Dam Burst Leaves At Least 50 Dead

Dam bursts in outskirts of Indonesian capital, at least 50 dead, 100s homeless. more…

Suicide bomber kills 25 near Baghdad (AFP)

File photo shows an Iraqi police officer near a US armoured vehicle on the outskirts of the city of Tikrit. A suicide bomber has killed a local army commander and 32 other people outside the town hall in Abu Ghraib, on Baghdad's western edge, officials said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP – A suicide bomber on Tuesday blew himself up among a group of army officers and tribal chiefs at Abu Ghraib, on Baghdad’s western edge, killing at least 25 people, security officials said.


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Doubt cast on Kangaroo death report (ABC)

Doubt has been cast on claims that 5,000 kangaroos had starved to death at the Majura defence site on the outskirts of Canberra. more…

Renovated Abu Ghraib prison reopens under new name

Iraq has reopened the notorious Abu Ghraib prison on the western outskirts of Baghdad, after the compound was given a new name and modern facilities. more…

Bolivia’s housing collapse

Feb. 18 – Homes are collapsing on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, leaving hundreds homeless.

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Driver barely hurt in level crossing smash

A WOMAN has escaped with only minor injuries after her car collided with a train at a level crossing on the southern outskirts of Cairns. more…

Khmer Rouge genocide trial opens in Cambodia (AP)

A tourist takes picture of human skulls Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, at Choeung Ek, one of the main Killing fields of the Khmer Rouge regime in the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A U.N.-backed genocide tribunal is set to begin on Feb. 17, 2009, to try five Khmer Rouge leaders accused of crimes against humanity. Kaing Guek Eav, the commander of Toul Sleng under the Khmer rouge, also known as 'Duch' will be the first leader to be tried. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)AP – The boss of a prison where some 16,000 men, women and children were tortured and executed appeared before Cambodia’s genocide tribunal Tuesday in its first trial over the Khmer Rouge reign of terror more than three decades ago.


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