Issue: September 08, 2010   (Archive)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010   

Tube strike spells hell for workers
Millions of commuters across London struggled to get to work as a 24-hour strike by workers on the Underground rail system crippled much of the network, hurting the British capital's convalescent economy.


Robbers gun down Briton in Philippines highway attack
A British businessman has been shot dead in a highway robbery in the Philippines, police said.

Gillard stays Oz leader with one-seat edge
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has secured a wafer-thin parliamentary majority to end more than two weeks of political impasse.

Drinkers gulp on earthquake aftershock
New Zealand's big earthquake has hit supplies from a major brewery, and pubs and patrons are being warned that operations may not return to normal for weeks.

             


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