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Taliban deadline
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan: A captive South Korean aid
worker made a desperate appeal for help as a looming Taliban
deadline sparked frantic negotiations on Friday to resolve the
Afghanistan hostage crisis.
Taliban militants extended until
midday Friday (0730 GMT) the deadline to arrange the release of the
remaining 22 Christian aid workers now in their ninth day of
captivity. The leader of the group has already been killed.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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S. Korean envoy to
meet Afghan president
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SEOUL: A Seoul presidential envoy
heading to Afghanistan will seek an urgent meeting with President
Hamid Karzai to try to save 22 South Koreans threatened with death
by their Taliban captors, officials said Friday.
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Study: Diabetes
drugs may double risk of heart failure
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CHICAGO: Two popular drugs used
to treat late-onset diabetes may double the risk of heart failure,
according to a new study.
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China on Asia
charm offensive as US lies low
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SINGAPORE: The skipping of major
Asian meetings by President George W. Bush and his top diplomat have
left the US conspicuously absent in Southeast Asia, in stark
contrast to China, analysts say.
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INBRIEF
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TOKYO: Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to face a stinging rebuke in
elections Sunday as voters show more concern about scandals and the
economy than his conservative agenda.
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