Earthquake In Southwest Pakistan Kills At Least 250, Many Feared Trapped Under Buildings :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The death toll in the earthquake that struck Pakistan's southwest province of Baluchistan on Tuesday afternoon has risen to at least 250, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24222760" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BBC</a> reported, and many are still believed to be trapped under the debris of collapsed buildings.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/earthquake-southwest-pakistan-kills-least-250-many-feared-trapped-under-buildings-1410628
Hong Kong 0, New York 1? :: Hong Kong has seemingly lost the biggest IPO since Facebook. The loss, though, may do more to bolster Hong Kong's reputation in the longer term.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24240508#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Post Office staff in 12th strike :: Staff at the UK's 372 Crown post offices are to take part in a further strike on Monday in a long-running dispute about closures, jobs and pay.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24240867#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Protests Rock Sudan As Bashir Slashes Fuel Subsidies In Accordance With IMF Recommendations :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A little over two hours after fuel station employees in Sudan stepped outside to raise their advertised gas prices on Monday, hundreds of protesters hit the streets across the country to condemn the national government.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/protests-rock-sudan-bashir-slashes-fuel-subsidies-accordance-imf-recommendations-1410624
Firefighters strike in pensions row :: Firefighters in fire services across England and Wales are due to strike for four hours from midday in a dispute over pensions.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24235251#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Pubs cut prices in VAT protest :: Thousands of pubs and restaurants are dropping their prices by 7.5% for one day in protest at current tax conditions.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24237704#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
AUDIO: '999 calls still answered' :: Matt Wrack, general secretary at the Fire Brigade Union, and Brandon Lewis MP discuss the impact of the firefighters' strike in England and Wales.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24238322#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
London Market Report :: Shares in Centrica and SSE fall following a pledge by Labour leader Ed Miliband to freeze energy bills.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Dog Owners Upset Over A San Francisco Proposal To Limit Areas Where Dogs Can Be Off A Leash :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Dog owners in San Francisco's Bay Area are upset over a proposal that has limited canines from running around free in several popular beaches and parks in the city.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/dog-owners-upset-over-san-francisco-proposal-limit-areas-where-dogs-can-be-leash-1410622
Space Dragon: Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole That Breathed Fire 2 Million Years Ago Could Erupt Again :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy erupted in a powerful explosion two millions years ago, lighting up a cloud 200,000 light years away, a team of researchers led by the University of Sydney said, adding that such a colossal explosion could happen again.</p>
<p>According to researchers, the latest discovery confirms that black holes can "flicker," moving from maximum power to switching off over short periods of time.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/space-dragon-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole-breathed-fire-2-million-years-ago-could-erupt-again
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Declares Victory In Nairobi Mall Siege; But Death Toll Feared To Rise :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta declared victory on Tuesday in an operation to end the four-day siege of the Westgate mall in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, amid fears that the death toll from the attack perpetrated by Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab would be much higher than 72 as currently estimated.</p>
<p>"We have ashamed and defeated our attackers," Kenyatta said in a televised address, according to an Associated Press <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kenyan-president-declares-victory-mall-siege-002321142.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">report</a>. "Kenya has stared down evil and triumphed."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/kenyan-president-uhuru-kenyatta-declares-victory-nairobi-mall-siege-death-toll-feared-rise-1410614
Freddie Mac Failed To Pursue Defaulters For Recovery of Up To $4.6B In Shortfalls In Foreclosed Mortgage Properties :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Freddie Mac failed to refer nearly 58,000 foreclosed mortgages with about $4.6 billion in shortfalls to vendors who assess borrowers' ability to repay and are responsible to collect mortgage payments, thus foregoing a chance to recover dues from homeowners who had the ability to repay, according to an audit report from the Federal Housing Finance Agency's Office of Inspector General, or OIG, in Washington.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/freddie-mac-failed-pursue-defaulters-recovery-46b-shortfalls-foreclosed-mortgage-properties-1410612
Chinese airlines order Airbus A320s :: Two new Chinese airlines announce orders to buy 43 aircraft from the Airbus A320 family of planes.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24238200#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Roku introduces new lineup of devices, deep integration with M-Go video service :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/89R-zH3g6TA/
Kanye West Praises Kim Kardashian And Calls Himself 'No. 1 Rock Star On The Planet' In BBC Interview :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Kim Kardashian's immense wealth, which is estimated at $40 million, is what makes her relationship with Kanye West work, feels the rapper, who opened up about his family and career during a one hour BBC Radio 1 interview that aired on Monday.</p>
<p>"She was in a powerful enough situation, where she could love me without asking me for my money, which is really hard for me to find," the 36-year-old rapper said, adding, "She gave me everything. She gave me a family. She gave me a support system."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/kanye-west-praises-kim-kardashian-calls-himself-no-1-rock-star-planet-bbc-interview-1410598
Smithfield Foods Shareholders Approve $4.7 Billion Acquisition By China's Shuanghui :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Shareholders of Smithfield Foods Inc. (NYSE:SFD) approved the proposed $4.7 billion sale of the Smithfield, Va.-based company to China's largest pork producer, Shuanghui International Holdings, sealing the biggest acquisition of an American company by a Chinese firm, Smithfield said in a statement on Tuesday. More than 96 percent of the votes were in favor of the transaction, which is valued at $7.1 billion including debt, and the merger will be complete by Sept. 26.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/smithfield-foods-shareholders-approve-47-billion-acquisition-chinas-shuanghui-1410564
VIDEO: Hong Kong's high-end pawn shop :: Designer handbags can cost a small fortune - which also means they are good collateral for anyone looking for a quick loan, as Juliana Liu reports.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24235889#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Fonterra posts 18% jump in profit :: New Zealand's Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy firm, posts an 18% jump in full year earnings despite a nationwide drought which led to lower milk production.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24236983#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Astronomers Find Evidence Of The Densest Galaxy Near Earth, Which Is 10 Billion Years Old And Crowded with Stars :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Astronomers have discovered evidence of what they believe is the most crowded galaxy near Earth.</p>
<p>The new "ultra-compact" galaxy, named M60-UCD1, is home to an extraordinary number of stars and it is expected to provide scientists with clues to its intriguing past and its role in galactic evolution, according to the astronomers who made the discovery by using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/astronomers-find-evidence-densest-galaxy-near-earth-which-10-billion-years-old-crowded-stars-1410562
Smithfield China deal approved :: Shareholders of US pork producer Smithfield Foods agree to buyout by China's Shuanghui International for $4.7bn (£3.1bn) in cash.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24236978#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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