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US automakers seek billions more in loans
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WASHINGTON D.C.: General Motors (GM) and Chrysler went cap-in-hand
to the US government, calling for billions more in loans to stave
off bankruptcy and win extra time for restructuring.
Both companies met Tuesday’s deadline to
present plans to the US Treasury, an attempt to convince government
of their long-term viability, one of the conditions of a
$17.4-billion govern-ment bailout.
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Cambodia’s KHmer Rouge trial court lawyers haggle over atrocity film
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Lawyers at the trial of the Khmer Rouge’s
chief torturer argued Wednesday over the use of a film showing the
liberation of the prison where he allegedly oversaw the deaths of
15,000 Cambodians.
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Indonesian Islamic head snubs Hillary
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JAKARTA: An Indonesian Islamic leader rejected Wednesday an
invitation to dine with Hillary Clinton, as she seeks to rebuild
ties with the Muslim world on her first trip abroad as US secretary
of state.
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Contrasting views of Islamic religious schools
in multi-ethnic Singapore
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SINGAPORE: Nurlidyana, Darwisyah and Azeera are late for English
class but the girls do not seem to mind as they giggle and chat
about school and their hopes for the future.
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KUALA LUMPUR: A prominent Malaysian opposition politician tearfully
offered her resignation Tuesday after photos of her in the nude were
circulated to the media.
-- AFP
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