JFK, Newark airports reopen but limited

TWO of the biggest airports serving New York - John F Kennedy and Newark Liberty International - have reopened. The first passenger flight to JFK arrived from Long Beach, California, at 7.04am local time on Wednesday. The JetBlue flight carried...

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Indonesia's Yudhoyono welcomed by British

INDONESIA'S President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been welcomed to London by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at the start of a state visit aimed at impressing the emerging Asian power with pomp and pageantry. The Queen received Yudhoyono and his...

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Airports and NYSE reopen post-Sandy

TWO major airports have reopened and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange has come back to life, while across the river in New Jersey, National Guardsmen rush to rescue flood victims and fires still rage two days after superstorm Sandy. ? ...

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Tens of thousands flee as storm hits India

MORE than 100,000 people were evacuated from their homes on Wednesday as a tropical storm slammed into southern India from the Bay of Bengal. Rain lashed the region and strong winds uprooted trees in some places. Weather officials said the storm...

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Greece's tough steps spark strike call

GREECE has unveiled a tough new austerity budget, sparking a call for a 48-hour strike as the EU said there was more work to be done before the recession-hit country can access loan funds needed to stave off bankruptcy. Finance Minister Yannis...

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Napoleon letter to go under hammer

A CODED letter in which Napoleon Bonaparte vows to blow up the Kremlin goes under the hammer near Paris in December, 200 years after the French invasion of Russia. "I will blow up the Kremlin on the 22nd at three am," reads the missive written...

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France's economy growing: minister

FINANCE Minister Pierre Moscovici has surprised markets by saying France's economy could post modest growth in the third quarter, a forecast considered optimistic by analysts. "I am reasonably confident on French growth," Moscovici said on BFM...

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Limited NY subway service to resume

LIMITED service will resume Thursday on New York's crucial subway train service, state Governor Andrew Cuomo has said. "Limited New York City subway service supplemented by a bus bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan will begin tomorrow," Mr Cuomo told...

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