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Musharraf
calls for calm after vote delay
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan President
Pervez Musharraf was to appeal for calm and national unity Wednesday
after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, with a delay in elections
due to be announced later in the day.
Bhutto’s opposition party and
others oppose a postponement but with dozens of election offices
wrecked in the unrest that convulsed the nation after her killing,
election officials say a delay until February is needed.
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Iran moves over
Putin assassination rumor
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TEHRAN: Iran has arrested a man
for starting a rumor that Russian President Vladimir Putin risked
being assassinated during a landmark visit to Tehran in October,
newspapers reported on Wednesday.
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Indonesia jails
former ambassador for graft
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JAKARTA: Former Indonesian
ambassador to Malaysia Hadi Wayarabi Alhadar was found guilty
Wednesday of graft and sentenced to 2.5 years in jail along with a
close aide.
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Tens of thousands
flee Kenya violence as toll tops 300
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NAIROBI: Tens of thousands of
people have been forced to flee their homes amid brutal
post-election violence in Kenya that had claimed at least 300 lives
by Wednesday and threatens to descend into full-scale tribal
conflict.
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Commission leaders
blast CIA tapes
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WASHINGTON: The leaders of a US
commission that examined the September 11, 2001 terror attacks
accused the CIA Wednesday of having obstructed their investigation
by withholding information about videotaped...
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WORLD
INBRIEF
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BANGKOK: The only sister of
Thailand’s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej died on Wednesday at
the age of 84, the royal household said. Princess Galyani “passed
away at 2:54 a.m. (1954 GMT) on January 2, 2008,”...
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