Granny takes parachute plunge
A 100-year-old Brazilian grandmother will
experience gravity in a whole new way this Christmas when she takes
the plunge out of an airplane to become the world's oldest
parachuter, local news site G1 reported Saturday.
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Lankan asylum seekers leave Indonesia
Fifteen of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers who
spent weeks refusing to get off the boat that rescued them near
Indonesia have left the country, a Foreign Ministry official said
yesterday.
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Battle plan against global warming :
Copenhagen deal passed amid obstacles
A UN Climate Summit Saturday rammed through a
battle plan against global warming forged by US President Barack
Obama and other top leaders, sidelining smaller states which lashed
the deal as betrayal.
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US fears risk of Guinea civil war
Fears are growing in Washington that Guinea’s
wounded junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara could return to Conakry and
possibly trigger a civil war that could reignite west African
conflicts.
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India’s BJP name new party boss
Bharatiya Janata Party completed a leadership
change Saturday, naming a new party chief after appointing a woman
as parliamentary opposition leader in a bid to revive their
political fortunes.
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