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UN’s
anti-racism meet ends in boycott
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GENEVA: A UN anti-racism conference opens in disarray Monday amid a
Western boycott and fears that Iran’s president will use
the venue to launch a new verbal onslaught on Israel.
Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad—who has called for Israel to be “wiped off the
map” and described the Holocaust as a “myth”—arrived in
Geneva late Sunday as one of the few heads of state attending the
conference.
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Washington, Havana
reconciliation put on hold
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PORT OF SPAIN: President Barack
Obama dampened hopes of a quick end to a long-standing US trade
embargo on Cuba as Havana’s exclusion from a regional summit
scuppered agreement on a joint declaration.
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Seoul-Pyongyang
talks to resume amid escalating tensions
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SEOUL: South Korea’s president
called a special meeting of security ministers Monday, one day
before his government holds its first official talks with North
Korea for more than a year.
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Rallies vs. Thai
govt to continue
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BANGKOK: Representatives of the
Thai anti-government group, United Front of Democracy Against
Dictatorship (UDD), demanded Monday the government to lift the state
of emergency imposed earlier,...
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TOKYO: Vietnam’s Communist
Party chief met Japanese Emperor Akihito on Monday and was later set
to hold talks with Prime Minister Taro Aso as well as business
leaders, the host government said.
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