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Iran weighs nuclear offer
but expectations low
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TEHRAN: Iran was on Sunday considering an offer from world powers
aimed at resolving the six-year nuclear crisis but hopes of a
breakthrough were dim after Tehran appeared to bluntly reject a key
condition.
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana delivered
over the offer on behalf of world powers to top Iranian officials on
Saturday, saying it was “full of opportunities” for the Islamic
republic.
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G8 science ministers meet
on technology cooperation
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NAGO, Japan: Science and technology ministers from the Group of
Eight (G8) gathered Sunday in Nago, city of Okinawa Prefecture, to
confer on technological cooperation on measures against various
global challenges, including climate change and infectious diseases.
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Cambodian court releases
opposition publisher
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PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court on Sunday released a newspaper
publisher who had been detained for printing allegations that the
foreign minister had ties to the murderous Khmer Rouge regime, his
lawyer said.
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Australia wants global fight
on Afghan, Pakistan border
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SYDNEY: Australia on Sunday called for greater engagement with
Pakistan on fighting insurgents along the Afghan border, saying
unrest there could spread elsewhere in the world.
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KURIHARA, Japan: Three people were found dead Sunday in a rural resort destroyed by an earthquake in northern Japan, bringing the death toll from the disaster to nine, a fire department official said.
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