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Troops patrol E. Timor;
President recuperates
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DILI: Troops and police enforced a state of emergency across East
Timor on Tuesday as President Jose Ramos-Horta recuperated from an
assassination bid that doctors said he was lucky to survive.
Acting president Vicente Guterres issued a
decree at Gusmao’s request saying the state of emergency had come
into force from 10 p.m. (1300 GMT) Monday evening and would last for
an initial 48 hours. Under the decree, a curfew will be in place
from 8:00 pm to 6 a.m. while all gatherings and rallies were banned.
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Pakistan looks for missing
envoy, nuke experts
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities searched for the country’s
abducted ambassador to Afghanistan and two kidnapped nuclear experts
on Tuesday as insecurity mounted ahead of crucial elections next
week.
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Gates eyes pause in US troop cuts in Iraq
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BAGHDAD: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that he was
in favor of a short pause in troop drawdowns from Iraq after about
30,000 soldiers have been sent home by July.
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New Thai gov’t eyes self-rule
for Muslim south–minister
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BANGKOK: Thailand’s new government will consider granting some
degree of self-rule to Muslim-majority provinces hit by bloody
separatist unrest, Interior Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said Tuesday.
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YANGON: Myanmar’s junta leader on Tuesday accused western
countries of using sanctions to derail the military’s “road
map” to democracy as the regime prepares for a constitutional
referendum.
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