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US man in Suu Kyi case deported from Myanmar
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YANGON: A US citizen jailed for swimming to the house of Myanmar
democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was set to fly out of the army-ruled
nation Sunday with a visiting American senator who secured his
release.
John Yettaw was sentenced to seven years’ hard
labour and imprisonment by a court on Tuesday, in a verdict that
also saw Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi ordered to spend another 18
months under house arrest.
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Taliban directly threaten Afghanistan elections
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: The Taliban on Sunday threatened for the
first time to attack Afghan polling stations, escalating their bid
to derail key elections this week after striking NATO in the heart
of Kabul.
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Mousavi to lead ‘green hope’ movement
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TEHRAN: Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi will continue
his protest against the presidential election in a social movement
named the “Green Path of Hope”, newspapers reported on Sunday.
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President Obama invokes late grandmother in health crusade
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado: President Barack Obama invoked his
personal agony over his late grandmother’s death, in his most
emotional defense yet of his difficult health care reform drive.
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ISLAMABAD: The visit of US special envoy for Pakistan and
Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke to the northwestern Pakistani town of
Mingora was postponed Sunday due to bad weather conditions, sources
said. Holbrooke, who arrived in...
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