Sterling Airways to file for bankruptcy (AP)

AP – Icelandic-owned budget carrier Sterling Airways A/S said it will file for bankruptcy Wednesday because of the financial meltdown.
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AP – Mexico’s Congress passed a watered-down energy industry reform Tuesday that enables private contractors to participate in the state-owned oil business but won’t likely draw enough investment to reverse declining production in the third-largest oil supplier to the United States.
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AP – Police say a strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake has killed at least 31 people in southwestern Pakistan.
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AP – South Korean intelligence indicates that ailing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has suffered a serious setback and has been hospitalized, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
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Reuters – A bitter row has broken out between one of Sydney’s largest tourist pubs and a family of five who accused chefs of serving human excrement in their gelato after they complained about noise during a football match.
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AP – The challenger to President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has taken a solid lead in the Maldives presidential vote, prompting some supporters to take to the streets in celebration.
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AFP – A former political prisoner has swept to victory in the Maldives’ first-ever democratic presidential election, unseating Asia’s longest-serving leader, officials said Wednesday.
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Reuters – Congolese Tutsi rebels overran the eastern town of Rutshuru on Tuesday, a rebel spokesman said, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee.
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AP – A Yemeni detainee made videos glorifying al-Qaida’s attacks to lure new recruits and was so close to Osama bin Laden the two were holed up together in an Afghanistan hideout on the day of the Sept. 11 attacks, a military prosecutor said Tuesday.
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Reuters – A strong earthquake struck southwest Pakistan on Wednesday causing some damage and injuring about 15 people, a hospital official said.
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