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US envoy still
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BEIJING: The chief US envoy to North Korean nuclear disarmament
talks insisted Friday that the Stalinist regime remained committed
to ending its atomic program, despite a dramatic breakdown in
negotiations.
North Korea walked out of the
six-nation talks on Thursday after four days of deadlock because $25
million in frozen funds had not been returned, despite pledges from
the other parties that it would soon get the money.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Bush asks
lawmakers to push Iraqi funding
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WASHINGTON: US President George
W. Bush on Thursday urged lawmakers to approve his emergency
spending request for Iraq in full and without restrictions on how it
can be spent.
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Democrats up ante,
summon Bush aides
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WASHINGTON: US Senators Thursday
threw down the gauntlet in a battle with President George W. Bush
over the sackings of eight prosecutors, approving subpoenas for top
White House aides.
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Danish paper
welcomes acquittals in France
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COPENHAGEN: The Danish newspaper that first
printed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed on Thursday hailed a Paris
court’s acquittal of a satirical French weekly that also published
cartoons of the prophet.
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Pakistan honors
late cricket coach
with highest civil award, after mysterious death
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on
Thursday it would confer its highest civil award on late national
cricket coach Bob Woolmer, officials said.
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Australia vows to
rein in botox parties
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SYDNEY: Health authorities have moved to rein in
“Botox cowboys” who stage parties where cosmetic surgery
injections are offered along with cocktails.
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INBRIEF
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SINGAPORE:
Singapore is reviewing the salaries of top civil servants to prevent
them from migrating to private firms and to maintain the country’s
competitive edge, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said.
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