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PM says resolving political and economic problems
far more important
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Thai premier willing to step down
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BANGKOK: Thai Prime MinisterAbhisit Vejjajiva said Monday that he is
determined to resolve the country’s economic and political
problems even if he may not be able to complete his term of office
of eight years.
Abhisit made the statement while speaking at a
seminar “The Direction of New Executives and the Future can be
Determined,” which was attended by government officials from the
Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC), the website by
Bangkok Post reported.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Taiwan PM resigns over typhoon
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TAIPEI: Taiwan Premier Liu Chao-shiuan said Monday he had tendered
his resignation, accepting political responsibility for the handling
of Typhoon Morakot, which hit the island last month.
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Curator bags MJ’s crystal glove for $49,000
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MELBOURNE: A crystal-encrusted white glove worn by late pop icon
Michael Jackson has sold for $57,600 (US$49,000) in Australia,
doubling the auctioneer’s estimate after a frenzied bidding war.
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Japan’s next government pledges 25 percent greenhouse gas cut
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TOKYO: Japan’s next Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama, on Monday
vowed that his incoming center-left government would pursue a
greenhouse gas reduction target of 25-percent from 1990 levels by
2020.
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Jakarta bomb ‘financier’ challenges arrest
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JAKARTA: A former al-Qaeda member alleged to have funded deadly
suicide bombings in the Indonesian capital in July challenged his
arrest in court on Monday.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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KABUL: The shadow of fraud lengthens over Afghanistan’s election
with hundreds of thousands of votes rejected as plans for an
international conference underline mounting anxiety among President
Hamid Karzai’s Western backers.
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