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China, Taiwan sign historic deals on travel
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BEIJING: China and Taiwan signed historic agreements on Friday
expected to see thousands more people travel every day between the
two traditional rivals in the coming months.
On the second day of landmark talks in Beijing
aimed at easing decades of tensions, negotiators agreed to establish
regular direct flights between China and Taiwan from July, finally
ending time-consuming forced stopovers in Hong Kong.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Guantanamo prisoners
can challenge detention
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WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled prisoners at the
Guantanamo military base have a right to challenge their detention
in US civilian courts, dealing a stiff rebuke to the Bush
administration.
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G8 vows to widen fight against ‘terrorism’
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TOKYO: The Group of Eight justice ministers and security chiefs
vowed on Friday to help developing countries improve their legal
systems to help the global battle against terrorism.
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Obama run stirs hopes in Europe, Africa
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WASHINGTON: Democrat Barack Obama’s bid to become the first
African-American US president has raised hopes in Europe and Africa,
where majorities foresee a positive change in US foreign policy, a
survey revealed on Thursday.
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BOGOTA: Lyrics seeming to exalt cocaine in a new song by French first lady Carla Bruni drew a protest Thursday from Colombia's foreign affairs minister. "You are my drug. More deadly than Afghan heroin.
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