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Thai PM rejects calls
for resignation |
BANGKOK: The Thai prime minister rejected calls
for his resignation by thousands of
anti-government protesters who ringed his office
for a second day on Friday in a boisterous
rally.
Supporters of deposed former leader Thaksin
Shinawatra have surrounded the government’s main
office since Thur ...
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Japan to shoot down DPRK missile |
TOKYO: Japan gave its military the green light on Friday
to shoot down any incoming North Korean rocket, with
tensions high ahead of a planned launch that the US and
allies say will be an illegal missile test.
Japanese and US warships have already deployed ahead of
the April 4-8 window
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58 perish after dam bursts in Indonesia |
CIREUNDEU, Indonesia: A dam burst its banks near the
Indonesian capital Jakarta on Friday, drowning at least
58 people in a torrent of muddy water that flooded
hundreds of homes, officials said.
Dozens remained missing after a huge wall of water broke
through the man-made earthen dam as resid ...
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| UK may relax royal laws |
LONDON: Britain may end centuries of discrimination by
reforming 300-year-old laws that ban the monarch from
marrying a Catholic and give male heirs prior claim to
the throne, the government said on Friday.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has held talks with Queen
Elizabeth, who had no brothers, ...
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EU urges new Israeli govt to accept Palestinian state |
BRUSSELS/GAZA STRIP: The European Commission pledged on
Friday to support the new Israeli government as long as
it accepts certain benchmarks, including the principle
of an autonomous Palestinian state.“The European Commission is looking forward to working
with the new Israeli government ...
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