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Susan Boyle performs on the NBC "Today" television program in New York Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Susan Boyle's brother Gerry to release debut album
Digital Spy  Susan Boyle's brother Gerry Boyle is planning to release his debut album. | The 57-year-old - who has previously acted as an unofficial spokesperson for Susan - is hoping to achieve his own chart succ... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
Mitt Romney Sorry, Mitt: It Won't Be an American Century
Foreign Policy  | "This century must be an American century," Mitt Romney insisted in a recent speech on foreign policy. "In an American century," the former Massachusetts governor continued, &quo... (photo: Creative Commons / rawmustard)
HTC ssmartphone Taiwan smartphone maker HTC sees Q1 revenue falling
The Himalayan    | Added At:  2012-02-06 2:36 PM |    Last Updated At: 2012-02-06 2:36 PM | The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s) | The headlines has been added to your saved article... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Palestinian children fill plastic bottles and jerry cans with drinking water from a public tap at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp  on September 23, 201. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/wn) Co-operation in a world of scarce resources
Al Jazeera | From competition among hunter-gatherers for wild game to imperialist wars over precious minerals, resource wars have been fought throughout history; today, however, the competition appears set to en... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
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Poland - Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi to close European plant
BBC News Japanese car maker Mitsubishi Motors is to end production at its only plant in Western Europe. | Production has fallen at Mitsubishi's car plant at Born in the Netherland... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska)
A businessman walks past an electronic stock board in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. Japanese stocks veered sharply downhill Wednesday, as spreading pessimism over corporate earnings and a strengthening yen sent the benchmark index tumbling almost 7 percent. The Nikkei 225 stock average fell 631.56 points, or 6.79 percent, to 8,674.69. The broader Topix index lost 7.05 percent to 88 Asian stocks rise after US unemployment falls
Springfield News-Sun | BANGKOK — Asian stock markets climbed Monday after U.S. unemployment fell to its lowest in three years, suggesting a stronger recovery in the world's No. 1 econom... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
A money trader at a Tokyo dealing room reacts as U.S. dollar is traded below 90 yen level Friday afternoon, Dec. 12, 2008. The dollar's fall to a 13-year-low against the yen also accelerated selling on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, hitting hard exporters such as autos and electronics. The greenback fell as far as 88.16 yen in the afternoon, its lowest level since Aug. 2, 1995 when the U.S. currency fell to 88.02 yen while the Nikkei average lost 484.68 points, or 5.56 percent, to close at 8,235.8 Tokyo stocks end up 1.10%
The Times Of India TOKYO: Tokyo stocks added 1.10 percent Monday, supported by positive performances on other Asian bourses, that followed last week's strong gains on Wall Street after robu... (photo: AP / Shuji Kajiyama)
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Osamu Masuko poses with the company's newly unveiled electric car "i-MiEV" in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, June 5, 2009. The 4.59 million yen ($47,560) i-MiEV is powered solely by electricity, and can be recharged from a regular home socket. The four-seater vehicle can run up to 160 kilometers (100 miles) after charging seven hours at 200 volts. Mitsubishi Motors to stop making cars in W.Europe
The Times Of India TOKYO: Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp said it will end production at its only western European plant, in the Netherlands, at the end of this year, a move that was expecte... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa)
The seed emergency: The threat to food and democracy The seed emergency: The threat to food and democracy
Al Jazeera | The seed is the first link in the food chain - and seed sovereignty is the foundation of food sovereignty. If farmers do not have their own seeds or access to open... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska)
Egyptian anti-government activists run for a cover from the tear gaz during clashes with the riot- police in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Protesters continue to battle police in Egypt
Al Jazeera | Clashes have continued in Egypt with police firing tear gas at demonstrators hurling rocks and broken tiles, as the protesters demanded swift presidential election and ... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
File - A Syrian army defector stand guards in front of closed shops at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012. Syrian army 'steps up Homs offensive'
Al Jazeera | The Syrian army has stepped up its attacks on opposition fighters in Homs, activists and witnesses have said, a day after a UN Security Council resolution aimed at... (photo: AP)
In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, Philippine Marines secure a rebel camp of the Abu Sayyaf group where they raised a Philippine flag after overrunning it in Indanan on the island province of Jolo in southern Philippines Monday. Filipino villagers may have helped kill terrorist
The Guardian | JIM GOMEZ | Associated Press= MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Abu Sayyaf commander Umbra Jumdail had deviated from the brutal image of his al-Qaida-linked militant group b... (photo: AP / Nickee Butlangan)
 Ceb - Old  mandaue bridge connecting mandaue city and lapu-lapu city , mactan channel (sl1) Lapu-Lapu City surpasses tax collection target
Sun Star | THE Lapu-Lapu City Government exceeded its annual business and real property tax targets in 2011, with a total collection of P1 billion, an official announced yesterday... (photo: wn/ Jun Lopez)
Rango Photos in Collage Rango wins top honours at Annie Awards
Screen Daily | Adam and Dog wins best short. | At the 39th Annual Annie Awards in Los Angeles, Rango took the best animated feature prize. The film also won the new Members’ Favorit... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
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In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, Philippine Marines secure a rebel camp of the Abu Sayyaf group where they raised a Philippine flag after overrunning it in Indanan on the island province of Jolo in southern Philippines Monday.
Filipino villagers may have helped kill terrorist
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More good weather seen for Sunday, Monday
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