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New Pakistan PM sworn
in after freeing judges
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s new prime minister was sworn in by President
Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday, a day after challenging the US-backed
leader’s authority by freeing judges he detained under emergency
rule.
Yousuf Raza Gilani, a senior member of the party
of slain opposition icon Benazir Bhutto, was elected as premier on
Monday by parliament, where an anti-Musharraf coalition won a
majority in elections last month.
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Tibet
govt-in-exile confirms 140 dead in unrest
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DHARAMSHALA, India: Some 140 people have been confirmed killed in a
Chinese crackdown in Tibet, the prime minister of the Tibetan
government-in-exile told AFP on Tuesday.
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South Korea to investigate
human-rights abuses in North
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SEOUL: South Korea’s human rights agency said Tuesday it would
launch a probe into abuses in North Korea by hearing from
defectors,” National Human Rights Commission spokesman Lee Myung
Jae said .
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New York governor Paterson
admits drug use during the 1970s
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NEW YORK: New York Governor David Paterson, who assumed office just
last week after his predecessor Eliot Spitzer quit over a
prostitution scandal, admitted Monday to trying illegal drugs.
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Bhutan heralds first day of democracy
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THIMPHU: Bhutan awoke Tuesday as the world’s newest democracy,
after a landslide election win for a party led by an ex-premier who
has pledged to boost development and happiness in the Himalayan
nation.
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BEIJING: China said Tuesday it had arranged a trip to the Tibetan
capital Lhasa for about a dozen selected foreign journalists to
report from the scenes of recent deadly unrest.
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