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Security law seen to safeguard Thai government vs. protests
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BaNGKOK: Thailand’s Cabinet agreed Tuesday to invoke harsh
security laws allowing the deployment of troops for protests this
weekend on the third anniversary of a coup against former Premier
Thaksin Shinawatra.
The move raises tensions ahead of the planned
mass rally on Saturday in Bangkok by the “Red Shirt” movement,
which wants present Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to quit and
call fresh elections.
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Indonesian rights groups condemn stoning law
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JAKARTA: Indonesian rights activists condemned as “cruel and
degrading” Tuesday a new Islamic law calling for adulterers to be
stoned to death in the country’s staunchly conservative Aceh
province.
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3 men get life for plotting liquid explosives
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LONDON: Three British Muslims were sentenced Monday to life in jail
for plotting to blow up transatlantic airliners with liquid bombs in
al-Qaeda-inspired suicide attacks on the scale of September 11.
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US actor Patrick Swayze dies of pancreatic cancer
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LOS ANGELES: Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze, best known for his
roles in hit films Dirty Dancing and Ghost, died Monday after a long
battle with pancreatic cancer, his publicist said.
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Foreign students urge Australia to step up regulations in education sector
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CANBERRA: International students studying in the country have urged
th federal government on Tuesday to increase the allowed working
hours for them, give them access to transport concessions and to
strictly regulate the education sector.
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TOKYO: Tokyo police this week launched a crackdown on gropers who
have long molested women on the city’s busy subway network during
rush hour, an official said Tuesday.
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