| Latest worldwide news | Canadian Natural told to drain Alberta lake due to oil sands leak | | | CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canadian Natural Resources Ltd has been ordered to drain a lake on the site of its northern Alberta oil sands project so that contamination on the lake's bottom, from a leak that has been spilling tar-like bitumen for months, can be cleaned up. |
| Doctor gives free weekend surgeries | | | In Cameroon, there is only one doctor for every 5,000 people, according to the World Health Organization. Seeing his father and so many of his countrymen suffer, Georges Bwelle was determined to do something about it. |
| Kenya mall siege 'over' but death toll unclear | | | NAIROBI (Reuters) - As Kenya began three days of mourning on Wednesday for at least 67 people killed in the siege of a Nairobi mall, it was unclear how many more hostages may have died with the Somali Islamist attackers buried in the rubble. |
| Egypt warns Hamas over Sinai border | | | CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has warned of a military response if Hamas or other Palestinian groups try to violate Egyptian security, increasing tension over what Cairo says is support from Gaza for Islamist militants operating in the Sinai Peninsula. |
| Is Kenya still safe for tourists? | | | Kenya remains a safe place to visit despite an attack on a Nairobi shopping mall over the weekend in which at least 68 people, including foreigners, died, the country's tourism minister said yesterday. |
| The Pixies sound off | | | The Pixies have just played their signature anthem, "Where is My Mind." As the crowd begs for an encore, Black Francis stands alone at center stage, an uncharacteristic grin spread across his usually enigmatic features. |
| Turning point for U.S., Iran? | | | This week's United Nations meeting could mark a turning point in the acidic relationship between Iran and the United States. |
| Breakingviews Diplomatic deal-making | | | Sept. 24 - Jeffrey Goldfarb and Breakingviews columnists discuss the unique structure and tactics in the $29 bln merger between U.S.-based Applied Materials and the Japanese Tokyo Electron. |
| Real Estate Q A | | | Subjects include co-op rules about visitors; lease renewal; and the rights of renters when buildings convert to condominiums. |
| Commodity hedge fund Clive Capital to close down | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Commodity hedge fund Clive Capital is to close down, blaming a lack of investment opportunities for its poor performance and investor outflows, making it the latest commodity fund... |
| Fears about Somali recruitment | | | The weekend massacre at an upscale shopping center in Kenya is shining a new light on an old concern for Western counterterrorism officials the recruitment of jihadist fighters from among the Somali diaspora. |
| Sailors go solar for healthy ozone | | | Sept. 16 - The first solar boat parade on the 400-year-old Amsterdam canals aims to raise awareness about sustainability as the only way to survive another 400 years. Tara Cleary reports. |
| Sport's most dangerous job? | | | One of the scariest scenarios of any sport must be the realization by a jockey that the half-tonne animal underneath him is not going to land successfully as it flies over a fence six feet high at nearly 50 kilometers per hour. |
| China official sacked after belittling compatriots at banquet | | | BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese official has been sacked after an online video showed him complaining about the ingratitude of ordinary Chinese while he ate lobster and drank expensive liquor, in the latest instance of government excess to spark popular anger. |
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