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Indonesian ferry sinks with more than 260 on board (AFP)

This file photo shows Indonesian ferries in Merak, Java island. A ferry carrying more than 200 people has sank off Indonesia's Sumatra island, possibly due to bad weather, according to police.(AFP/File/Ukon Viane)AFP - A ferry carrying up to 269 people sank in bad weather off the Indonesian island of Sumatra island Sunday, triggering a desperate search for survivors, police and transport officials said.





3 bomb blasts leave 5 dead, 25 wounded in India (AP) AP - Three bombs exploded in India's restive northeast Sunday, killing five people and wounding more than 25, police said.


Separatist blasts kill five in northeast India (AFP)

An Indian soilder stands alert in Guwahati in November 2008. Suspected separatists in northeast India set off two explosions on Sunday killing five people and wounding 50 more, police said, as two of the movement's leaders remained under arrest.(AFP/File/Diptendu Dutta)AFP - Suspected separatists in northeast India set off two explosions on Sunday killing five people and wounding 50 more, police said, as two of the movement's leaders remained under arrest.





Indonesian passenger ferry sinks with 242 aboard (AP)

FILE - In this May 27, 2005 file photo, a Singaporean Navy vessel patrols the crowded straits between Singapore, background, and Indonesia off the coast of Batam, Indonesia.  On Sunday morning, Nov. 22, 2009, an Indonesian inter-island passenger ferry sank in rough waters 90 minutes into the trip from Batam to Dumai in Riau, Sumatra, with almost 250 people onboard, police said. (AP Photo/Ed Wray, File)AP - An Indonesian passenger ferry with almost 250 people aboard sank in rough waters off Sumatra island Sunday, killing at least one, police said, while a second ferry ran aground in nearby waters.





Homes under threat as Australian wildfires blaze (AFP)

The last patient is evacuated from Rylstone Hospital as a fire approaches the town of Rylstone, northwest of Sydney. Hundreds of residents in eastern Australia were on alert Sunday as out-of-control wildfires fanned by soaring temperatures and windy conditions threatened properties, officials said.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Hundreds of residents in eastern Australia were on alert Sunday as out-of-control wildfires fanned by soaring temperatures and windy conditions threatened properties, officials said.





Bomb blasts kill six, wound 40 in India's northeast (Reuters) Reuters - At least six people were killed and 40 wounded in two bomb blasts in northeast India's troubled Assam state on Sunday, police said.


Afghan official: 5 border security guards killed (AP)

An Afghan armed guard secures the area Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 after three fuel tankers where destroyed in a fire in the center of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan. The cause of the blaze is still under investigation, and the fire brigade of the German Army were called in for help. (AP Photo)AP - Five Afghan border security guards have died in a roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border.





Indonesian ferry with over 200 people on board sinks (Reuters) Reuters - A ferry with 213 people on board sank off Indonesia's Riau islands on Sunday after being battered by bad weather, killing at least one person, police said.


Police close to unravelling cause of Saipan shootings (AFP)

Map locating the Northern Mariana Islands, where a gunman went on a rampage Friday killing at least four people(AFP Graphic)AFP - Police on the Pacific resort island of Saipan said Sunday they believed they knew why a gunman went on the rampage and killed four people before turning the gun on himself.





South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week (AP)

Apple's Vice President of iPod and iPhone Product Marketing, Greg Joswiak speaks during an event to officially launch the Apple iPhone for the first time on Mainland China in Beijing, China, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. The mobile device which has been available for years through unofficial channels in China will finally be accessible to millions of user in one of the world's largest mobile phone market. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets.





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