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Saturday, June 06, 2009 BEIJING: A landslide buried an iron ore plant and several homes, killing 26 people and leaving dozens missing in a valley in southwestern China, state television said Saturday. Media eported that 19 miners and seven staff from a mobile phone company were killed in the landslide Friday in Wulong county, about90 miles (150 kilometers) from Chongqing city. Rescuers saved seven people, three of whom were seriously injured but in stable condition. Fifty-two people were missing, including 27 workers buried in the mine, said an official with the propaganda office. The missing also included 21 farmers, three passers-by and a teacher. More than 500 rescuers were searching for survivors, the official news agency said.

Saturday, June 06, 2009 MEXICO CITY: Flames engulfed a day care center in the northern Mexican city of Hermosillo on Friday, killing at least 29children and sending dozens more the hospital, an official said. The fire apparently started at a car and tire depot Friday afternoon and spread to the day care center, said JoseLarrinaga, a spokesman for Sonora state investigators.He said the fire was controlled within two hours and that most children had died of asphyxiation. ``We're still investigating what caused the fire and where exactly it started,'' Larrinaga said.

Saturday, June 06, 2009 WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama delayed for six months moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the White House said on Friday.Ever since a law was passed in 1995 ordering the transfer of the US embassy from Tel Aviv – where other foreign embassies are located – to Jerusalem, US presidents have routinely delayed the move. US policy on Jerusalem has not changed: Jerusalem is a final status issue to be resolved in peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, said a White House official speaking on condition of anonymity. Israel had declared Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, then annexed Arab east Jerusalem in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. The international community does not recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and the future of the city is a key stumbling block in negotiations with the Palestinians, who want east Jerusalem to be the capital of their future state.

Saturday, June 06, 2009 WASHINGTON: Success in Afghanistan and Pakistan will require an intimate local knowledge of the tribal culture and a small coalition footprint, the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command said here. Navy Adm. Eric Olson told the House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on terrorism, unconventional threats and capabilities that the United States stands ready to do whatever it can to help Pakistan combat extremists, but “I think that we can’t help Pakistan more than they want to be helped,” he added. The situation in Pakistan is complicated, the admiral said, and the United States will not force help on people who don’t want it. Pakistan is a proud country with a proud military tradition, and America cannot take actions that would cause the Pakistani military to appear to be an extension of the U.S. military, Olson said. “We can only help them in a way that truly helps them, and they are much more expert in that than we are,” he told the subcommittee.

Saturday, June 06, 2009 WASHINGTON: A former State Department official with top secret security clearance and his wife have been arrested for spying for communist Cuba for almost 30 years, US officials said Friday.Walter Kendall Myers, 72, and his wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, 71, have been charged with conspiracy to hand over classified information to US foe Cuba, the Department of Justice said in a statement.The Washington couple were arrested on Thursday after an undercover FBI sting operation and appeared Friday before a district court after allegedly passing on secrets for years via shortwave radio and in shopping carts."The clandestine activity alleged in the charging documents, which spanned nearly three decades, is incredibly serious and should serve as a warning to any others in the US government who would betray America's trust by serving as illegal agents of a foreign government," said David Kris, assistant attorney general for national security."We ...

Saturday, June 06, 2009 PERU: At least 31 people have died in clashes in Peru between the security forces and indigenous people in the Amazon region.Those killed included at least 22 tribesmen and nine policemen. The violence took place as security forces tried to end a road blockade. There have been fuel and transport blockades in Peru's Amazon region for almost two months. Local people say new laws will make it easier for foreign companies to exploit their land for natural resources. Most seriousThe fighting took place at a jungle highway near the town of Bagua, more than 1,000km (600 miles) north of the capital, Lima. They are the most serious to have broken out since indigenous groups began a protest campaign in April. They are opposed to plans by the government of President Alan Garcia to open up communal jungle lands for oil exploration, logging, mining and large-scale farming.Indigenous leaders say police using helicopters opened fire on demonstrators in the latest incident...

Saturday, June 06, 2009 PARIS: US President Barack Obama landed late on Friday in France where he is to attend international ceremonies marking the 65th anniversary of World War II D-day landings. Obama arrived on Air Force One at Orly airport, after visiting a former Nazi camp in Germany, and was met by Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner before joining French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday. Obama motorcade headed directly for the US embassy, in central Paris, after he visited the German city of Dresden, flattened by WWII Allied bombing which killed 35,000 people in February 1945. As Obama travelled into Paris the US First Lady Michelle Obama and her young daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven, completed a brief trip to the Eiffel Tower on Friday evening. They arrived in France shortly before the president. Obama and his family were to spend Friday night at the US embassy in Paris, before travelling to the north of France Saturday. On the eve of France's participation in t...

Mumbai: The Ram Pradhan Committee, set up by the Maharashtra Government to investigate the Mumbai police's response to the November 26 terror strikes, has put the blame on the city police for being negligent and uncoordinated in the wake of the attacks. According to an Indian television, the report set to be tabled in Maharashtra Assembly next week has passed strictures against top police officials, including the Commissioner of Mumbai police. While conceding that "some officers" exhibited great bravery, the panel has concluded that the police's actions were uncoordinated, not professional enough and marred with several lapses. There were several lapses in decision making on part of top brass of the Mumbai police.Some officers’ exihbited great bravery but those were individuals fighting against odds. Over a dozen IPS officers were doing different things without any co-ordination between them. Police action was arbitrary, un-coordinated and tentative.City police commi...

Three matches in T20 World Cup today LONDON: Three matches will be played in Twenty20 World Cup cricket tournament today. In the first match, New Zealand will face Scotland. Both teams are in group D. Group C teams Australia and West Indies will meet in the second match, Defending champion India will take on Bangladesh in 3rd match. England shocked by Netherlands in World T20 opener Saturday, June 06, 2009 LONDON: Netherlands made a great setback when they shocked England by four wickets off the final ball in the opening day/night match of the World Twenty20 here at Lord’s on Friday.Chasing a modest target of 163, Netherlands achieved on the final ball to get a thrilling four-wicket win.All credit went to Tom de Grooth, Peter Borren and Ryan ten Doeschate. Grooth smashed 49 from 30 balls with six fours and one six, Borren made 30 off 25 balls with one four and one six, Doeschate was unbeaten on 22.James Anderson took three wickets for 23 runs.Earlier, Openers Luke Wright and Ravi Bopa...