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BEIJING: China turned its back Saturday on appeals for
dialogue with the Dalai Lama, vowing to smash anti-China forces in
Tibet, where it said the death toll in recent unrest had risen to
19. A day after Beijing launched a manhunt for monks and others it
blamed for unrest in Tibet, a defiant editorial in the People’s
Daily, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, said
opposition to Chinese rule in the Himalayan region must be wiped
out.
-- AFP
ATHENS: Greek garbage collectors and workers
with the country’s main power company returned to work Friday
after a two-week strike, while lawyers, bank employees and teachers
continue their protest against a controversial government pension
bill. Mounds of trash that had piled up on city streets during the
strike began to disappear and people had power supply again after a
17-day stoppage.
-- Xinhua
WASHINGTON: Tensions between Democrats Barack
Obama and Hillary Clinton rose again Saturday after the rival
campaigns exchanged harsh words as Obama gained the backing of the
country’s only Hispanic governor. Rival Hillary Clinton’s
campaign dismissed the nod from New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson
as coming too late to have any effect, while Obama’s staff hit out
at Clinton’s alleged dishonesty after records detailing her years
as first lady were made public.
-- AFP
TAIPEI: Taiwanese voters thronged polling
stations Saturday to vote for a new president amid concern over the
stuttering economy and hopes he will repair relations with big
neighbor China. Beijing and Washington are closely watching the vote
for signs of a new approach in the flashpoint region after eight
years of recurring tensions under outgoing President Chen Shui-bian.
-- AFP
ISLAMABAD: Slain Pakistani opposition leader
Benazir Bhutto’s party was due to announce the name of its
candidate for prime minister Saturday, with every indication he may
be elected uncontested. The new parliament is to meet on Monday to
elect the prime minister, who is to be sworn in by President Pervez
Musharraf on Tuesday, presidential spokesman Rashid Qureshi said.
-- AFP
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