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A rescue worker climbs onto the Costa Condordia on Jan. 16, 2012. Rescue workers searched the half submerged hulk of the capsized Italian cruise ship for 14 people still missing on Monday, more than 48 hours after the huge vessel capsized, killing at least six and injuring more than 60.
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NBC News is reporting all rescue divers have been evacuated from the Costa Concordia. NBC's Laura Saravia in Porto Santo Stefano, Italy said the ship is rocking slightly due to choppy seas. "The movement is affecting divers working on rescue efforts inside, and they have been evacuated as a precaution. Rescue operations are suspended at this moment," Saravia said
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TAIPEI/BEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou was re-elected Taiwan leader Saturday and pledged to work for cross-Strait ties in next tenure.
Ma extended appreciation and gratitude toward his supporters at a large gathering held in the KMT headquarters in Taipei, which was packed by swirling campaigning banners, stunning trumpet and hectic crowds amid a heavy rain.
Downpour did not dampen supporters' enthusiasm while tens of thousands of people shouted "Go for it" or "I love you" in front of the KMT campaigning headquarters.
Taiwan people showed their recognition of the efforts KMT has made to shelf disputes with the mainland and maintain peace across the Taiwan Strait, he said at the gathering.
Ma promised to continue to deepen the cross-Strait relations, consolidate the mutual trust across the Strait in the coming four years.
He also believed that the cross-Strait relations "will become more harmonious."
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SCO member states vow to strengthen economic cooperation
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Backgrounder: Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Backgrounder: Prime ministers' meeting of SCO
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (3rd L, front) poses for a group photo with heads of delegations attending the 10th prime ministers' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov. 7, 2011. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Prime ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members on Monday pledged to further promote economic cooperation.
Amid increasing uncertainties in global markets, the SCO member states should further strengthen economic cooperation in a bid to minimize negative effects of the global crisis on their countries' banking and financial sectors, the leaders said in a joint declaration.
The SCO prime ministers also stressed the importance of cooperation with SCO observers and dialogue partners and with international organizations such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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A horseman jumps over a bonfire in the central Spanish village of San Bartolome de Pinares to open the celebrations for the feast of Saint Anthony, patron saint of animals, on Monday Jan. 16, 2012.
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On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horses trough the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the "Luminarias," a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come.
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Marchers parade down Second Street during the annual Martin Luther King Day parade through downtown Memphis, Tenn. Monday, Jan. 16.
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Candi Flora, a historian wearing actual irons from the days of slavery, raises her arms during the 34th Annual "Original" Dr. Martin Luther King Birthday Parade and Celebration in Houston.
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Occupy Wall Street members march during a candlelight vigil to honor Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in New York.
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Elanie Magliacane has her picture taken in front of a sand sculpture of the presidential candidates before the Faith & Freedom Coalition's presidential kick-off at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in South Carolina on Jan. 16.
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Protestors display signs outside the Tea Party Convention in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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A scuba diver swims next to the cruise ship Costa Concordia on Jan. 13 after it ran aground near the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. A series of underwater photos was released by the Italian Coast Guard today.
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A diver searches inside the cruise ship Costa Concordia on Jan. 13, after it ran aground off the coast of the Italian island of Giglio, in a photo released today.
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The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy breaks ice near the coast of Nome, Alaska on Jan. 14. The cutter is assisting the Russian-flagged tanker to the frozen Alaskan port with emergency fuel supplies after a 10-day voyage through ice-choked seas, the Russian company that owns the vessel said. The mission is the first mid-winter marine delivery to western Alaska and comes as oil and gas development and climate change increase commercial traffic along trade routes in the Arctic.
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The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy and the Russian-flag bearing tanker Renda sit off the coast of Nome, Alaska after reaching the frozen Alaskan port with emergency fuel supplies in this Jan. 14 photo. The mission is the first mid-winter marine delivery to western Alaska and comes as oil and gas development and climate change increase commercial traffic along trade routes in the Arctic.
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Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman departs the stage after announcing the suspension of his 2012 presidential bid in Myrtle Beach.
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Beach-goers and lifeguards attend to a man (bottom), who was attacked by a shark, at Port St Johns on South Africa's east coast on Jan. 15, 2012. The man, who later died, was pulled from the sea by a lifeguard, who used a surfboard to shield himself from the danger of attack, and to stretcher the victim from the water.
