BASHING: A rising number of young Chinese living abroad argue that the Western media are biased and irresponsible in their coverage of the Tibet crackdown
Armed with nationalism and the Internet, young Chinese abroad have launched a wave of attacks accusing Western media of bias in reporting on unrest in Tibet and defending Beijing's crackdown.

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A Sri Lankan filmmaker has ended up in hospital after making a damning film on the Tamil Tigers and trying to have it processed in a studio in a Tamil-majority region of India.

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Muslim leaders in eastern Nepal called for calm and authorities stepped up security yesterday after a bomb attack on a mosque killed two people and seriously wounded two others.

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An Australian state could ban hand-held laser pointers after six planes arriving in Sydney were forced to alter their flight paths, officials said yesterday.

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WHERE DO WE START? : The EU has proposed cutting emissions by 25 to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, but Japan has talked of using 2005 as a baseline instead
Governments from nearly 200 countries will launch discussions today on forging a global warming agreement, a process that is expected to be fraught with disagreements over how much to reduce greenhouse gases and which nations should adhere to binding targets.

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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd gave strong backing to the UN on Saturday and accused Sudan's government of obstructing deployment of a UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping force to help end the five-year conflict in Darfur.

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Hiding under the shade of makeshift stage, 13-year-old Denilda Abdul finishes the last spoonful of her corn-soya porridge and quickly lines up for another serving.

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REMAINING CALM: North Korea accused South Korea of calling for a `pre-emptive attack,' while Seoul said that no such remarks appeared in their statement
South Korea yesterday reacted calmly to North Korea's threat to suspend all inter-Korean dialogue in protest over remarks by Seoul's top general.

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Pakistan's Taliban movement welcomed an offer by the new prime minister to hold talks with militants but urged Islamabad to abandon the US-led "war on terror," the movement's spokesman said.

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COMPENSATION? : The israeli foreign minister expressed support for a controversial proposal to help settlers who voluntarily wish to leave their homes in the West Bank
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday she expects Israel and the Palestinians to take "meaningful" steps to ease Palestinian economic woes and improve Israeli security during her latest Middle East mission aimed at reviving faltering peace talks.

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Three people were killed and around 100 were injured on Saturday after the seven-story headquarters of the Angolan police's criminal investigation department collapsed in Luanda, rescue workers said.

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More than 80 miners are feared dead after floods swept pits in northern Tanzania on Saturday, a survivor and police said.

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`ELECTION THREAT': The Serbian prime minister said that recognition of Kosovo by EU members would play into the hands of the country's nationalists in coming polls
Serbia has told the EU it would soon arrest war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic, as the EU insists, but expressed concern that the dispute over Kosovo is driving the country further apart from the bloc.

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Dutch businesses threatened on Saturday to sue far-right legislator Geert Wilders if his anti-Islam film led to a commercial boycott, as EU foreign ministers and more Muslim countries condemned it.

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A court on the French island of Reunion has annulled proceedings against a deposed rebel leader from the Indian Ocean nation of Comoros, opening the way for Mohamed Bacar to apply for asylum in France.

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READY TO GO: A French newspaper said yesterday that a jet was parked in French Guiana to fly out Ingrid Betancourt if a deal is reached to free her
Colombia said on Saturday that France would be willing to receive former guerrilla fighters as part of a possible deal to free scores of rebel hostages, including ailing French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt.

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BACK AND FORTH: Former president Bill Clinton dismissed the notion that discord among the candidates was hurting the party's chances of capturing the White House
Democratic Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama had a few words of advice on Saturday for his rival, Senator Hillary Clinton: Do not drop out on my account.

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Unions representing film and television actors will negotiate separately with producers in upcoming contract talks after board members of the US TV actors union voted to sever a long-standing agreement between the two guilds.

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BRIEF RELIEF: The capital, where chicken and dairy products became scarce during the week, received deliveries from hundreds of trucks held up for days
Argentine farmers restarted their damaging national strike over a hike in export taxes on Saturday, barely 24 hours after it ended, after negotiations with the government broke down.

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More than five months since Daniel Malakov was shot to death, neighbors still come up to his father to offer condolences. But some refuse to offer a word to the family of the slain orthodontist's estranged wife.

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