EXPLOSION: The blast ripped through the mine around 2.30 on Saturday morning (local time), when there were 528 people at work.

China mine blast kills 31

At least 31 miners were killed and 78 remain trapped 500 metres underground following a gas blast at a mine in China, state media have said.

Kiwi dies after Bali accident

A New Zealand woman has died five weeks after suffering head injuries in a cycling accident in Bali.

Healthcare bill gains ahead of US Senate test

Reuters

A broad healthcare overhaul moved closer to clearing its first US Senate hurdle when one of two wavering Democrats said she would vote to begin debate on the landmark legislation.

Pakistanis suspected of Mumbai links arrested

Reuters

Italian anti-terrorist police have arrested two Pakistanis suspected of helping to finance the Islamic militant group responsible for the attacks on Mumbai in November 2008, that killed 166 people.

NATO takes command of Afghan army

Reuters

NATO took command of the training of the Afghan army and police on Saturday to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital precondition for the withdrawal of foreign troops.

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Bushfires roar in New South Wales

One dead in South Auckland barn fire Up to 100 fires are burning across New South Wales as a large swathe of the Australian state begins a day of total fire bans.

Further charges after shooting at funeral

Police have laid further charges after two people shot into a crowd that had gathered for a funeral in a West Australian town.

Pilot on road to celebrity

Jailed for student sex

Miley Cyrus tour bus overturns, one dead

One person was killed when a tour bus belonging to Miley Cyrus overturned, but the 16-year-old Hannah Montana star was not on board, Virginia State Police said.

People killed for fat to make cosmetics

A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics, say police.

Obese man dies after eight months in chair

Probe after Fort Hood deaths

Obama jihad sign

Obama billboard stirs debate

A billboard showing US President Barack Obama wearing a turban has sparked a lot of attention at the suburban Denver used car dealership that put it up.

Bear attacks as man leaps into enclosure

A bear has attacked a man who entered its enclosure at a new park in Switzerland, and a policeman opened fire on the animal to defend the intruder.

Air NZ plane crash report still awaited

The release of a report into the cause of the crash of an Air New Zealand Airbus off the French coast a year ago has been delayed.

Sleepwalker found not guilty of wife's death

Drug resistant swine flu spreading

Queen and Prince Philip

62 years of marriage

Buckingham Palace says the Queen and her husband Prince Philip are celebrating 62 years of marriage quietly.

Iran to hold war games to protect atom plants

Iran will begin large-scale air defence war games on Sunday to help protect its nuclear facilities against any attack, a senior commander said.

More than 20 killed in separate Afghan blasts

A suicide bomber in southwestern Afghanistan has killed 17 people, and an Afghan lawmaker escaped a separate blast on the outskirts of Kabul but five of his bodyguards were killed.

Children's song branded 'racist'

Kiwi hostage heads back to Iraq

Hamid Karzai

Karzai sworn in

Veteran Afghan leader Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as president, pledging to fight graft and take control of his country's security before his five-year term ends, after a fraud-marred election left his image in ruins.

India doubles billionaires

A buoyant stock market and a still-robust economy have nearly doubled the number of billionaires in India, according to the Forbes' Rich List.

China's reaction to Obama visit

State media hailed President Barack Obama's maiden trip to China as a triumph, but ordinary Chinese were largely shielded by their government from his most critical remarks and activists were disappointed by the measured tone of those they did hear.

Army shell kills six civilians

Cloud disappoints Asia stargazers

Kim Jong Il

UN fears N Korea violations

A key United Nations committee is expressing very serious concern at widespread reports of torture and other grave human rights violations in North Korea.

Plane overshoots runway

Plane hits lava rock A passenger plane has overshot a runway, landing in hardened lava surrounding an airport in eastern Congo and injuring 20 people.

Soldiers pulled off diamond fields

Zimbabwe has started withdrawing soldiers from diamond fields in the east of the country after recommendations by the Kimberly Process and criticism over rights abuses, state media reported.

Stoned to death for adultery

Hungry, hungry hippo

200 million children 'starving'

Twenty years after the UN adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished

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