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Judge freezes $2m for trapped miners

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:38:58 GMT

A Chilean judge has frozen $US1.8 million ($2 million) in revenue from a mine where 33 workers are trapped and ordered the cash set aside for future compensation to the men, a court official said.

Fighter jets in mid-air collision

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:49:57 GMT

Two Greek fighter jets collided in mid-air on Thursday, the defence ministry said, with one of the pilots apparently managing to eject safely.

Bar explosion rocks Mexican beach resort

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:49:57 GMT

Twenty people were wounded, including two whose legs had to be amputated, in an explosion early on Thursday morning in a bar in the Mexican Pacific resort of Puerto Vallarta, local police said.

Miners no longer in dark: rescue months away

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:00:01 GMT

COPIAPO, Chile: Thirty-three trapped miners finally have been told they could be stuck in their collapsed mine for months before being rescued.

Drug 'shut off' protein that feeds melanoma

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:00:01 GMT

WASHINGTON: An experimental therapy that targets the protein that feeds certain types of advanced melanomas has successfully shrunk tumours in up to 80 per cent of test patients, a study said.

German HIV pop star escapes jail

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT

An HIV-positive pop star who infected a former sex partner with the virus walked free after a German court handed her a two-year suspended sentence.