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South Koreans fear
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SEOUL: Along with shock and sadness, fears of a racial backlash were
uppermost in South Koreans’ minds as news sank in Wednesday that a
compatriot was to blame for the US university massacre.
“I was shocked and dismayed,” said Park Ha-Seok,
a day after US police named South Korean student Cho Seung-Hui, 23,
as responsible for the shooting spree, which left himself and 32
others dead at Virginia Tech.
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Murder of Nagasaki mayor shocks Japan
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NAGASAKI, Japan: Stunned Japanese placed flowers at the spot here
where the mayor of Nagasaki was gunned down as police probed the
killer’s links to the nation’s largest crime syndicate.
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Proposed refugee swap criticized
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AUSTRALIA announced on Wednesday plans to swap its detained
boatpeople with those held by the United States, a move immediately
denounced as “bizarre” by rights groups and opposition
politicians.
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Fate of spinster’s fortune up in the air
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ASIA’s richest woman Nina Wang was given an extravagant funeral
send-off Wednesday attended by many of Hong Kong’s rich and
powerful, amid feverish speculation over who will inherit her
fortune.
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Mahathir: Malaysia must keep Proton
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia must choose a domestic partner over a foreign
company for ailing carmaker Proton to preserve its status as a
national company, former Prime Minister Mahathir Muhammad said
Wednesday.
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INBRIEF
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SEOUL: Communist North Korea has demanded pay rises for workers in
South Korean factories at a joint industrial zone in the North,
officials said Wednesday.
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