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Friday, September 26, 2008 |
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Hun Sen
elected as Cambodian PM for 5 more years
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PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s parliament reelected Hun Sen as prime
minister Thursday, extending his 23-year grip on power, at a session
boycotted by parties disputing the results of the July general
election.
Only 94 of the 123 elected members of parliament
showed up, and unanimously raised their hands to approve the
nomination of the parliament’s president and the new government.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Space exploration key to mankind’s survival, says US space agency chief
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Mankind’s very survival depends on the future
exploration of space, said National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) chief Michael Griffin in an interview with
Agence France-Presse marking the 50th anniversary of the US space
agency.
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N. Korea on brink of restarting nuclear program
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SEOUL: North Korea was Thursday on the brink of restarting the
nuclear weapons program it shut down 14 months ago under a landmark
disarmament deal, as negotiating partners struggled to save the
pact.
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BANGKOK: Thailand’s Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a verdict
and the sentence of a two-year jail term against former Prime
Minister Samak Sundaravej for libel. Samak and co-defendant Dusit
Siriwan were convicted by the Criminal...
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