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Taiwan’s Chen could face more graft charges–report
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TAIPEI: Taiwanese prosecutors are mulling more legal action against
the island’s former president and his wife, just days after the
pair were jailed for life for corruption, it was reported Sunday.
Investigators are examining Chen Shui-bian’s
alleged role in a further six cases, ranging from embezzlement of
secret diplomatic funds to taking bribes and money laundering, the
Taipei-based China Times said, without naming its source.
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Iran government ready to negotiate nuclear proposals
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TEHRAN: Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki renewed on Saturday
Iran’s readiness for negotiations over its nuclear proposals but
made no direct response to calls from the major powers for urgent
talks.
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Myanmar media working toward 2010 election
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YANGON: Myanmar official media stressed on Sunday the need to start
a transition period in accordance with the new state constitution in
anticipation of 2010 multi-party general election.
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Khmer Rouge court leaves victims disappointed
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PHNOM PENH: Hav Sophea hoped for a sense of closure after telling
Cambodia’s UN-backed war crimes tribunal how her father was killed
in the late 1970s at the Khmer Rouge’s Tuol Sleng prison.
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Venice Film Festival honors ‘Lebanon’, ‘A Single Man’
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VENICE, Italy: Two first movies won top honors at the Venice
filmfest Saturday, the autobiographical Lebanon by Israeli Samuel
Maoz and Tom Ford’s A Single Man, which snagged the best actor
award for Colin Firth.
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HONG KONG: Hundreds of journalists protested in Hong Kong on Sunday
over alleged police brutality towards three of their colleagues
covering syringe attacks in China’s restive Xinjiang region.
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