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Despite release of two american journalists
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End provocations, Washington asks Pyongyang
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NAIROBI: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday it was
up to North Korea to end “provocations” and improve ties with
the United States after it freed two reporters in a mission led by
her husband.
Visiting Nairobi at the start of a tour of
Africa, Clinton said that she considered the release of the two
reporters separate from an ongoing row with North Korea over its
nuclear program.
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Iran president pledges resistance against Western ‘oppresive powers’
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TEHRAN: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in his first address after
being sworn in for a second term on Wednesday, fired a fresh salvo
at Western powers saying Iran will resist “oppressive powers.”
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Thai govt braces for upheaval as Thaksin’s group seeks King’s pardon
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BANGKOK: The government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is in
control over any possible uproar on the day that the United Front
for Democracy Against Dictatorship would tender its pardon petition
for Thaksin Shinawatra before the...
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South America’s swine flue deaths soar
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MEXICO CITY: Mexican swine flu cases jumped Tuesday and deaths in
Latin America soared, as the Netherlands and Vietnam joined the
growing list of countries with fatalities from the pandemic.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: A deeply divided US Senate began a contentious
debate Tuesday on Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination as the first
Hispanic justice and third woman in history to serve on the US
Supreme Court.
-- AFP
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