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- Japan postpones U.S. base decision half year: report (Reuters)
- US extends Myanmar sanctions
- Bangkok dangerous: 16 dead in unrest
- Death toll rises in Bangkok clashes
- Kyrgyz clashes leaves one dead
- Is Cambodia Dredging its Rivers to Death? (Time.com)
- Complaint filed in 1975 killing of Salvadoran poet (AP)
- S.Korea, Japan, China to hold N.Korea discussions
- Kyrgyz clashes leaves one dead
- Anti-Islamic sentiments surface in wake of restrictions on veils
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- Manual recount of votes cast in Baghdad finds no evidence of fraud
- GM doing booming business in India
- Rocks, bottles, rubber bullets lead to bloodshed in Bangkok
- 10 people are killed in clashes as Thai troops try to contain demonstrators
- Confidence Wanes in Bailout, Austerity
- Nigeria, China Sign An Oil-Refinery Deal
- Rising UK film star is no fan on the Internet (AFP)
- Dutch boy told family died in Libya plane crash (AP)
- S.Korea, Japan, China to hold N.Korea discussions (AFP)
| Japan postpones U.S. base decision half year: report (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 10:14 PM PDT Reuters - Japan will postpone a deadline for resolving a row over relocating a U.S. base by up to half a year to November, abandoning Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's original end-May target, the daily Sankei Shimbun said on Saturday.
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| Posted: 14 May 2010 10:03 PM PDT Obama says Myanmar remains "unusual and extraordinary threat" to US foreign policy.
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| Bangkok dangerous: 16 dead in unrest Posted: 14 May 2010 10:28 AM PDT BANGKOK – Shots and an explosion were heard in Bangkok on Saturday as the death toll from the latest clashes between the Thai army and anti-government "Red Shirt" protesters hit 16. Tyres, apparently set alight by demonstrators, were burning in an area
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| Death toll rises in Bangkok clashes Posted: 14 May 2010 10:45 PM PDT Fresh street battles erupt as clashes in Thai capital leave 16 dead and dozens injured.
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| Kyrgyz clashes leaves one dead Posted: 14 May 2010 09:05 PM PDT At least one person has died and nearly 40 been injured in clashes between rival supporters of Kyrgyzstan's interim government and the ousted president.
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| Is Cambodia Dredging its Rivers to Death? (Time.com) Posted: 14 May 2010 08:50 PM PDT Time.com - Though Cambodia bans the export of river sand, whose extraction is harmful to the environment, a new report claims that dredging operations have actually expanded and that the dredging of river sand continues unabated
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| Complaint filed in 1975 killing of Salvadoran poet (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 09:03 PM PDT AP - Relatives of poet and novelist Roque Dalton petitioned prosecutors Friday to file homicide charges against two ex-rebel commanders who they claim participated in the decision to kill the leftist writer in 1975.
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| S.Korea, Japan, China to hold N.Korea discussions Posted: 14 May 2010 07:33 PM PDT SEOUL -Foreign ministers from South Korea, China and Japan will hold talks Saturday, a Japanese diplomat said, reportedly to discuss North Korea's nuclear drive and the recent sinking of a South Korean warship.
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| Kyrgyz clashes leaves one dead Posted: 14 May 2010 09:05 PM PDT At least one person has died and nearly 40 been injured in clashes between rival supporters of Kyrgyzstan's interim government and the ousted president.
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| Anti-Islamic sentiments surface in wake of restrictions on veils Posted: 14 May 2010 09:00 PM PDT BRUSSELS -- Since she started wearing a full Islamic veil six weeks ago, Selma said, she has been stared at, frowned at, muttered to, mocked as a "ghost" and forced by a policeman to lift her veil to show her face.     Islam - Religion and Spirituality - Education - Women - United States
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| Manual recount of votes cast in Baghdad finds no evidence of fraud Posted: 14 May 2010 09:00 PM PDT BAGHDAD -- Iraqi electoral authorities announced Friday that they had completed a manual recount of more than 1 million votes cast in Baghdad during the March 7 parliamentary elections and had found no evidence of fraud.  Baghdad - Iraq - Prime minister - Nouri al-Maliki - Ayad Allawi
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| GM doing booming business in India Posted: 14 May 2010 09:00 PM PDT TALEGAON, INDIA -- Sparks fly and robotic machines buzz and hum. Assembly-line workers in coveralls, the sons of peanut and rice farmers, seal windshields and weld doors. They're making zippy little cars called Beat and Spark in the gleaming new General Motors plant here -- and they're making boa...  India - Asia - Government - Embassies and Consulates - Business and Economy
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| Rocks, bottles, rubber bullets lead to bloodshed in Bangkok Posted: 14 May 2010 11:54 AM PDT BANGKOK -- Behind a stage at their makeshift camp in downtown Bangkok, protest leaders held an impromptu meeting Friday night. Despite sweltering heat, all but one wore a bullet-proof vest.   Thailand - Recreation - Reloading - Guns - Abhisit Vejjajiva
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| 10 people are killed in clashes as Thai troops try to contain demonstrators Posted: 14 May 2010 09:00 PM PDT BANGKOK -- Thai troops and anti-government protesters clashed in the streets of central Bangkok on Friday, leaving 10 people dead and 125 injured as security forces attempted to isolate a sprawling encampment of "red shirt" demonstrators.  Thailand - Asia - United States - Abhisit Vejjajiva - Thaksin Shinawatra
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| Confidence Wanes in Bailout, Austerity Posted: 14 May 2010 06:08 PM PDT The euro fell to an 18-month low as investors questioned Europe's prospects for a sustained economic recovery.
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| Nigeria, China Sign An Oil-Refinery Deal Posted: 14 May 2010 06:27 PM PDT Nigeria and China signed a tentative deal to build three oil refineries in the West African state at a cost of $23 billion, strengthening the countries' energy partnership.
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| Rising UK film star is no fan on the Internet (AFP) Posted: 14 May 2010 07:48 PM PDT
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| Dutch boy told family died in Libya plane crash (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 07:43 PM PDT
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| S.Korea, Japan, China to hold N.Korea discussions (AFP) Posted: 14 May 2010 07:48 PM PDT
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