Bhutto's party tells army not to meddle
THE PLEDGE:
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who replaced Pervez Musharraf at the helm of the military, seems to have heeded the call and has moved to distance the army from politics
The Pakistani army must stay out of politics, the party of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto said, as it worked to build a government that can strip its former military president of much of his power.
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Gambari meets pro-democracy leaders in Myanmar
NEW RESTRICTIONS:
A new constitution would bar Nobel prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi from running in future elections because of her marriage to a foreigner
UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari met Aung San Suu Kyi and senior members of her pro-democracy party yesterday after Myanmar's junta refused to include them in its election process.
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Indian admits spying on Pakistan
An Indian who insisted he was not a spy during more than three decades on Pakistan's death row has admitted he was a secret agent after his return to his home country, a report said on Friday.
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Kashmir authorities drop plan to poison 100,000 stray dogs
Faced with protests from animal rights groups, authorities in Indian Kashmir have canceled plans to poison nearly 100,000 stray dogs as part of an anti-rabies program, an official said.
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Actress Tang Wei blacklisted in China over 'Lust, Caution'
CONTROVERSY:
Chinese authorities have decreed that any commercial or work of art featuring the award-winning actress is to be promptly removed
Actress Tang Wei (湯唯), who won an award in Taiwan for her role in the erotic spy thriller Lust, Caution by Taiwanese director Ang Lee (李安) has been blacklisted in China because of the controversy over the film, a report said yesterday.
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Thatcher admitted to hospital
OUT IN A JIFFY:
Britain's first female prime minister, nicknamed 'the Iron Lady,' has made fewer and fewer public appearances since 2002 on the advice of her doctors
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher spent the night in a London hospital for a series of medical checks and returned home yesterday.
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Greens in Hamburg want talks with CDU
OPEN TO OPTIONS:
With German coalitions in flux, an alliance with Chancellor Angela Merkel's party could free the Greens from relying on the center-left Social Democrats
When Germany's Green Party first entered parliament 25 years ago, few imagined that the protest party -- with its penchant for beards, dungarees and sunflowers -- would one day become a sought-after ally for conservatives.
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Extremist preachers jailed in England for recruiting terrorists
A judge jailed two extremist preachers on Friday for running a network of military-style terrorism training camps in picturesque locations across the English countryside.
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British secret agent and WWII heroine Cornioley passes on
Pearl Cornioley, who parachuted into France as a secret agent during World War II to help arm and organize the Resistance, has died. She was 93.
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Iraqi leader tries to calm Turkey
CONTROLLING THE BORDER:
After a week-long raid by the Turkish military on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, the president promised his country was pressuring the militants
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani insisted that Kurdish rebels would not be tolerated inside its borders and sought to allay tensions following neighboring Turkey's eight-day military mission inside Iraq.
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Obama aide quits after 'monster' remark
NECK AND NECK:
As the two camps exchange barbs over foreign policy, the latest polls show Barack Obama virtually tied with Hillary Clinton in the US Democratic caucuses
A key adviser to Senator Barack Obama quit on Friday after calling Senator Hillary Clinton a "monster" and sparking a new Iraq War policy row, as the hyper-competitive Democratic White House race took another nasty twist.
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Lula starts program to clean up Rio's infamous slums
Visiting slums that few Brazilians dare to enter, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launched a program on Friday to inject huge amounts of government money to lift poor residents out of misery in hopes of ousting the drug gangs that control the shantytowns.
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Bolivian court halts planned referendum on new constitution
Bolivia's top electoral court on Friday suspended a planned nationwide referendum on a draft constitution Bolivian President Evo Morales said would give more power to the country's poor indigenous majority.
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Researchers spot rare white killer whale in Alaska
The white killer whale spotted in Alaska's Aleutian Islands sent researchers and the ship's crew scrambling for their cameras.
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