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Scotland Yard team expected in Pakistan
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ISLAMABAD: A team of police from Britain’s Scotland Yard is
expected to arrive in Pakistan on Friday to help probe the
assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto as the controversy
over her death rages on.
The squad of detectives from an elite
antiterrorism team is due a day after Pakistani President Pervez
Musharraf admitted he was “not fully satisfied” with his own
country’s handling of the investigation.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Kenya police deploy in capital
to block
opposition rally
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NAIROBI: Thousands of Kenyan police deployed across Nairobi on
Friday to block a fresh attempt by supporters of defeated
presidential opposition candidate Raila Odinga to hold a rally in
the capital.
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Japan PM to keep Cabinet,
focus on Afghan mission
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TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Friday ruled out an
imminent Cabinet reshuffle amid slumping public support, vowing to
focus instead on efforts to resume help for the US-led “war on
terror.”
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Myanmar defiant on 60th
anniversary of independence
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NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: Military-run Myanmar put on a show of defiance
Friday on the 60th anniversary of independence from Britain amid
global pressure for reform following the junta’s bloody crackdown
on dissent.
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Seven houses torched in East Timor
town
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DILI: Seven houses were torched early Friday in southern East Timor
where international peacekeepers and UN police are on national
patrol following 2006 unrest, a senior policeman said.
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WORLD
INBRIEF
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SEOUL: North Korea, which missed a year’s end deadline to declare
its nuclear programs, vowed Friday to build its “war
deterrence,” accusing the United States of stepping up
preparations for an attack.
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