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S. Korea
hopes for better ties with North
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SEOUL: South Korea said Monday it hopes a US move to drop North
Korea from a terror blacklist would warm Seoul’s chilly ties with
the communist state, but conservative media slammed the move as
“unprincipled.”
Unification Ministry Spokesman
Kim Ho Nyoun said South Korea is considering a shift in policy,
including on the issue of providing food and steel.
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Opposition leader
Anwar calls for budget overhaul
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s
opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim Monday called on the government to
review its big-spending 2009 budget in light of the global economic
crisis.
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Thai Queen Sirikit
attends anti-govt protester’s funeral
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BANGKOK: Thailand’s Queen
Sirikit attended the funeral Monday of a demonstrator killed in
recent clashes between police and anti-government protesters, in a
rare royal appearance at such an event.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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OTTAWA: Campaigning in Canada’s
parliamentary elections entered the home stretch Sunday with the
governing Conservatives still the front-runners amid voter jitters
over how the global financial crisis will hit the economy.
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