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US presses new
Palestinian
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WASHINGTON: The United States pressed the new Palestinian government
Sunday to meet key international demands, saying it will deal with
it if it agrees to forgo violence and fully recognize Israel.
US national security adviser
Stephen Hadley laid down that hard line after Palestinian Prime
Minister Ismail Haniya, in a speech to parliament, insisted on his
new government’s right to all forms of resistance, rejecting a key
international condition for its acceptance.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Legislators to
mull bill calling for Iraq pullout
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WASHINGTON: The House of
Representatives is expected to consider this week crucial budget
legislation for the Iraq war that includes a provision requiring a
US withdrawal from the violence-torn country...
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Singapore, Japan
to work to avert financial crisis
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TOKYO: Singapore’s Prime
Minister Lee Hsien Loong held talks Monday in Japan where he agreed
to cooperate to avert chaos on financial markets, but he looked set
to disagree on emotive history issues.
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Thailand confirms
its fourth bird-flu outbreak
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BANGKOK: Thai officials on Monday
confirmed the country’s fourth outbreak of bird flu this year,
with the deadly H5N1 virus detected among chickens in a northeastern
province bordering Laos.
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Asian powers start
new talks on tangled history
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TOKYO: Scholars from Japan and
China on Monday opened new talks to draft a joint study of their
history, a frequent source of friction between the Asian powers,
officials said.
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INBRIEF
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TOKYO: Japan on Monday
welcomed the US agreement to unfreeze North Korean funds at a Macau
bank, hoping it would help bring progress in six-nation talks on
North Korea’s nuclear program.
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