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Turkey, Iraq, Palestinian conflicts on travel agenda
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Rice
travels to Middle East this week
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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice travels to the
Middle East this week to lay the groundwork for key
Israeli-Palestinian talks in the United States next month.
The chief US diplomat also has
planned a side visit to Turkey to help tamp down tensions between
Ankara and its neighbor Iraq.
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US seeks stiffer
regulation for made-in-China toys
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WASHINGTON: US legislators
unveiled plans Tuesday for stiffer laws to regulate made-in-China
toys after Halloween “treat” buckets and costume teeth became
the latest tainted products from the Asian nation...
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43 dead as
Tropical Storm Noel rages across Caribbean
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HAVANA: At least 43 people were
killed in floods and landslides triggered by Tropical Storm
“Noel” as it barreled across Haiti, the Dominican Republic and
Cuba, in the Caribbean, officials said Tuesday.
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UN envoy to
revisit Myanmar
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YANGON: UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari
will arrive in Myanmar on Saturday for his second visit to push for
democratic reforms since the junta’s bloody crackdown on protests
last month, a diplomat said Wednesday.
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Quake rocks
Northern Marianas, California
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SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands:
A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake shook the US-administered
Northern Mariana Islands Wednesday but there were no early reports
of casualties or significant damage.
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Pyongyang set to
abandon nuke ambitions, Seoul says
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SEOUL: North Korea will take the
first step toward completely abandoning its nuclear ambitions when
work starts soon to disable its atomic plants, South Korea’s
foreign minister said Wednesday.
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WORLD
INBRIEF
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TEHRAN: Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov criticized United States sanctions against
Iran as “not helpful” after meeting Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad in Tehran on Tuesday.
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