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The death toll from the earthquake that struck Indonesia's Sumatra Island last week rises to 39, with more than 2,500 injured and some 52,000 displaced, the UN said

Business - Economy

Locust plague could cause food crisis in Madagascar: UN

6/26/2013 3:32:33 PM

Indian Ocean's island Madagascar is threatened to cost hundreds of millions of dollars as it waits the worst locust infestation in 60 years

World - International

7.1-magnitude quake causes panic in Indonesia's Papua

4/6/2013 9:25:43 AM

A major 7.1-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's Papua on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued

World - International

Dubai-based journalist killed in Seychelles

2/9/2013 11:25:25 AM

A Dubai-based radio network says one of its journalists was killed in a boat collision while on assignment in the Seychelles

World - International

Maldivian police arrest ex-president Nasheed: party

10/8/2012 12:17:17 PM

Day after a court orders that Maldivian first democratically-elected president be arrested, police capture Mohamed Nasheed, his Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) spokesman said

World - International

6.7 magnitude earthquake hits off Mauritius

7/26/2012 1:48:29 PM

A strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake jolts north of the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius; no immediate reports of damages or injuries

World - International

US will put more warships in Asia - Panetta

6/2/2012 12:06:03 PM

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says Washington will shift a majority of its warships to the Asia-Pacific region by 2020 in a bid to contain China's emergence as a global power

World - Region

Iran navy war game to begin on Saturday

12/23/2011 11:15:46 AM

Iran says it will launch a 10-day manoeuvre in an area extending from east of the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Aden

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