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N. Korea’s Kim meets Chinese envoy
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BEIJING: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il had talks with a Chinese
envoy in Pyongyang on Friday, state media here said, his first known
meeting with a senior foreign visitor since a reported stroke in
August.
Kim met with Wang Jiarui, a senior official with
China’s ruling Communist Party, the Xinhua news agency said in a
brief dispatch.
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Castro says he won’t outlive
US president’s term in office
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HAVANA: Ailing former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said Thursday he
will not outlive US President Barack Obama’s first term in office,
and asked the government of his brother, President Raul Castro, not
to fuss over his death.
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Obama orders closure of Guantánamo Bay prison
within a year, bans torture
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the
closure of Guantánamo Bay prison within a year and banned torture
in a dramatic repudiation of his predecessor George W. Bush’s
anti-terror policies.
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Japan launches satellite
to track greenhouse gas
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TOKYO: Japan on Friday launched the world’s
first satellite that will exclusively collect data on greenhouse gas
emissions around the world, as part of global efforts to tackle
climate change.
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Handwritten Lincoln speech in 1864 to be
auctioned in New York at top price
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: The original handwritten copy of a speech given by
Abraham Lincoln in 1864 calling for the United States to unite in
the midst of its Civil War will be auctioned in New York, according
to Christie’s auction house.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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GENEVA: More than 50,000 people are now infected with cholera in Zimbabwe's epidemic, which has so far killed 2,773 people, the latest figures from the World Health Organization said Friday.
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