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Japan vows to ratify Asean trade accord
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TOKYO: Japan’s government, saying its honor was on the line, vowed
Tuesday to ratify a free trade accord with Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (Asean) by extending a parliament session hampered by
feuding with the opposition.
“Japan would be laughed at by the
international community” if the world’s second-largest economy
fails to ratify the accord, chief government spokesman Nobutaka
Machimura told a news conference.
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Fear of flying infections
exaggerated, study finds
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SYDNEY: The widely-held belief that passengers crowded aboard
airliners are exposed to a high risk of catching infectious diseases
is exaggerated, an Australian government study has found.
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Suu Kyi’s party appeals
vs. her ‘unfair’ detention
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YANGON: Myanmar’s pro-democracy party said Tuesday that the
ongoing house arrest of its leader Aung San Suu Kyi was illegal and
demanded the ruling junta accept an appeal against her detention.
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Obama, McCain trade
barbs about US economy
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WASHINGTON: White House contenders Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John
McCain are rolling up their sleeves for a grueling, five-month slog
to the election as they trade fire over the economy and the
wrenching US housing crisis.
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TOKYO: A suspect behind a stabbing spree in Tokyo that left seven dead was handed to prosecutors on Tuesday as a picture emerged of an angry young man engulfed by feelings he was ugly and lonely.
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