Thai health minister quits in graft scandal |
- Thai health minister quits in graft scandal
- Putin says U.S. missile shield hinders nuclear deal (Reuters)
- UN: Thai Hmong refugee deportation breaches law (AFP)
- South Korea Plans Pardon for Ex-Samsung Chairman
- Somali pirates release Singaporean container ship
- China executes Briton over drugs; Brown slams decision
- Xmas bombing suspect's writings show lonely youth
- Netanyahu to Egypt to discuss peace, prisoner swap (AP)
- Pakistan mourns Shiite procession deaths (AFP)
- Erosion threat to Australia homes
- Erosion threat to Australia homes
- Iranian dissenters reportedly arrested
- China executes British citizen for drug smuggling
- North Korea says it's holding American
- China executes Briton over drugs; Brown slams decision
- North Korea says U.S. man arrested for illegal entry
- Drama for Obama as child's injury delays golf game
- China executes British national despite pleas
- Briton faces execution in China despite pleas
- North Korea detains US missionary
| Thai health minister quits in graft scandal Posted: 28 Dec 2009 10:59 PM PST BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Public Health Minister resigned on Tuesday after being implicated in a corruption scandal over a health care scheme funded under the government's $43 billion economic stimulus package.
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| Putin says U.S. missile shield hinders nuclear deal (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 10:46 PM PST Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said U.S. plans for a missile defense system were hindering talks on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty.
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| UN: Thai Hmong refugee deportation breaches law (AFP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 10:42 PM PST
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| South Korea Plans Pardon for Ex-Samsung Chairman Posted: 28 Dec 2009 10:24 PM PST The government is expected to clear Lee Kun-hee of breach-of-trust charges so he can help the country win the 2018 Winter Olympics
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| Somali pirates release Singaporean container ship Posted: 28 Dec 2009 10:21 PM PST MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have released the Singapore-flagged container ship Kota Wajar, which was seized on October 15 north of the Seychelles, pirates and the European Union naval force said on Tuesday.
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| China executes Briton over drugs; Brown slams decision Posted: 28 Dec 2009 10:30 PM PST URUMQI, China (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was "appalled" after China on Tuesday executed a British citizen caught smuggling heroin, dismissing pleas from the prisoner's family that he was mentally unsound.
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| Xmas bombing suspect's writings show lonely youth Posted: 28 Dec 2009 10:30 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Internet postings by the 23-year-old Nigerian suspected of trying to bomb a U.S. jetliner on Christmas Day show a lonely youth struggling between extreme Islamic views and liberalism, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
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| Netanyahu to Egypt to discuss peace, prisoner swap (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 09:47 PM PST AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heading to Egypt to discuss U.S.-backed efforts to relaunch peace talks with the Palestinians.
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| Pakistan mourns Shiite procession deaths (AFP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 10:03 PM PST
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| Erosion threat to Australia homes Posted: 28 Dec 2009 09:46 PM PST A quarter of a million homes in Australia could be uninhabitable by the end of this century, because of the twin dangers of coastal erosion and rising sea levels.
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| Erosion threat to Australia homes Posted: 28 Dec 2009 09:46 PM PST A quarter of a million homes in Australia could be uninhabitable by the end of this century, because of the twin dangers of coastal erosion and rising sea levels.
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| Iranian dissenters reportedly arrested Posted: 28 Dec 2009 09:06 PM PST The latest violent protests to hit Iran has prompted hundreds of arrests, including some prominent figures, and left at least eight dead, although the Iranian government denied its security forces have killed anyone.
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| China executes British citizen for drug smuggling Posted: 28 Dec 2009 09:22 PM PST The British government condemned China's execution of a British national Tuesday on drug charges.
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| North Korea says it's holding American Posted: 28 Dec 2009 09:26 PM PST North Korea announced Tuesday that it is holding an American who illegally entered the country on Christmas Eve, possibly a Korean-American missionary who told relatives he was trying to sneak into the isolated communist state.
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| China executes Briton over drugs; Brown slams decision Posted: 28 Dec 2009 09:42 PM PST URUMQI, China (Reuters) - China on Tuesday executed a British citizen caught smuggling heroin, the British Foreign Office said, in a move quickly condemned by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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| North Korea says U.S. man arrested for illegal entry Posted: 28 Dec 2009 09:42 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it had detained a U.S. citizen who entered its territory, apparently confirming a report that an American activist crossed into the state to raise awareness about Pyongyang's human rights abuses.
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| Drama for Obama as child's injury delays golf game Posted: 28 Dec 2009 09:42 PM PST KAILUA, Hawaii (Reuters) - Vacationing U.S. President Barack Obama interrupted a golf game on Monday and sped back to his holiday house after the child of friends was hurt in a beach accident.
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| China executes British national despite pleas Posted: 28 Dec 2009 08:41 PM PST BEIJING -A British man with reported mental health problems was executed in China on Tuesday for drug smuggling despite last-minute pleas for clemency, the British government announced.
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| Briton faces execution in China despite pleas Posted: 27 Dec 2009 09:45 PM PST BEIJING -A British man with reported mental health problems was set to be executed in China on Tuesday for drug smuggling, after last-minute pleas for mercy from his family and the government in London.
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| North Korea detains US missionary Posted: 28 Dec 2009 09:31 PM PST Christian missionary held by North Korean authorities after walking across border.
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