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DHAKA (AP):More than 200 Bangladesh garment factories reopened yesterday after the country's prime minister stepped in to resolve clashes over minimum wages...

WASHINGTON (AP): United States mobility for young adults has fallen to the lowest level in more than 50 years as cash-strapped 20-somethings shun home-buying and refrain from major moves in a weak job market.The new 2013 figures from the Census Bureau,...

TACLOBAN (AP): Mobs overran a rice warehouse on the island worst hit by the Philippine typhoon, setting off a wall collapse that killed eight people and carting off thousands of sacks of the grain, while security forces yesterday exchanged gunfire with an armed gang.

CHICAGO (AP):Scam artists are trying to profit from a new law allowing immigrants living in Illinois who entered the US illegally to apply for a driver's licence...

A United States district court has authorised the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to issue summons for US taxpayers records with Offshore Bank accounts in the Caribbean.

TACLOBAN (AP): Desperately needed food, water and medical aid are only trickling into this city that took the worst blow from Typhoon Haiyan, while thousands of victims jammed the damaged airport yesterday, seeking to be evacuated."We need help.

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP):An Italian-born United States Army veteran who turned his life around after struggling with drug addiction is fighting his deportation, saying he should not have been expelled last year for a minor criminal record after...

St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has called for the suspension of the Dominican Republic from the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) as the fallout continues from the Constitutional Court ruling that could render stateless,...

Bermuda to host national referendum on gambling - HAMILTON (CMC):Hoteliers have welcomed confirmation that the ruling One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) is committed to holding a national referendum on gambling next year.

TACLOBAN, (AP): A United States (US) Marine general said yesterday he saw bodies everywhere during a helicopter flight over the region struck by powerful Typhoon Haiyan in the central Philippines three days ago....

WARSAW (AP):The devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan cast a gloom over United Nations (UN) climate talks yesterday as the envoy from the Philippines broke down in tears and announced he would fast until a "meaningful outcome is in sight"....

Satellite likely to hit Earth in unpopulated areaBERLIN (AP):The European Space Agency said that one of its research satellites that ran out of fuel will most likely crash to Earth into the ocean or polar regions.Yesterday, the...