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Malaysia to US:
Stop interfering in Anwar probe
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Foreign Minister Rais Yatim Friday demanded
the United States stop “interfering” in an investigation into
sodomy allegations against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday
urged Malaysia to ensure a “transparent” investigation into the
sexual misconduct allegations against Anwar—the same charge that
saw him jailed a decade ago.
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Colombia’s FARC rebels release 10 hostages
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BOGOTA: Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebel group has freed 10 hostages
kidnapped last week, handing eight of them over to the International
Committee of the Red Cross, the ICRC said Thursday.
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Obama heads for Paris
to meet ‘friend’ Sarkozy
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PARIS: Barack Obama headed for Paris Friday on a European tour that
saw 200,000 cheering fans turn out in Berlin to hear the US
presidential hopeful call for the world to tear down walls of
division and hate.
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‘Dolly’ threatens more
flooding in Texas, Mexico
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NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico: One person was killed as tropical depression
Dolly dumped rain over Texas and Mexico on Thursday after pummeling
the coast as a hurricane and stirring up floods.
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Drug boosts HIV survival by 13 years
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PARIS: Anti-HIV drugs have slashed death rates among people with the
AIDS virus by nearly 40 percent since combination therapy was
introduced in 1996, boosting their life expectancy by some 13 years,
a study says.
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With Karadzic in custody,
attention turns to Mladic
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BELGRADE: With war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic finally in
custody, Serbia came under increased pressure Thursday to capture
his fugitive wartime military chief Ratko Mladic, also wanted for
genocide.
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3 wounded in US college shooting
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WASHINGTON: Three people were shot and wounded on Thursday when a
gunman opened fire in a community college in Phoenix, Arizona, the
school reported on its website.
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BAQUBA, Iraq: Eight people were killed and 20 wounded on Thursday when a female suicide bomber blew herself up as a Sahwa (Awakening) patrol passed in Baquba in eastern Iraq, police and medical sources said.
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