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Myanmar’s junta sets timetable for polls
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YANGON: Myanmar’s military junta unveiled a timetable for the
country’s first elections in two decades, but it was unclear
Sunday if detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be
allowed to stand.
The surprise weekend announcement of a
constitutional referendum in May to set the stage for elections in
2010 appeared to catch her National League for Democracy off-guard.
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Obama pummels Clinton in
White House clean sweep
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SEATTLE, Washington: Senator Barack Obama swept the board Saturday
pummeling Hillary Clinton in three Democratic nominating contests,
as Republican Mike Huckabee gave John McCain a run for his money.
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Pakistan election rally death toll rises to 25
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan: The death toll climbed to 25 from a suicide
bombing at a weekend election rally in northwest Pakistan, officials
said Sunday.
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Crush at Indonesia rock
concert kills 10, police say
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JAKARTA: Ten young people were trampled or crushed to death as
hundreds of music fans tried to force their way out of a rock
concert in the Indonesian city of Bandung, police and hospital
officials said Sunday.
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World’s biggest observation
wheel set to spin
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SINGAPORE: The world’s biggest observation wheel is ready to spin
in Singapore on Monday night, with corporate clients paying
thousands of dollars for the “inaugural flight”, the company
said.
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TOKYO: A nationwide health scare in Japan over contaminated
Chinese dumplings should not harm warming Sino-Japanese ties, the
finance ministers of both countries agreed on Sunday.
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