• Barroso wants EU to agree loans for Greece
  Barroso wants EU to agree loans for Greece
  

  

  European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso urged EU member states on March 19 to agree a standby aid package for Greece after Athens said it could turn to the IMF for help.
  20/03
• Obama targets insurers in final health care push
  Obama targets insurers in final health care push
  

  

  President Barack Obama made a final, urgent public plea for health care reform on March 19, slamming private insurers and accusing his plan\'s opponents of spreading lies and distortions.
  20/03
• Fresh Israeli air strikes wound 11 in Gaza Strip
  Fresh Israeli air strikes wound 11 in Gaza Strip
  

  

  At least 11 people were injured by Israeli air strikes targeting Gaza\'s airport on March 19, Palestinian officials say.
  20/03
• PM ready for direct talks with red-shirt leaders
  PM ready for direct talks with red-shirt leaders
  

  The Thai Prime Minister has agreed to have direct talks with leaders of the red-shirts without a mediator, the condition that the rally remains peaceful and no threats are issued.
  19/03
• New US-Russia nuclear deal 'soon'
  New US-Russia nuclear deal 'soon'
  

  There has been \'substantial\' progress on a new nuclear disarmament deal with Russia, said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
  19/03

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• Iran war games to defend nuclear sites
  Iran war games to defend nuclear sites
  

  Iran has begun five days of large-scale war games to simulate attacks on its nuclear sites, officials said, warning it will retaliate if provoked.
  23/11
• Indonesia passenger ferry sinks off Sumatra
  Indonesia passenger ferry sinks off Sumatra
  

  

  A ferry carrying more than 200 people has sunk off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, officials say. One person is reported to have died, but dozens more are said to have been rescued by nearby boats.
  22/11
• China coal mine blast death toll reaches 87
  China coal mine blast death toll reaches 87
  

  

  At least 87 people are now known to have died in China\'s worst coal mine accident in two years, state media say. Another 21 miners are missing after the blast at Xinxing pit in Hegang City in Heilongjiang province.
  22/11
• Flu kills four pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
  Flu kills four pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
  

  A teenager and three elderly people in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage have died of the H1N1 flu virus, the Saudi Health Ministry said.
  22/11
• Deadly mine blast traps dozens in north-eastern China
  Deadly mine blast traps dozens in north-eastern China
  

  

  A gas blast at a coal mine in China has killed 31 people and left 82 trapped in the region bordering Russia, state media reports.
  21/11