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Hawks snap lengthy slide to Spurs with OT victory

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:47:52 GMT

Los Angeles - It's been a long time coming for the Atlanta Hawks and Jamal Crawford.

Al Horford scored six of his 22 points in overtime to go along with 18 rebounds, and the Hawks clipped the visiting San Antonio Spurs Sunday night...

New Zealand not to sign trade pact if US shuts out dairy

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:29:33 GMT

Wellington - New Zealand will not sign a free trade pact with the United States if the powerful US dairy lobby shuts out agriculture, Prime Minister John Key said Monday....

National park mining plan sparks row in New Zealand

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:29:13 GMT

Wellington - New Zealand's centre-right government sparked controversy Monday by proposing that 7,000 hectares of protected conservation land, including national parks, be opened to mining....

Taiwan refuses to be dragged into China-Ecuador row

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:10:58 GMT

Taipei - Taiwan said Monday it will not offer Ecuador a loan which is being denied by China....

Report: Russian aircraft exec denies plans for US tanker bid

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:59:12 GMT

Washington - The chief of Russian aircraft manufacturer United Aircraft Corp says that his company has no plans to seek or participate in any joint bid for a 35-billion-dollar US military contract for new aerial tankers....

Families of Cuban political prisoners protest for their release

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:53:49 GMT

Havana - About 50 mothers and wives of political prisoners protested in front of the Cuban parliament demanding their release, ending a week of rare demonstrations in the communist state....

Surgeon accused of killing patients goes on trial in Australia

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:46:57 GMT

Sydney - US doctor Jayant Patel faced an Australian court Monday on manslaughter and grievous bodily harm charges relating to his time as a surgeon in a Queensland hospital five years ago....

Tiger Woods: 'Excited' to be back in game, 'so sorry' for behaviour

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:39:40 GMT

Washington - Beleaguered golf star Tiger Woods said Sunday he was excited to be playing in April's US Masters competition,after several months out of the public eye focusing on his private affairs. ...

ANALYSIS: Obama, much weakened, gets his long-awaited health victory

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:15:31 GMT

Washington - President Barack Obama has been able to claim the biggest victory of his young presidency with the passage of the most significant overhaul of the US health care system in four decades....

Anteaters on a plane: Vietnam man tries to check 33 pangolins

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:55:30 GMT

Hanoi - A man was detained at the Ho Chi Minh City airport while trying to check 11 cardboard boxes containing 33 live pangolins on a flight to Hanoi, police said Monday....

SIDEBAR: US health care reform: What will it do?

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:53:20 GMT

Washington - US lawmakers late Sunday approved an overhaul of the health care sector that engulfs about 17 per cent of the US economy - far higher than any other industrialized economy....

Hong Kong private hospitals deliver 3 out of 5 babies by Caesarean

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:39:40 GMT

Hong Kong - More than 60 per cent of Hong Kong women using private hospitals give birth by Caesarean section, almost three times the global average, a news report said Monday....

Japanese prince to visit Laos for chicken research

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:39:00 GMT

Vientiane - Japan's Prince Akishino is to pay a private visit to Laos later this week to conduct scientific research on wild chickens, state media reports said Monday. ...

Hong Kong baby named 'Jazz' after birth in Honda hatchback

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:35:22 GMT

Hong Kong - A proud mother in Hong Kong described Monday how she called her newborn son Jazz after he made a speedy arrival into the world on the back seat of a Honda Jazz hatchback....

US lawmakers pass landmark health reform legislation - Summary

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:28:38 GMT

Washington - The US House of Representatives late Sunday approved a sweeping health care overhaul that has been President Barack Obama's top domestic priority since entering office in January 2009....

Phnom Penh threatens to expel UN country head for 'interference'

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:43:19 GMT

Phnom Penh - The Cambodian government said Monday that the United Nations office in Cambodia had overstepped its mandate by speaking out on the process under which the country's long-delayed anti-corruption law was recently put to parliament....

Google Maps puts Vietnamese town inside China

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:42:31 GMT

Hanoi - Vietnam has asked Google Inc to fix an error on its Google Maps website that appears to place parts of Vietnamese territory across the border in China, local press reported Monday....

EXTRA: US House approves changes to health bill after landmark vote

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:42:20 GMT

Washington - About one hour after approving a sweeping overhaul of the US health care system, the House of Representatives backed a series of changes to the bill that will have to again be approved by the Senate....

Two Australians killed in commuter airliner crash

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:20:13 GMT

Sydney - The pilot and co-pilot were killed when an empty 30-seat commuter plane crashed in the far-north Australian city of Darwin on Monday....

US House passes landmark health reform legislation - 4th Update

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:14:10 GMT

Washington - The US House of Representatives late Sunday approved a sweeping health care overhaul and sent the measure to President Barack Obama's desk for signature after more than a year of intense deba...