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Kenya braces for more protests
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NAIROBI: Kenya braced for more violence Thursday as the opposition
vowed to press ahead with a second day of banned nationwide rallies
against President Mwai Kibaki’s disputed reelection.
“The demonstrations are going on and we are
neither going to be cowed or stop at anything until all our aims are
achieved,” Secretary-General Anyang Nyongo of the opposition ODM
party told AFP, a day after police fired tear gas and live bullets
on protesters in opposition strongholds.
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‘Japan Prize’ identifies
US scientists for awards
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TOKYO: Three US scientists were named as laureates of a major
Japanese science prize “Japan Prize” on Thursday for their
achievement in information communication technology and genetics.
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Republicans head south,
Democrats west in tight poll race
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina: Gloves have come off as the wide-open
Republican presidential race heads to South Carolina, with John
McCain experiencing a reprise of the tough tactics that lost him the
state eight years ago.
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Australia ready to pick up
whaling activists held by Japan
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SYDNEY: An Australian customs ship was trying to end a high-seas
standoff in Antarctic waters Thursday by picking up two antiwhaling
activists held onboard a Japanese vessel, Foreign Minister Stephen
Smith said.
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Korea’s Lee seeks mature
relations with Japan
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SEOUL: South Korea’s incoming leader Lee Myung-Bak said Thursday
that he would seek “mature relations” with Japan and would not
seek an apology for its brutal colonial rule over Korea in the last
century.
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