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Myanmar monks march again |
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YANGON: Buddhist monks staged a new protest Friday
against Myanmar’s ruling junta, which is under mounting
international pressure as it faces the most sustained challenge to
its rule in nearly 20 years.
More than 200 monks in
rust-colored robes braved the driving rain to pray at a pagoda on
the north side of Yangon, in the latest show of defiance against the
military that has ruled this impoverished nation since 1962.
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Jailed Kmer Rouge leader disputes charges
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PHNOM PENH: Jailed Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea, who was arrested
earlier this week, has disputed charges of war crimes and crimes
against humanity filed against him, court documents filed Friday
revealed.
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N. Korea cites heavy losses, disease after
floods
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SEOUL: Heavy rains have pummeled North Korea for a second time in
a month; state media said Friday, as the communist nation struggles
to contain disease outbreaks from earlier floods.
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Racial injustice in US South
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JENA, Louisiana: In a scene reminiscent of the US civil rights
movement of the 1950s, thousands marched through this small
Louisiana town Thursday protesting what they say is widespread
inequality and racism in the US criminal justice system.
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Al-Qaeda takes ‘media jihad’ to new heights
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PARIS: The sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks has
provided an opportunity to al-Qaeda to show off once again its
mastery of the Internet as a tool for international propaganda,
terrorism experts said Friday.
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Controversy swirls around Iranian leader’s
visit to New York
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NEW YORK: Plans by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit New York next week
have sparked deep controversy in the United States, where the
Iranian leader is considered an ally of Islamic militants and Iraqi
insurgents.
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