Indian ship with 35 crew escapes pirate attack in the Arabian Sea. A Shipping Corporation of India vessel with 35 crew members on board was attacked by pirates in the Arabian sea, around 300 miles off the western coast, but it managed to escape, a top company official said on Tuesday.
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The earlier sea-jacked MV DELVINA has arrived at the Kenyan port of Mombasa and is anchored at K anchorage after entering the harbour in the shadows of the night yesterday.
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WASHINGTON - Defense officials are hailing passage of the fiscal 2010 budget that funds military programs and wartime operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and provides a military pay raise.
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Hindus have urged Bosnia-Herzegovina to urgently modify its constitution to reflect that all its citizens are treated equally.
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Sales for the food services and drinking places industry increased 0.5% from September to October to nearly $4.1 billion in current dollars.
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Real gross domestic product grew 0.2% in October, a second consecutive monthly advance. Production increased in most major sectors, as was the case in September.
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On October 1, 2009, Canada's population was estimated at 33,873,400. In the third quarter, Canada's population grew by 133,500 (+0.40%).
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Non-farm payroll employment increased by a moderate 34,500 in October. Since June, the trend in non-farm payroll employment has been flat, as a number of industries have shown a marked shift away from the large cuts that occurred during the first eight months in the economic downturn.
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The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits in October edged down 0.5% to 809,600.
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Retail sales in current dollars rose 0.8% in October to $35.3 billion, the eighth gain in 10 months. Excluding the automotive sector, sales edged down 0.2%.
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