India faces nationwide strike

INDIA braced for labour turmoil Thursday as the Congress-led government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh faced the first nationwide union strike against its economic reform policies.

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Typhoon, floods claim 122 lives in Asia

TYPHOON Damrey petered out after killing at least 71 people and cutting a swathe of destruction in a week-long sweep through East Asia, while elsewhere landslides triggered by heavy rains killed 51 in Nepal.

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