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Friday, January 26, 2007 |
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Leaders at Davos
forum
debate India, China ‘threat’ |
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’DAVOS, Switzerland: China and India grabbed the early spotlight
at the World Economic Forum in Davos as delegates debated, with both
anticipation and concern, the growing economic clout of the two
Asian giants.
The titles of the seminars on
offer at the annual gathering of global movers and shakers hinted at
the feeling of suspicion and sense of threat which both nations
arouse in many Western politicians and business leaders.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Thai minister
wants ousted premier to put off return
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BANGKOK: Thailand’s defense
minister said that toppled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra should
only return home after elections, in order to prevent any eruption
of “chaos” in the kingdom.
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Malaysia’s Anwar
returns to political stage
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Anwar
Ibrahim is on the attack after returning to the political stage,
launching a series of broadsides against the ruling party which he
says is “rotten to the core.”
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Bush plan worries
immigrant rights activists
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SACRAMENTO, California: President
Bush’s State of the Union call for assimilation—but not
amnesty—for illegal immigrants could present America with
conflicting goals if Congress is not careful...
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INBRIEF
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: A
key rights coalition expressed concern at a reported row over the
rules to be followed by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge tribunal, which
could further delay much-anticipated genocide trials.
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