The cyclonic storm, Nilam, which lay centred at about 50 km to 60 km south of Chennai, is likely to cross the coast near Mamallapuram on Wednesday evening. The process of landfall, which is expected to begin from around 5-30 p.m., will go on till 11-30 p.m., … Sandy-hit areas struggle to resume daily life - CBS News
NEW YORK People in the coastal corridor battered by superstorm Sandy took the first cautious steps to reclaim routines upended by the disaster, even as rescuers combed neighborhoods strewn with debris and scarred by floods and fire. But while New York … A new 'Star Wars' film? And more news Sandy may have caused you to miss - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Wait a minute. Episode 7? If you're like most New Jerseyans, you've probably spent the last 72 hours transfixed on the fear and damage brought forth by Hurricane Sandy. So naturally, you might have missed some other items in the news. Like this: The world … China prioritizes use of natural gas by vehicles, ships
BEIJING (Reuters) – China unveiled on Wednesday a natural gas policy designed to spur the transport sector’s use of the cleaner-burning fuel, and particularly of liquefied natural gas (LNG), as the world’s second-largest user of fuel reins in consumption of dirtier oil. Besides homes, utilities and factories, the government for the first time targeted the transport sector, covering buses, taxis, trucks, and vessels as preferred users of natural gas, according to a document published on the website of the National Development & Reform Commission (www.ndrc.gov.cn). …
Eurozone unemployment rises to new record
Unemployment in the 17-country eurozone rose to a record 11.6 percent in September, official figures showed Wednesday, in another grim development for a region that is struggling to get to grips with a three-year debt crisis. Dad says Australian extortionist almost succeeded
The father of a teenager who spent 10 hours in a Sydney mansion with a fake bomb chained around her neck revealed Wednesday he might not have called the police had he known it carried an extortion note.
US, EU to ethnic Serbs: You have a home in Kosovo
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is touring a Serbian Orthodox church in Kosovo as she seeks to convince ethnic Serbs they have a home in Europe’s youngest nation.
Gunmen kill 20 in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have killed 20 people in a village in the northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara, authorities said on Wednesday, a similar attack to one in June. Dozens of men armed with guns stormed Kaburu village early on Tuesday morning, demanding money before shooting and hacking people to death, local residents said. “They were all shot to death while the village head was slaughtered with a sword,” local government spokesman Salihu Anga told Reuters by phone. …
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