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...earthquake, which killed some 20,000 people and shattered the lives of tens of thousands more, had been bulldozed from the bustling avenue that borders the Zona Rosa, the luxury shopping and sightseeing district. Something akin to normalcy seemed to have returned to the world's biggest megalopolis (pop. about 18 million...
...better part of a day last week, no one knew who was in control of Liberia (pop. 2 million), the African nation founded in 1847 by freed American slaves. Diplomats in Monrovia reported that rebels had attacked the Executive Mansion at dawn Tuesday, using artillery and heavy machine guns in a full-scale battle with government troops. Soon after the fighting began, former Army Commander General Thomas Quiwonkpa announced on the radio that he had overthrown President Samuel K. Doe, 33, whom he accused of corruption and brutality. That evening, however, Doe assured his countrymen that the coup attempt...
About 30 million calls are expected to be made this year in California alone to special numbers that charge anywhere from 50¢ to $2 per call. For the fee, people can hear horoscopes, pornographic tales, children's stories, pop music, news or stock quotes...
...Australians have a fairly positive image of China and a curiosity to know more about it. But there is a distinct cultural gap. Basic questions pop up all the time that people don't quite know how to answer. Is China still a communist country? Yes, and it retains many of the hallmarks of a totalitarian state. Can people travel freely from China? That depends on where they live in China. It also helps if they choose an Approved Destination (Australia and New Zealand were among the first countries to be granted this status). In such a poor country, where...
...Australia's two Army medical units. It was my birthday too, and our family had just moved into a new house, so I was unpacking and getting ready to have 30 people over for a birthday lunch. I had two chickens in the oven and was just about to pop some champagne when my mobile phone rang. When I hung up I said to my Mum, well, I'll see you sometime. I rang my husband, who's a fireman, at work and told him, and kissed my four children, who are aged 10, five, four and two, goodbye...