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Eight Iraqi soldiers killed in booby-trapped house
Baquba, Iraq (AFP) Aug 11, 2010
Insurgents lured Iraqi troops into a booby-trapped house early Wednesday, killing eight soldiers in co-ordinated blasts that marked the start of Ramadan when violence typically peaks.
Three other bodies were found under the rubble of the building, but it was not immediately clear if they were of insurgents or civilians, security and medical officials said.
Gunmen initially opened fire on ... more
New Zealand dairy backs product in China hormone scandal
Wellington (AFP) Aug 11, 2010
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra said Wednesday it is "100 percent confident" in its milk supplies to a Chinese company under investigation over claims of tainted milk powder.
Parents and doctors in China's Hubei province have expressed fears that hormones in milk powder produced by Synutra International have caused young girls to develop breasts prematurely.
Synutra said the questionabl ... more
China gold mine fire kills 16 workers
Beijing (AFP) Aug 7, 2010
Sixteen workers died when a fire broke out in a gold mine in east China, state media reported Saturday, in the latest accident to hit the nation's notoriously dangerous mining sector this week.
Most of the victims died of toxic smoke inhalation underground or in hospital after the accident, which happened on Friday in Shandong province's Zhaoyuan city, the official Xinhua news agency said. ... more
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