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COUNSEL FEARS UNRELEASED DOCUMENTS TO WEAKEN DEFENSE
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Anwar faces ‘unfair’ trial in sodomy case
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s high court has set a new date for Anwar
Ibrahim’s sodomy hearing, his counsel said Monday, voicing fears
that the opposition leader will not get a fair trial. Sankara Nair
told Agence France-Presse that the high court has said it will now
try Anwar, a former deputy prime minister, July 8 rather than July 1
for sodomy charges leveled by a former aide.
“We are not fully prepared for the trial
because we do not have the full set of documents. The prosecution
has not given us crucial documents to help us in our defense. It
will lead to [an] unfair trial,” he said.
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Taliban rebels strike back against Pakistani troops
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Militants fired rockets at Pakistani forces in a
lawless northwest tribal region, officials said Monday, as jets
targeted the hideouts of fighters loyal to a feared Taliban warlord.
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Australia’s political leaders clash over
‘email’
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SYDNEY: Australia’s political leaders traded furious accusations
in parliament on Monday over a scandal that has put their jobs on
the line, as an email at the center of the row was reported as a
fake.
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Thai rebels ‘recruit’ from Islamic schools
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BANGKOK: Insurgents in Thailand’s south are recruiting and
radicalising young Muslim men from Islamic schools, but their
struggle is independent of global jihadi movements, a think-tank
said Monday.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Barack Obama assured Americans, in an
interview to be aired Monday, that the United States was “fully
prepared” for a potential North Korean missile launch toward US
territory.
-- AFP
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