man who blames the Church of Scientology for his brother's suicide added his voice Monday to calls for an Australia Senate inquiry into the religion.

  • Malaysia on alert for British baby killer: police

    Malaysia on alert for British baby killer: police

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - Police are seeking the help of their British counterparts and Interpol to confirm if a convicted Malaysian child killer was deported here secretly, a top police official said Monday.

  • Japan mulls F-35 purchase as next main fighter jet

    Japan mulls F-35 purchase as next main fighter jet

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    TOKYO (AFP) - - Japan is considering buying around 40 F-35 fighter jets as the future mainstay of the nation's air force, it was reported Monday.

  • Dalai Lama says Obama not soft on China

    Reuters - Monday, November 23

    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Sunday U.S. President Barack Obama was not soft on China and said he hoped he would discuss Tibet with the Indian prime minister in Washington this week.

  • Indonesian ferry sinks; 25 dead, some 240 rescued

    AP - Monday, November 23

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Rescuers saved more than 240 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but at least 25 people have died, officials said.

  • China's defense minister travels to North Korea

    AP - Monday, November 23

    PYONGYANG, North Korea - China's defense minister arrived in Pyongyang on Sunday for the latest in a recent flurry of high-level visits between the two countries.

  • Indonesian ferry sinks; 15 dead, some 230 rescued

    AP - Monday, November 23

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Rescuers saved more than 230 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but at least 15 people have died, officials said.

  • South Korea mass murderer hangs himself in cell

    Reuters - Monday, November 23

    SEOUL (Reuters) - A convicted South Korean mass murderer died on Sunday after hanging himself in his cell, where he spent two years on death row in a country that still has the death penalty but has not conducted an execution in 12 years.

  • 2nd autopsy for Malaysian opposition aide: lawyer

    2nd autopsy for Malaysian opposition aide: lawyer

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - A fresh autopsy was being held Sunday on the body of a Malaysian opposition aide who fell to his death from anti-corruption offices where he was being questioned, his family's lawyer said.

  • Separated twins beat the odds

    Separated twins beat the odds

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    MELBOURNE (AFP) - - Bangladeshi conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna appeared on Sunday to have beaten the odds with their miracle story of survival, both awaking from landmark separation surgery happy and well.

  • Japanese temple resorts to manga to woo visitors

    Japanese temple resorts to manga to woo visitors

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    HACHIOJI, Japan (AFP) - - Girls clad in maids' outfits are not traditionally associated with Buddhism, but that has not stopped monks at a centuries-old temple using Japanese pop culture to woo visitors.

  • Two Pakistanis suspected of Mumbai attack funding arrested

    Two Pakistanis suspected of Mumbai attack funding arrested

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    ROME (AFP) - - Two Pakistanis have been arrested in Italy on suspicion of having sent money to people implicated in the Mumbai attacks in November 2008, Italian media reported Saturday, citing anti-terror police.

  • Al-Qaeda seizes Japan hostage in Yemen: tribal source

    Al-Qaeda seizes Japan hostage in Yemen: tribal source

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    SANAA (AFP) - - Al-Qaeda gunmen have seized a Japanese engineer from his tribal kidnappers in Yemen, a tribal source who has been seeking to negotiate his release said on Saturday.