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A top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadliest terrorist attack in Indonesia's history has been killed in a shootout with police at an Internet cafe, the president confirmed Wednesday.Dulmatin, a 39-year-old Indonesian...

A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves swept ashore ashore on Samoa and American Samoa on Tuesday (Sep 29), flattening villages, killing over a hundred and leaving many workers missing at devastated National Park Service...

Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernadez has won the 2009 Miss Universe crown in the Bahamas. Miss Dominican Republic, Ada Aimee de la cruz was the runner up. Miss China, Wang Jingyao was crowned as Miss Congeniality and Miss Thailand, Chutima...

Strong earthquakes have struck off the coasts of India and Japan, prompting tsunami warnings in both regions.An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale has struck in the Indian Ocean off India's Andaman Islands.The quake has triggered a...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A major quake of magnitude 7.6 struck in the Indian Ocean off the Andaman Islands, triggering a tsunami watch for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Monday.The USGS said...

The new head of the Tamil Tigers Selvarajah Pathmanathan, who was widely believed to be running the LTTE's arms and smuggling networks for years has been arrested in Thailand, Sri Lanka's military said on Thursday.Selvarajah Pathmanathan was wanted...