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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf
rejected calls to resign as opposition parties on Wednesday mulled a
coalition government that could force the key US ally from power.
Nawaz Sharif, the man Musharraf removed from power in a coup in
1999, and the widower of assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto
both said they wanted to work with other opposition groups after
Monday’s vote.
--AFP
PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime
Minister Hun Sen has ordered authorities to cancel the business
licenses of private marriage agencies offering “mail order”
Cambodian brides for foreign men, local media reported Wednesday.
The move is a bid to curb the trafficking of Cambodian women to
foreign countries, Hun Sen told the Mekong Times.
--Xinhua
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia goes to
the polls next month and this time the campaign is going online, as
opposition parties turn to blogs, SMS and YouTube to dodge a virtual
blackout on mainstream media. Major newspapers and television
stations, many partly owned by parties in the ruling coalition, are
awash with flattering stories on the government and its achievements
ahead of March 8 general elections. The opposition parties rate
barely a mention, but thanks to the Internet they have begun
campaigning feverishly in cyberspace with the aim of reaching young,
urban, educated voters.
--AFP
HANOI: The Asian Development Bank
and other members of a youth advisory panel on HIV are helping the
Vietnam youth to fight the spread of HIV virus. The $20-million-ADB
project, which will also include a television drama series with HIV
themes set to start this year, aims to spread information about the
disease in Vietnam through stories such as Nam’s who is a former
heroin addict and often had unprotected sex before contracting HIV.
--AFP
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