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Malaysian
corruption inquiry
begins with conflict claims
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KUALA LUMPUR: A royal commission into alleged judicial corruption in
Malaysia began
Monday with panel members rejecting calls to stand down because of
alleged
conflicts of interest.
The inquiry is probing a video
released by former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim last
September which purportedly showed a well-connected lawyer telling a
top judge that he would put him forward for a senior appointment.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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China urges US not
to send wrong signal to Taiwan
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BEIJING: China on Monday demanded
the United States to observe its commitment on the Taiwan issue and
not to send the wrong signal to the forces of the “Taiwan
Independence.”
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Lee pledges
conditional help for North Korea
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SEOUL: South Korea’s
conservative president-elect said Monday that he is willing to meet
North Korea’s reclusive leader and promised the communist state
major economic assistance if it abandons its nuclear ambitions.
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Retirement means
death, says ex-PM Lee Kuan Yew
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SINGAPORE: Retiring to take it
easy is a sure route to death, Singapore’s 84-year-old founding
father Lee Kuan Yew was quoted as saying Monday.
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Race row gives
nasty edge to Clinton-Obama battle
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WASHINGTON: The gloves are coming
off in the bruising White House battle between Hillary Clinton and
Barack Obama as a race row engulfs the campaigns before their first
electoral clash in the Deep South.
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WORLD
INBRIEF
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BEIJING: As many as 12 workers
are feared dead after being buried by a massive landslide at a
quarry in northern China, state media reported Monday.
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