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Cambodian election turnout 75%
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PHNOM PENH: Turnout in Cambodia’s weekend election was a “good
figure” at 75 percent, the country’s election committee said
Wednesday, amid opposition rejections of the results and demands for
a re-vote.
More than 6 million out of 8.1 million eligible
voters cast ballots in Sunday’s election.
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Anwar says he may be charged with sodomy
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s opposition figurehead Anwar Ibrahim
insisted Wednesday he would fight a by-election later this year and
form a new government despite fears he would soon be charged with
sodomy.
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Obama in high-level talks on economy, terror
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WASHINGTON: White House hopeful Barack Obama discussed the US
housing crisis with top officials as he stepped up a campaign
offensive on the economy and vied to elevate his leadership
credentials Tuesday.
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AIDS hitting Asian gays at high rates
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UNITED NATIONS: HIV infection rates among gay men in many parts of
Asia are as severe as those which devastated US homosexual
communities in the late 1980s, top officials of the UNAIDS agency
said Tuesday.
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Soy reduces sperm count, says study
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WASHINGTON: Eating or drinking a lot of products containing soy and
isoflavones can result in reduced sperm count among men, a Harvard
School of Public Health study has shown.
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THE HAGUE: Serbia handed over former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who was on the run for more than a decade, to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague to face genocide charges Wednesday.
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