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- Gaza-bound aid ship on new course to Egypt - Israel
- N.Korea to hold talks with UN Command on sinking
- 'Abducted' Iran scientist leaves US for Tehran
- Saudi, US agents abducted me during Umrah: Iranian scholar
- Deadly Conson cuts power in Manila, aims for China
- FACTBOX - Policies of Japan govt's potential ally Your Party
- Hong Kong workers demand minimum wage law
- Japan killer mum 'spun child in washing machine'
- Laos, US in highest contact since war
- Salty water, parched earth: Vietnam's Mekong paddies dry up
- 14 July 2010
- Selangor mulls elections for village chiefs
- Najib hopes Selangor will act on sand mining issue
- Umno not too weak as to forge ties with PAS: Najib
- 2011 Budget will boost economy: Najib
- Pornthip to testify in person on Aug 18
- Iran scientist heading home via third country - ISNA
- Al Qaeda blamed for coordinated Yemen attacks - police
- Clampdown rumoured as China ‘twitter’ sites down
- Singapore forces removal of dissident video from YouTube
| Gaza-bound aid ship on new course to Egypt - Israel Posted: 14 Jul 2010 01:22 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Libyan-chartered ship carrying aid for Palestinians set a new course for the Egyptian port of El Arish on Wednesday after Israel's navy warned it away from the blockaded Gaza Strip, an Israeli official said.
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| N.Korea to hold talks with UN Command on sinking Posted: 13 Jul 2010 07:22 PM PDT SEOUL -North Korea's military is scheduled to hold talks Thursday with the US-led United Nations Command, the first since the sinking of a South Korean warship sent regional tensions soaring.
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| 'Abducted' Iran scientist leaves US for Tehran Posted: 13 Jul 2010 07:39 AM PDT TEHRAN -Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri, who surfaced in Washington more than a year after Tehran claimed he was abducted by US spies, is on his way home, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
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| Saudi, US agents abducted me during Umrah: Iranian scholar Posted: 13 Jul 2010 11:57 PM PDT TEHRAN, July 14: Abducted Iranian scholar Shahram Amiri says he was kidnapped by the US security agents in collaboration with Saudi forces, while he was on a pilgrimage in the holy city of Madinah in June 2009.
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| Deadly Conson cuts power in Manila, aims for China Posted: 14 Jul 2010 12:51 AM PDT MANILA (Reuters) - Parts of Manila may be without power until Friday after Typhoon Conson hit the Philippines' main island of Luzon, killing at least 11 people with more than 50 missing, and moved towards southern China.
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| FACTBOX - Policies of Japan govt's potential ally Your Party Posted: 14 Jul 2010 12:51 AM PDT Market players are focusing on a possible tie-up with the opposition Your Party, which advocates small government, market-friendly policies and more aggressive central bank steps to end deflation, although the party has so far rejected the idea of joining the government.
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| Hong Kong workers demand minimum wage law Posted: 14 Jul 2010 12:22 AM PDT HONG KONG, Wednesday 14 July 2010 (AFP) - Hundreds of workers in Hong Kong called for a minimum wage law Wednesday as lawmakers debated the controversial issue which has long divided the city's business sector and grassroots labour groups.
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| Japan killer mum 'spun child in washing machine' Posted: 14 Jul 2010 12:17 AM PDT TOKYO, Wednesday 14 July 2010 (AFP) - A Japanese woman arrested for allegedly strangling her five-year-old daughter to death has told police she also used to trap the child inside a running washing machine, reports said Wednesday.
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| Laos, US in highest contact since war Posted: 14 Jul 2010 12:16 AM PDT WASHINGTON, Wednesday 14 July 2010 (AFP) - The United States and Laos pledged to step up cooperation after their highest-level talks since the Vietnam War, the latest country in a renewed US effort to engage Southeast Asia.
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| Salty water, parched earth: Vietnam's Mekong paddies dry up Posted: 14 Jul 2010 12:15 AM PDT QUE DIEN, Wednesday 14 July 2010 (AFP) - The rivers that should nourish his thirsty rice paddies are too salty, and the rains are late this year. Dang Roi does not know if he will be able to salvage anything from this spring's crop.
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| Selangor mulls elections for village chiefs Posted: 13 Jul 2010 11:47 PM PDT The Selangor government is mulling the possibility of holding elections for "ketua kampung" (village headmen) instead of appointing them, the state assembly was told today.
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| Najib hopes Selangor will act on sand mining issue Posted: 13 Jul 2010 11:46 PM PDT Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hopes the Selangor government will take action to overcome the problem of uncontrolled sand mining in the state which has angered the people.
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| Umno not too weak as to forge ties with PAS: Najib Posted: 13 Jul 2010 11:45 PM PDT Prime Minister and Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today Umno was itself strong and not too weak that it has to cooperate with PAS.
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| 2011 Budget will boost economy: Najib Posted: 13 Jul 2010 11:44 PM PDT Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the government will ensure all projects and programmes under Budget 2011 will boost the country's economy.
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| Pornthip to testify in person on Aug 18 Posted: 13 Jul 2010 11:43 PM PDT Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand will testify in person, on Aug 18, at the Teoh Beng Hock inquest here.
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| Iran scientist heading home via third country - ISNA Posted: 14 Jul 2010 12:18 AM PDT TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared more than a year ago and mysteriously turned up in Washington is on his way back to Iran via a third country, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
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| Al Qaeda blamed for coordinated Yemen attacks - police Posted: 14 Jul 2010 12:18 AM PDT SANAA (Reuters) - Two coordinated attacks on separate security buildings in south Yemen on Wednesday have caused casualties in an assault initially blamed on al Qaeda, a police source said.
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| Clampdown rumoured as China ‘twitter’ sites down Posted: 13 Jul 2010 11:03 PM PDT SHANGHAI, July 14 — Chinese social networking websites that provide Twitter-like services have suddenly reverted to testing mode and access has been spotty amid reports of a government clampdown. Although Twitter has been banned for more than a year in China, Chinese Internet companies have been quick to fill the void, providing microblogging ...
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| Singapore forces removal of dissident video from YouTube Posted: 13 Jul 2010 10:41 PM PDT SINGAPORE, Wednesday 14 July 2010 (AFP) - A Singaporean filmmaker on Wednesday complied with a government order to remove a political film from video sharing site YouTube but said others were defiantly spreading it on the web.
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