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washington, seoul stand firm despite pyongyang’s
softening stance
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North Korea told to scrap nukes first
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SEOUL: South Korea and the United States will not be swayed by North
Korea’s peace overtures unless it gives up its nuclear weapons,
Seoul’s foreign ministry said Monday.
Senior visiting North Korean officials met
President Lee Myung-Bak Sunday to deliver a verbal message from
their leader Kim Jong-Il, the latest in a series of conciliatory
gestures by the communist state after months of sabre-rattling.
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Big pharma companies race against killer flu
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PARIS: More than two dozen pharmaceutical companies are racing
against the clock to test, produce and ship more than a billion
doses of swine flu vaccines to anxious populations worldwide bracing
for a second wave of infection.
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Beer-drinking Muslim model gets reprieve from caning
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SUNGAI SIPUT, Malaysia: A Muslim model who was sentenced to be caned
for drinking beer won a surprise reprieve Monday when she was
abruptly released after being detained by Malaysian religious
officials.
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New Zealand PM pacifies revolt over smacking
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WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key moved Monday to
defuse a public revolt over a law which bans the smacking of
children.
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Iranian paramour faces death through stoning
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TEHRAN: An Iranian man convicted of adultery is facing death by
stoning in the northern city of Sari, despite a 2008 moratorium by
the judiciary on such executions, the Sarmayeh newspaper reported on
Monday.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s conservative Islamic party on Monday
called for Danish band Michael Learns to Rock to be banned from
performing next month, saying it was an insult to Muslims during
Ramadan.
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