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APEC finance ministers to
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COOLUM, Australia: APEC finance ministers will discuss how the
Asia-Pacific region can deal with climate change while also meeting
its expanding energy needs at a gathering in Australia beginning
Thursday.
Finance ministers from the 21 countries of the
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will hold a two-day meeting
in the Queensland resort town of Coolum to make policy
recommendations ahead of an APEC leaders’ summit in Sydney in
September.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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69 miners in China rescued after 3 days
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BEIJING: Sixty-nine workers trapped in a flooded Chinese coalmine
for more than three days were pulled out alive on Wednesday, state
press reported.
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Pollution accelerates the loss of Himalayan glaciers
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PARIS: The haze of pollution that blankets southern Asia is
accelerating the loss of Himalayan glaciers, bequeathing an
incalculable bill to China, India and other countries whose rivers
flow from this source, scientists warned on Wednesday.
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Malaysia asks Taliban to release hostages
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KUALA LUMPUR: Muslim-majority Malaysia called for the immediate
release of 21 South Koreans kidnapped in Afghanistan as a deadline
loomed Wednesday.
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Tributes pour in for Italian film director
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ROME: Tributes poured in Tuesday for film legend Michelangelo
Antonioni, director of the 1960s hit Blow Up and one of the last
figures of Italy’s golden age of cinema, who has died aged 94.
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FBI raids US Sen. Ted Steven’s home
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WASHINGTON: Federal law-enforcement agents have raided the Alaska
home of a senior Republican senator as part of a probe into
political corruption, US media reported on Tuesday.
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INBRIEF
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BAGHDAD: Three US soldiers were killed and six others were
wounded when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in eastern
Baghdad, the military said on Wednesday.
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