Staff and students at Ballarat's Mount Clear College are mourning the loss of a
friend, mentor and gifted teacher who died when caught by the tsunami while
holidaying in Samoa.

Grand final teams Melbourne and Parramatta, and the NRL, will each donate $10,000 to
the Samoan tsunami relief effort.

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MEXICO CITY, Oct. 1 Kyodo -
An eight-member Japanese volunteer group is in Mexico, the epicenter of this

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KOTA KINABALU (Malaysia), Oct 1 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will look into
strengthening the safety measures for buildings and infrastructure to ensure

New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Warning of a second wave of swine
flu pandemic which might be highly pathogenic and have a high
fatality rate, experts have asked the Government to be

MOSCOW, October 1 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
on Thursday will make a working trip to Murom and Vladimir. The RF

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 1 (PTI) A judicial probe would
be held into the boat tragedy at Thekkady in Kerala's Idukki
district which claimed 36 lives, Chief Minister V S

New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Eleven people from Delhi,
including three each from two neighbouring families, were
among 39 people killed in a boat capsize in Kerala's Idukki