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Major G8 tech investment
to fight global warming
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TOKYO: The Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations will jointly
invest more than $10 billion a year on research and development of
technology to combat global warming, a report said Sunday.
The plan, including research on underground
storage of carbon dioxides, is included in a draft joint statement
on economic policy to be adopted at the G8 summit scheduled on July
7 to 9 in Japan, the business daily Nikkei said.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Malaysia’s Anwar denounces
new sex charges as ‘fabrication’
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Sunday
denounced as a “complete fabrication” allegations that he
sodomized a male aide, the same charge that saw him jailed a decade
ago.
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UN secretary-general hopes for
strengthened partnership with China
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UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has expressed hope
that his upcoming visit to China will contribute to a strengthened
partnership between China and the world body.
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US Army report faults poor
post-war plan in Iraq
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WASHINGTON: US military operations in Iraq following the 2003 ouster
of Saddam Hussein suffered from poor planning and lack of vision,
according to an army report released Sunday.
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FEATURE
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Man in Australia sells ‘life’ for US$383,000
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SYDNEY: A man in Australia who was selling his “life” over the
Internet—including his home, job and the chance to meet his
friends—said Sunday he had sold the lot for 399,000 Australian
dollars (US$383,230).
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