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Earthquake devastates Padang, the capital of Indonesia’s West Sumatra province

China allocates $500,000 in aid to quake-hit Indonesia

08:18 02/10/2009

China has allocated $500,000 in aid to Indonesia hit by two earthquakes that killed at least 1,100 people and injured many more, Chinese media cited on Friday the Foreign Ministry as saying.

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Fatah, Hamas to sign reconciliation agreement Oct. 22 in Cairo
08:10 02/10/2009
Egypt has set the signing of a reconciliation pact between the rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas for October 22, an Egyptian newspaper reported.
New NASA chief to hold talks in Russian Mission Control
07:30 02/10/2009
New NASA chief Charles F. Bolden will arrive on Friday at Russia's Mission Control to watch a Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft dock with the ISS and hold talks with Russian space agency Roscosmos head Anatoly Perminov, Roscosmos said.
U.K. sending rescuers to help quake-hit Indonesia
05:41 02/10/2009
The U.K. Department for International Development said it is sending a team of rescuers and search equipment to Indonesia hit by two earthquakes that killed at least 1,100 people and injured many more.
Russian FM Lavrov to discuss Geneva talks in Abkhazia
05:10 02/10/2009
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is arriving in Abkhazia on a two-day visit Friday to discuss the latest round of Geneva discussions on the situation in the Caucasus and meet with the Russian military.
Ariane-5 rocket orbits civilian, military satellites
04:09 02/10/2009
An Ariane-5 rocket has orbited two satellites, one civilian and one military, from the Kourou space center in French Guiana, the French satellite launch firm Arianespace said.
Kazakh president to arrive in Azerbaijan, talk cooperation
03:20 02/10/2009
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev is arriving in Azerbaijan on an official visit Friday, a Kazakh embassy official said.
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