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Afghan polls lay hope for power of ballot box
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KABUL: Afghanistan’s contested presidential election has the
potential to lay the foundations for a political system in which
opposing factions draw broad support and power changes hands at the
ballot box.
With the result still too close to call, leading
candidates, the Afghan government and the international community
appear to be preparing for the possibility of a second round
run-off.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Japan PM frontrunner vows to cut public debt
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TOKYO: Japan’s opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama, seen as the
likely next prime minister, said Sunday he would strive to cut
soaring public debt amid criticism that his party is adopting
free-spending policies.
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WOMEN TURNOUT CLOSE TO ZERO AS TALIBAN THREATENS
TO KILL AFGHAN VOTERS
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Threatened with death, restricted by
relatives or alienated by politics, turnout among women voters in
Afghanistan was poor generally and close to zero in some parts of
the south.
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South Korea says solemn goodbye to Kim
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SEOUL: South Korea Sunday said a solemn farewell to Kim Dae-Jung,
who battled dictators to achieve democracy and strove to make peace
with communist North Korea when he became president.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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JAKARTA: A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 rattled
Sumatra island in western parts of Indonesia on Sunday, there was no
report of damage or casualties, the country’s Meteorology and
Geophysics Agency said.
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