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Pakistan condemns US air strike that killed 11 soldiers
Pakistan’s military condemned a “cowardly” US air strike that killed 11 Pakistani troops near the Afghan border yesterday, saying it could jeopardize cooperation in the “war on terror.”
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S Korea’s Lee vows ‘fresh start’
REVOLUTION?:
Rallies against US beef have become a sounding box for grievances against the increasingly unpopular President Lee Myung-bak
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said yesterday he was determined to make a “fresh start” after weeks of mass protests prompted his entire Cabinet to offer their resignations.
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North Korea mixes luxury, starvation
North Korea is lavishing money on an Olympic-size swimming pool and on renovating its capital while people grapple with a growing food crisis, a Web newspaper run by defectors said yesterday.
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Indonesian village struggles with ban on sect
More than 70 percent of Manis Lor’s 4,000 people are members of Ahmadiyya, a 130-year-old Muslim sect in the Sufi strain that holds that its founder was the Messiah; Sunni fundamentalists have denounced it as heretical. The villagers have been attacked at least three times in the past.
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Ex-Malaysian PM faces accusations of bullying judges
Malaysian judges were sent to an indoctrination “boot camp” and threatened with dismissal to pressure them into making pro-government decisions, a senior judge said, according to reports yesterday.
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Rain threatens reservoirs in China
A day after China declared victory over a dangerous “quake lake,” waters receded further yesterday, state press said, but authorities warned the danger period was not over because of predicted heavy rains.
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Brown faces test over terror laws
NOW OR NEVER:
The British PM hoped to succeed where his predecessor failed by trying to extend the period police can hold terror suspects without bringing charges
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Italian police say doctors performed needless surgeries
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Released dungeon incest daughter wakes from coma
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Israeli shell decapitates six-year-old girl
PINPOINT ATTACKS?:
The shell, aimed at a group of militants in the Gaza Strip, instead killed a girl in her backyard. Israel is considering a broad military campaign in the area
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Iranian president lashes out after warning by Bush
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Republicans block bill on oil profit tax
SENATE FIGHT:
Republicans also blocked a proposal to extend tax breaks for wind, solar and other alternative energy development and promotion of energy efficiency
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Rights group warns of psychological risks for detainees
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Al-Qaeda on brink of defeat in Iraq, experts say
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Canadian police admit to knowing Bernier’s girlfriend
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Mexico drug war leaves more than 1,300 dead
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Bush voices regrets about divisions caused by Iraq
LAST TRIP:
The US president was expected to discuss sanctions against Iran in his meeting with Angela Merkel before proceeding to Rome, Paris, London and Belfast
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