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Asean to establish human rights body
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MANILA: Human rights commissioners from four Southeast Asian nations
began a two-day meeting in Manila Tuesday to try to establish the
framework for a regional human rights body. The 10-nation
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) last year agreed to
set up an Asean human rights mechanism as part of its charter. But
it did not agree a framework for the establishment of such a
mechanism.
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Democrats blast Bush’s ‘failed policies’
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WASHINGTON: Democrats blasted President George W. Bush’s State of
the Union speech Monday, with presidential candidates Barack Obama
and Hillary Clinton dismissing his “empty rhetoric” and
“failed policies.”
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VC tunnel complex now a war park
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CU CHI, Vietnam: If war is like hell, the fighters of Vietnam’s Cu
Chi tunnels were several meters (feet) closer to it than most.
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WASHINGTON: The United States declassified documents Monday
detailing how Washington propped up ex-Indonesian leader Suharto,
who died at the weekend, at the expense of democracy and human
rights.
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