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- * MOFA recalls representative to Japan
- * Attack by Taliban frees 1,100 from Kandahar prison
- * Sharif implies that Musharraf deserves to be hanged
- * 7.2 quake hits Japan, killing six and injuring 144
- * COA reverses rule to allow mining of deep coral reefs
Taiwan News
- * MAC chief praises cross-strait accords
- * KMT questions Ma status if ARATS chief visits
- * Prosecutors say former ministers may be indicted
- * INTERVIEW: Tsai warns of hasty decisions in cross-strait affairs
- * Yunlin children get eyeful on city visit
- * Meter-tall student a giant on stage
- * 'Coming of sixteen' to take cyclists round the nation
- * Group pressures police force on frontal name tags
World News
- * Japan urges cooperation in rare three-nation talks
- * Mine explosion kills 27 in Shanxi
- * S Korean trade minister to meet US counterpart
- * Probe Sri Lankan killings: UN council
- * Indonesian policy of withholding bird flu data sparks worries
- * Without fuel, Myanmar faces rice crisis: UN official
- * PM Rudd visits Aceh, pledges renewed aid
- * Bush, Sarkozy to discuss Iran, Syria
- * Climate change meet claims modest progress
- * EU leaders back reform despite Irish vote setback
- * McCain slams Supreme Court
- * California county poised to end all civil weddings
- * Iraq still needs help: Iraqi official
- * Arrests made over alleged plot to kill Ecuador president
- * Terrorism informant ‘received’ C$300,000
- * NBC reporter Tim Russert dies of heart failure at 58
- * World News Quick Take
Editorials
- * EDITORIAL: The economic domino effect
- * The real deal behind green cards
- * How educators are like ostriches
- * Don’t leave our future in hands of Beijing
- * Corporate farms hurting productivity
- * The end of the era of plenty is the start of food jitters worldwide
Sports
- * Patchy All Blacks overcome England
- * Wallabies hang on for win against tenacious Ireland
- * Eaton’s try secures nail-biting win for New Zealand Maori
- * Council denies price decision designed to help president
- * Iraq dump China out of 2010 World Cup
- * Johnson puts Aussies back on top
- * Bell and Pietersen crush the Black Caps
- * Engineer is offered police protection after hate campaign
- * EURO 2008: Dutch thrash France to top Group C
- * Donadoni slams referee after Italy settle for a draw
- * Bruckner aiming to avoid penalties
- * Switzerland look to go out on a high
- * Woods fires three-under at US Open
- * Christian Nilsson forges ahead at St. Omer Open
- * Back-to-back runs help Toronto edge Cubs
- * Federer grabs 57th win on grass in Germany
- * CPBL: dmedia T-Rex beat Chinatrust Whales after scoring early
- * Sports Briefs
Business
- * Oil threatens world economy, G8 warns
- * Saudis to raise production by half-million barrels
- * Ford managers tell union leaders work force must be cut
- * Ambanis feud over talks with MTN Group
- * Business Briefs
World Business
- * Oil settles lower as OPEC lowers demand forecast
- * NYSE: Wall Street cautious as focus shifts to inflation
- * EUROPE: Fear of rate hikes drags Europe down for a second week
- * Dollar gains on inflation news, Ireland’s ‘no’ vote
- * Asian currencies drop on
- * ASIA: Asia posts biggest weekly plunge in three months
- * World Business Quick Take
Business Focus
- * Candy with a conscience looks to sugarcoat issues
- * Tourists coming back for glimpse of West Bank life
- * Apple upsets iPhone expectations by focusing on performance
Features
- * Animals Taiwan shares the love
- * A child's view of the 'Great Leap'
- * [BOOK REVIEW] Talking to dogs without a word
- * [BOOK REVIEW] From the depths of the ocean, a musical treasure
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Japan urges cooperation in rare three-nation talks

DIVERSION: A Japanese professor of politics said that the meeting could help leaders of the three countries, who hope to shift attention from domestic problems
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Mine explosion kills 27 in Shanxi

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S Korean trade minister to meet US counterpart

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Probe Sri Lankan killings: UN council

NO JUSTICE: No one has been prosecuted for such atrocities as a 2006 massacre of 17 aid workers, which truce monitors believe were the handiwork of security forces
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Indonesian policy of withholding bird flu data sparks worries

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Without fuel, Myanmar faces rice crisis: UN official

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PM Rudd visits Aceh, pledges renewed aid

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Bush, Sarkozy to discuss Iran, Syria

HARD LINE: The meeting came as Tehran said it would reject a package of incentives presented by a top EU chief if it calls for Iran to suspend uranium enrichment
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Climate change meet claims modest progress

SLOW PACE: Participants lamented a dearth of proposals at the conference, while environmental groups accused the US, Canada and Australia of obstructing progress
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EU leaders back reform despite Irish vote setback

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McCain slams Supreme Court

THE SAME RIGHTS FOR KHALID?: The presidential candidate called a decision to allow terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay to appeal ‘one of the worst’ in history
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California county poised to end all civil weddings

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Iraq still needs help: Iraqi official

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Arrests made over alleged plot to kill Ecuador president

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Terrorism informant ‘received’ C$300,000

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NBC reporter Tim Russert dies of heart failure at 58

ALWAYS WELL-INFORMED: The TV network announced that Tom Brokaw would host a special edition of ‘Meet the Press’ yesterday dedicated to the late personality
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