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• Gorgeous fall foliage
KATMANDU, Nepal - A small airplane crashed and caught fire Wednesday as it tried to land in foggy weather near Mt. Everest, killing 18 people, including 14 tourists from Germany and Australia, an airport official said. The Yeti Airlines 19-seat Twin ...
• Asian markets mixed after big Australia rate cut
SEOUL, South Korea - Asian markets showed signs of life Tuesday as investors cheered a big interest rate cut by the Australian central bank aimed at alleviating the unfolding global credit crisis that has battered global markets. A late rally on Wall ...
• Drought has Aussie farmers trading water
SYDNEY, Australia - For farmer Malcolm Holm, water now is just like a new shovel or tractor — he has to buy it. The amount of water he is allowed to take from nearby Murrumbidgee River has dwindled to nothing for the past three years because of ...
• Circumcision may not reduce gay male HIV risk
A review of 15 studies involving 53,567 gay and bisexual men in the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, India, Taiwan, Peru and the Netherlands failed to show a clear benefit for those who were circumcised, researchers from the U.S. government ...
• Global efforts to tackle credit crisis diverge
TOKYO - Hopes for a coordinated interest rate cut among the world's major economies to ease a global credit crunch have been anything but in sync the last couple days in Asia. While the Reserve Bank of Australia cheered regional markets Tuesday by ...