undefined The Daily Telegraph Australia Australian swimmers given permission to abandon Commonwealth Games | AUSTRALIAN swimmers have been given permission to abandon the Commonwealth Games if they are worried about security. | Swimming Australia president David Urquhart said yesterday he had told the team... (photo: AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez) Australia Commonwealth Games Photos Terrorism Wikipedia: 2010 Commonwealth Games The Daily Telegraph Australia Demolition job begins in Christchurch | IT IS lunchtime in Christchurch and it's as if Matt Preston is walking on the roof of our car. | The shockwave rocks our big Ford from side to side. | Five metres away a shopper is sitting cros... (photo: AP / Rob Griffith) Disaster Earthquake New Zealand Photos Wikipedia: 2010 Canterbury earthquake Top Stories Al Jazeera Lebanon PM retracts Syria charge | Lebanon's prime minister has said he was wrong in accusing Syria of assassinating his father, Rafik al-Hariri, in 2005 and said the charge against Damascus wa... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) Lebanon Photos Politics Syria Wikipedia: Rafic Hariri The Examiner Are you poor? Half of Filipinos say yes | Despite the fact that the Philippines have been experiencing very good economic growth the last two quarters, the perception among Filipinos is that they are still poor... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) Growth Philippines Photos Population Wikipedia: Filipino people Breitbart Japan, Ecuador agree to cooperate over preserving biodiversity+ TOKYO, Sept. 6 (AP) - (Kyodo)Japan and Ecuador agreed Monday to cooperate in preserving biological diversity and making an upcoming U.N. conference on biodiversity ... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Biodiversity Environment Japan Photos Wikipedia: Biodiversity The Siasat Daily Aftershocks rattle quake-hit New Zealand city | Wellington, September 06: Aftershocks rocked New Zealand's second-biggest city on Monday causing further damage and forcing authorities to extend a state of emergency a... (photo: AP / Rob Griffith) Disaster New Zealand Photos Quake Wikipedia: 2010 Canterbury earthquake Deccan Chronicle Marine exports jump about 22% in July --> Marine exports jump about 22% in July | Share ARTICLEURL | Seafood exports grew by about 22 per cent to $170 million in July compared to the same month last fiscal, t... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) India Marine Photos Seafood Wikipedia: Marine (ocean) The Guardian US company plans to ship fresh water from Alaska to India | S2C Global Systems is promising tanker deliveries but high cost might make it just a pipe dream An Indian farmer looks towards the sky, while standing amidst his drough... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Alaska India Photos Water Wikipedia: Alaska The Guardian Greenpeace 'Tokyo Two' anti-whaling activists sentenced to jail | Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki have each been sentenced to one year in prison after intercepting a box of whale meat Two anti-whaling activists have been found guilty of ... (photo: (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) / ) Crime Japan Photos Whaling Wikipedia: Whaling in Japan