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Former NBA superstar Yao Ming, center, attends as a newly elected member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) of Shanghai, and takes part in a meeting for the CPPCC in Shanghai on Jan. 15, 2011. :)
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An oil removal ship is seen next to the Costa Concordia cruise ship as it ran aground off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island, January 16, 2012.
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Mushers and their dogs compete after the mass start of the eighth stage of the La Grande Odyssee sled dogs race in Bessans, France, January 16, 2012.
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A villager is pinned down by a bull during a bull-taming festival on the outskirts of Madurai town, in India, January 16, 2012.
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Snow blankets the roof of the famous Pike Place Market in Seattle January 15, 2012, while a ferry floats past West Seattle in the background as snow continues to fall during the Puget Sound region's first major storm of this winter.
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France's team compete in the International Group Rhythmic Gymnastics event in east London January 16, 2012. The competition is part of the testing programme for the London 2012 Olympic Games, called 'London Prepares'.
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A woman places a Mexican flag next to shoes belonging to victims of the drug war at a square in Monterrey January 15, 2012.
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Rescuers place explosive charges on the emerged side of the cruise liner Costa Concordia prior to entering on Jan. 17. The Costa Concordia grounded in front of the harbour of Isola del Giglio after hitting underwater rocks on January 13. Rescuers searched for 29 people still unaccounted for from the wreck of a luxury liner off the coast as the arrested captain faced a hearing with investigators.
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An unexploded mortar shell, left from recent fighting between security forces and tribal militants loyal to the powerful al-Ahmar family, is seen on a road in the vicinity of government buildings in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Jan. 17.
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Villagers try to control a bull during a bull-taming festival on the outskirts of Madurai, India, on Jan. 17, 2012. The annual jallikattu bull-taming festival is celebrated as part of south India's harvest festival of Pongal.
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The peleton rides past spectators in bathtubs during stage 1 of the 2012 Tour Down Under in Clare, Australia, on Jan. 17, 2012.
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A man watches a frame with concrete balls suspended on it as workers install it above railway tracks in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, on Jan. 17, 2012. Indonesia has gone to imaginative extremes to try to stop commuters from riding the roofs of trains by suspending rows of grapefruit-sized concrete balls above railway lines a few inches above the tops of carriages at points where trains enter or pull out of stations, or where they go through crossings.
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Authorities hope the balls — which could deliver serious blows to the head — will be enough to deter defiant roof riders.
"We've tried just about everything, even putting rolls of barbed wire on the roof, but nothing seems to work," said Mateta Rizahulhaq, a spokesman for the state-owned railway company PT Kereta Api. "Maybe this will do it." :rofl:
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Athens, Greece: Ministry of Culture employees hold wooden crosses bearing slogans during a 24-hour strike against government austerity measures
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Minga Guazu, Paraguay: A woman walks through soy bean fields decimated by a drought
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Islamabad, Pakistan: Prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani waves to supporters upon arrival at the supreme court for a contempt of court hearing
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New Delhi, India: A member of the Border Security Force (BSF) camel contingent speaks to a camel as they wait to take part in a rehearsal of the Republic Day parade
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Phone-hacking settlements: who got what
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Jude Law (actor) – £130,000 plus costs in phone-hacking settlement
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Chris Bryant (MP) – £30,000 plus costs
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Gavin Henson (rugby player) – £40,000 plus costs
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Guy Pelly (nightclub entrepreneur and friend of Prince Harry) – £40,000 plus costs
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John Prescott (former deputy prime minister) – £40,000 plus costs
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Tom Rowland (journalist) – £25,000 plus costs
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Ben Jackson (right, assistant to Jude Law) – £40,000 plus costs
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Graham Shear (footballers' lawyer) – £25,000 plus costs
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Christopher Shipman (son of Harold Shipman) – "substantial damages" plus costs
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Joan Smith (former partner of Denis MacShane) – £27,500 plus costs
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Claire Ward (former MP) – "substantial" damages plus costs
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Crew members from the Nevada Department of Forestry work to control the Washoe Drive fire near a home in Washoe City, Nevada, on Jan. 19, 2012. The wind-driven fire raged through parched brush near Reno, Nevada, on Thursday, engulfing a number of homes, and prompting residents and livestock to flee by the thousands as belching smoke from the blaze forced the closure of a major highway.
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