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Myanmar, border crisis top Asean
talks
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SINGAPORE: Political prisoners in
Myanmar and a Thai-Cambodia border crisis dominated talks between
Southeast Asian foreign ministers Monday, pushing a bold new EU-style
charter to the sidelines.
The Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) ministers sat down to the
business end of their annual meeting expressing hope that Myanmar
opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi could soon be released from house
arrest.
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Obama visits Iraq for fact-finding mission
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BAGHDAD: Democratic White House
candidate Barack Obama was in Iraq on a fact-finding tour on Monday,
days after confirming plans to withdraw US troops from Iraq in 16
months if he takes office next year.
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Malaysia’s police chief
sues Anwar for
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s police
chief Monday filed a defamation lawsuit against opposition leader
Anwar Ibrahim for accusing him of manipulating evidence, the
officer’s lawyer said.
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Pope meets sex-abuse victims
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SYDNEY: Pope Benedict XVI met victims of child-abusing clergymen
before flying out of Australia on Monday after a visit in which he
made a historic apology for the scourge of pedophilia in the church.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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SINGAPORE: The crisis over
Myanmar’s response to a devastating cyclone challenged the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) unity, but the bloc
passed the test by successfully leading an international relief
effort, Singapore said Monday.
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