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Malaysia blasts US over Anwar affair–report
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has reportedly blasted the United States for
questioning its handling of sex accusations against Opposition
Leader Anwar Ibrahim and said he was a “snitch” for America.
The United States said Monday it would oppose
any politically motivated investigation or prosecution of Anwar, who
faces new accusations of sodomy with a young male aide—the same
charge that sent him to jail a decade ago.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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McCain camp cranks up pressure
ahead of Obama’s Iraq trip
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WASHINGTON: John McCain’s campaign Wednesday raised the stakes
ahead of White House rival Barack Obama’s expected trip to Iraq,
saying the Democrat’s plans for immediate troops withdrawals
ignored security gains.
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Tibet foreign minister ‘not encouraged’
by China talks
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TOKYO: The latest round of talks between the Dalai Lama’s envoys
and China did not look encouraging so far, Tibet’s foreign
minister in exile said Thursday.
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G8 leaders convene in
Japan amid global crisis
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TOKYO: Leaders of the world’s top eight industrial powers meet
next week in Japan aiming to find ways to stimulate a global economy
rattled by soaring oil and food prices.
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Myanmar needs more natural
gas to generate electricity
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YANGON: Myanmar needs more natural gas in addition to hydropower to
generate over 500 megawatts (mw) of electricity to be supplied to
Yangon round the clock, the leading local weekly Yangon Times
reported Thursday.
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New drug candidates identified
to combat ‘bird flu’
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LOS ANGELES: More than two dozen promising and novel compounds have
been isolated from which new “designer drugs” might be developed
to combat “bird flu,” according to a new study released
Thursday.
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New study shows how broccoli
helps reduce cancer risk
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WASHINGTON: A scientific study published here Wednesday sheds light
on why men who eat a lot of broccoli are less likely to develop
prostate cancer.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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ULAN BATOR: After Nepal's Maoists, former communist again emerged victorious as Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
(MPRP) won the Mongolia national elections, the General Election Committee said Thursday as it dismissed allegations of vote rigging.
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