| N
Korea fires short-range missiles
|
Seoul,
Oct 8:
North Korea fired short-range missiles into international waters
in the Yellow Sea as part of a routine military exercise, a
South Korean defence ministry official said on Wednesday.
|
| Taiwan
offers deer, goat in exchange for China pandas
|
Taipei,
Oct 8:
As China prepares two endangered giant pandas for Taiwan as
a symbol of warming ties, the island plans to send a rare goat-and-deer
duo to its political rival, officials said on Wednesday.
|
| We
are in tough times: Bush
|
Washington,
Oct 8:
President George W. Bush sought to assure Americans that the
economy will eventually recover from the global financial crisis
but he cautioned that it is going to take time and will not
be easy.
|
| 300
women die for every 100,000 live births in India
|
New
York, Oct 8:
An estimated 80,000 pregnant women and new mothers die each
year in India from preventable causes, including haemorrhage,
eclampsia, sepsis and anaemia, making it an average of 301 deaths
for every 100,000 live births annually, a new UN study has said.
|
| 'UN
not to investigate Benazir's assassination'
|
United
Nations, Oct 8:
The United Nations has turned down Pakistan's request to investigate
the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, but
may appoint a fact-finding commission, Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon has said.
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