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It’s
official, Yudhoyono stays in power
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JAKARTA: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won this
month’s election in a landslide and will not need to contest a
run-off, the Election commission said Friday.
Final official results showed
Yudhoyono and his running-mate Boediono with 60.8 percent of the
vote, far ahead of former President Megawati Sukarnoputri with 26.8
percent and Vice President Jusuf Kalla with 12.4 percent.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Junta rejects
criticism on final day of Suu Kyi’s trial
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YANGON: Myanmar’s state media
denounced criticism of its planned elections and ongoing detention
of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi Friday as she faced her
final trial hearing in prison.
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Pyongyang cracks
down on Christians
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SEOUL: North Korea has stepped up
its crackdown on Christians, with executions becoming more frequent
since leader Kim Jong-Il’s reported stroke last year, South Korean
rights groups said here Friday.
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Veteran US
journalists, family bid Walter Cronkite farewell
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NEW YORK CITY: Veteran US
journalists and family members bid farewell Thursday to Walter
Cronkite at a memorial service for the renowned CBS television
anchor in New York.
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WORLD IN BRIEF
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TOKYO: US President Barack Obama
may visit Japan in mid-November, months after an election that is
widely expected to bring a new government in Tokyo, media reports
said Friday.
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