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N. Korea confirms 2 Americans detained |
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SEOUL: North Korea on Saturday
confirmed that it had detained two American journalists along the
border with China earlier this week, amid tensions in the region
over Pyongyang’s plans for a rocket launch.
The US State
Department had expressed concern over the fate of the two women, who
are believed to have been taken into custody by border guards
patrolling the Tumen River, a common escape route for those fleeing
the North.
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Australia’s ruling party wins historic state vote
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SYDNEY: Australia’s ruling Labor party fought off a conservative
challenge in an historic state vote won by the country’s first
elected woman premier Saturday, early results showed.
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Iran ready to change if US leads way, says supreme leader Khamenei
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TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei said on
Saturday the Islamic republic is ready to change if US President
Barack Obama leads the way by changing American attitude toward his
country.
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Thai govt survives no confidence vote
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BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and five ministers on
Saturday easily survived a vote of no confidence called by the
opposition following a two-day debate on allegations of corruption.
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11 killed as bomb blasts mark Afghan New Year
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KABUL: Four bomb blasts struck Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 11
persons and wounding several more as the country marked the first
day of its New Year amid a spike in deadly insurgent attacks.
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KABUL: A wave of clashes in Afghanistan killed more than 70 people,
including 18 policemen and four Canadian soldiers Friday, officials
said, amid alarm about the country’s mounting Taliban-led
insurgency.
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