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Qatar fire victim: 'Help me, I'm going to die'
Frantic as the flames spread in a mall fire that killed 19 people in Qatar, Filipino nursery teacher Julie Ann Soco made one final call on her cellphone. "Help me, help me, I'm going to die," she pleaded with her aunt in the Philippines.There was nothing the aunt could do.Luzviminda Soco told The Associated Press on Thursday that she did not understand what the problem was and asked her niece to stop

The world in 1988, when Suu Kyi last left Myanmar
, the city Suu Kyi visits this week, now has towering skyscrapers, a subway and elevated rail system and slightly milder traffic jams.

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The world in 1988, when Suu Kyi last left Myanmar
, the city Suu Kyi visits this week, now has towering skyscrapers, a subway and elevated rail system and slightly milder traffic jams.

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Good governance - still a far cry

The recent recommendation by a parliamentary panel that the government should discontinue the provision that allows it to acquire land for Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) projects was, in an

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Baburaj want to direct again

After 18 long years in films where he played mainly baddie and at times even inconsequential roles, Baburaj is enjoying the busy days that he is having now. He is a hot property, after his comic role

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Japan farmers plant, pray for radiation-free rice

Last year's crop sits in storage, deemed unsafe to eat, but Toraaki Ogata is back at his rice paddies, driving his tractor trailing neat rows of seedlings. He's living up to his family's proud,

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