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 Sydney Morning Herald
Youth day shortfall hits hotels
THE arrival of Pope Benedict in Sydney for World Youth Day is looming as an unholy disaster for the luxury hotels of Sydney. Top-end hotels and businesses are reeling from the huge shortfall in... (photo: AP/L´Osservatore Romano, ho)
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 The Times Of India
Auspicious signs of IPL stirring community feeling
Everyone agrees that the Indian Premier League (IPL) has produced a fine spectacle but disagrees on whether it is good or bad for cricket. Film star brand ambassadors like Akshay Kumar... (photo: AP Photo )
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 The Independent
Five Best: Hotels by the surf
Monte Velho Portugal Costa Vincentina, on the south-west tip of Portugal, has some of the best surf in Europe. Monte Velho, 4km from Praia do Amado beach, has 14... (photo: WN / patricia)
Business Europe Industry Market Photos |
 Canada Dot Com
Rice shortage Asia's 'silent tsunami'
BANGKOK - When Cyclone Nargis swept through the Irrawaddy Delta, it shattered both Burma's famed rice bowl as well as any hope Asia's rice crisis might abate anytime... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Asia Bangkok Food Inflation Photos |
 The Australian
UN savages Burma junta over bans
THE UN blasted Burma's military junta yesterday, saying its refusal to let in foreign aid workers was "unprecedented" in the history of humanitarian work, even as... (photo: AP / )
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 The Australian
Foreigners feel the heat in China
BUSINESS people in China, especially in Beijing where about 250,000 foreigners live, are facing ever tightening controls as the Olympic Games approach on August 8. The... (photo: AP Photo / Greg Baker)
Business China Olympics Photos Tourism |
 The Australian
'Time to talk to Taliban'
A KEY adviser and cousin of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has warned that fighting in the strife-torn country could drag on for 10 years or more unless the insurgent... (photo: AP Photo )
Afghanistan Photos Politics Taliban Terrorism |
 CNN
U.N. 'furious' as Myanmar aid 'seized'
BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- The United Nations' top World Food Program official says he is "furious" over the Myanmar's government's refusal to allow the organization to... (photo: UN file)
 Cyclone Myanmar Photos UN WFP World |
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