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Chinese premier
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao offered Japan the hand of friendship
Thursday in a call to put aside bitter memories of the past that
have hobbled relations between the two Asian giants.
In the first address for 22 years
by a Chinese leader to the parliament in Tokyo, Wen urged Japan not
to forget its past but acknowledged its people had also been the
victims of war.
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Algeria in shock
after al-Qaeda bombings
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ALGIERS: Algeria reeled Thursday
from the aftershock of two suicide bombings that killed at least 24
people and fuelled fears of an increasingly powerful al-Qaeda front
in the North Africa region.
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Olympics: EU urges
China to loosen media curbs on locals
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BEIJING: China should loosen its
grip on the media beyond the Olympic Games and not just for foreign
reporters, the European Union’s media commissioner said here
Thursday.
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Syria-Israel peace
possible six months
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JERUSALEM: Syria and Israel could
clinch a peace deal in six months, a Syrian-American businessman at
the heart of secret unofficial peace talks said on Thursday after
appearing before a top parliamentary panel.
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Kidnapped BBC
man’s father urges release, seeks hope son is alive
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The father of BBC reporter Alan
Johnston appealed Thursday to his kidnappers to release him
immediately, and poignantly urged his son not to lose hope, a month
after his abduction in the Gaza Strip.
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