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NEW YORK: Disgraced Wall Street baron Bernard Madoff was adjusting
to an electronic tag and a court-imposed curfew Thursday, as a probe
intensified into his alleged $50-billion fraud.
--AFP
NEW YORK: Ailing US automaker Chrysler says it
will temporarily halt manufacturing as demand plunges and the clock
ticks down on a hoped-for bailout from the federal government.
--AFP
GENEVA: The death toll from cholera in Zimbabwe
has passed 1,000 and the epidemic is continuing to spread, the
United Nations said Thursday. The latest figures from the UN Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) recorded 1,111
deaths and 20,581 suspected cases.
--AFP
TOKYO: Japan has decided to accept about 30
Myanmar refugees who are living in camps in Thailand, officials said
Thursday, marking a new stage in Tokyo’s acceptance of refugees.
--AFP
TOKYO: The Japanese government will possibly
intervene in the foreign exchange market to limit the strength of
the yen, which has hit a 13-year high, said the top government
spokesman Thursday.
--Xinhua
BEIJING: China is preparing to send warships to
fight rampant piracy off the coast of Somalia, the government said
Thursday, a day after one of its commercial vessels foiled an attack
near the African state.
--AFP
SANAA: Yemeni tribesmen who are holding hostage
a German family are demanding the release of two Yemenis detained in
the United States for supporting al-Qaeda, a tribal source said.
--AFP
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s army announced Thursday it
had sacked or demoted 175 soldiers over allegations they were
involved in human rights abuses during the country’s civil war.
--AFP
NAIROBI, Kenya: Talks between the government of
the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and a main rebel group are
set to resume in Nairobi after adjourning for a week, mediators said
on Thursday.
--Xinhua
ARUSHA, Tanzania: The United Nations war crimes
court for Rwanda on Thursday sentenced the brother-in-law of former
Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana to 20 years in prison. Protais
Zigiranyirazo was convicted of “aiding and encouraging” the
killing of some 1,500 people on April 8, 1994, in northern Rwanda
and 10 to 20 others near his home in the capital Kigali.
--AFP
JERUSALEM: Violence flared around the Gaza
Strip on Thursday on the eve of an expiry of a truce but Israel
stressed it would not rush into a major military operation in the
besieged Palestinian territory.
--AFP
BANGKOK: New Thai Prime Minister Abhisit
Vejjajiva said Thursday that ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra
should return to the kingdom and fight corruption charges, and said
Thais would “be kind” to him.
--AFP
BANGKOK: New Thai premier Abhisit Vejjajiva
launches a charm offensive to try and win over his foes and allies
of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra, as his party finalizes the
Cabinet lineup.
--AFP
BAGHDAD: Iraq has arrested about 50 Interior
ministry officials for plotting a coup against the Shiite-led
government, a senior Iraqi security official said on Thursday.
--AFP
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian activists escorted by
opposition MPs defied a police ban to cycle to parliament Thursday
and present a list of demands including the repeal of a tough
security law.
--AFP
MIAMI: Among all the buzz of millionaire
investors hit by a $50-billion Wall Street investment scam,
thousands more needy cases could soon start feeling the pinch as
scores of charities are forced to close.
--AFP
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