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Needs Helicopters to Reach Quake Survivors (Update2) Bloomberg - 53 minutes (Internet advertising)

Pakistan Needs Helicopters to Reach Quake Survivors (Update2)
Bloomberg - 53 minutes ago Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's government needs helicopters to ferry supplies and equipment to remote areas to aid survivors of the Oct. 8 earthquake that left more than 20,000 dead, an official said. The

Russia halts rocket launches
Hindu - 9 hours ago Moscow, Oct. 10. (Guardian News Service): Russia's beleaguered space industry suffered another setback on Sunday when officials suspended launches of a rocket system that had been used at the weekend in a

Darfur rebels release AU hostages
BBC News - 22 minutes ago Rebel forces in the restive Darfur region of Sudan have released most of a group of African Union peacekeepers they were holding hostage, reports say. There had been confusion about the fate of 18 original

Polish presidential candidates headed for runoff election
CBC News - 6 hours ago WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Pro-market legislator Donald Tusk had a razor-thin lead over Warsaw Mayor Lech Kaczynski in Poland's presidential election, the state electoral commission said early Monday. The commission

Scramble for Sunni support of constitution
Independent Online - 19 minutes ago Baghdad, Iraq - With United States mediation, Shia and Kurdish officials negotiated with Sunni Arab leaders about last minute additions to the constitution, trying to win Sunni support ahead of next weekend's crucial referendum.

Boy George on way back to UK
TVNZ - Oct 8, 2005 Boy George is understood to be preparing to fly home to the UK after being charged with possessing cocaine in the United States. The 44-year-old ex-Culture Club frontman, whose real name is George O'Dowd, faces

NOPD officers charged in beating caught on tape
Dateline Alabama - 3 hours ago By MARY FOSTER. Three New Orleans police officers are facing battery charges after investigators reviewed a videotape showing two patrolmen repeatedly punching a 64-year-old man accused of public intoxication

Driverless VW from Standford wins $2 million robot race
San Diego Union Tribune - 12 hours ago By Alicia Chang. PRIMM, Nev. � A driverless Volkswagen won a $2 million race across the rugged Nevada desert Sunday, beating four other robot-guided vehicles that completed a contest sponsored by the Pentagon to make warfare safer for humans.