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Climate change worse than feared: Australian
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SYDNEY: Global warming is occurring at a faster rate than the
worst-case scenario envisaged by experts just six years ago,
Australia’s top climate change scientist said Thursday.
Tim Flannery, named the 2007
Australian of the Year for his work in alerting the public to the
dangers of global warming, said the issue was the greatest challenge
facing humanity in the 21st century.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Japan hopes UN vote sways opposition
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TOKYO: Japan’s government voiced hope Thursday a UN resolution
would help it extend a mission backing US-led forces in Afghanistan,
but the opposition denounced it for dragging the dispute to the
world body.
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Over 100 monks stage protest march in Myanmar
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YANGON: More than 100 Buddhist monks marched on
Thursday in the rain in Yangon under tight security in the third
straight day of protests against Myanmar’s military junta.
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Former minister says Australia spied on US
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CANBERRA: Australia spied on its ally the United States in the 1980s
and stole top-secret radar codes for its fighter jets, former
Defense Minister Kim Beazley said in parliament Thursday.
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Lebanon in turmoil after MP’s slaying
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BEIRUT: Lebanon was plunged into further turmoil on Thursday after
the murder of another anti-Syrian lawmaker in a car bombing widely
blamed on Damascus that threatens to derail a key presidential vote.
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Two killed in Mogadishu violence
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MOGADISHU, Somalia: Gunmen killed a Mogadishu district government
chief and a civilian on the latest attacks in the Somali capital,
officials and witnesses said.
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INBRIEF
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BANGKOK: Thai police said Thursday that it could take up one
to two more weeks formally to identify 33 badly burnt victims of the
Phuket plane crash that killed nearly 90 people...
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