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    Japanese vessels cordon off Diaoyu islands in East China Sea

    Japanese Coast Guard (JCG) vessels have cordoned off the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea in a bid to block Chinese boats from accessing the area, amid a diplomatic row between the two countries over the recent seizure of a Chinese fishing trawler. The Japanese vessels have thrown a two-layer cordon around the islands […]

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    Swedes go to polls for vote clouded by far-right advance

    Swedes go to the polls Sunday with surveys hinting voters will re-elect the centre-right government, as the far-right makes its debut in parliament and could be handed the role of kingmaker. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, 45, is vying to see his four-party coalition become the first right-wing government to win a second term in nearly […]

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    Hungary makes Dalai Lama honorary citizen

    Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was made an honorary citizen of Budapest during his seventh visit to the Hungarian capital, where he is on a three-day tour. He stressed the importance of peace and dialogue as he accepted the honour from Budapest’s mayor Gabor Demszky. He is due to address a stadium of people […]

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    Ahmadinejad hopeful US will release Iranians

    Iran’s President said he is hopeful the United States will release several Iranians it is holding now that Tehran has freed an American jailed for more than a year and accused of spying. Iran’s president said he is hopeful the United States will release several Iranians it is holding now that Tehran has freed an […]

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    30 Die in Truck Accident in Ghana

    A fatal road accident killed at least 30 passengers and injured 80 others Saturday evening, when a passenger truck fell in a gutter at Zagyuri, a town about 700 kilometers north of here, local radio reported. Eyewitnesses said that the accident occurred as a result of wrongful overtaking by the driver of the passenger truck […]

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    Obama to meet Chinese, Japanese leaders in New York next week

    US President Barack Obama is slated to meet Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabo and Japanese leader Kan Naoto next week amid Sino-Japan tensions over claims to some Island in East China Sea. Obama will meet the two leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York next week, the White House […]

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    Moderate Quake Rocks North Sulawesi, Indonesia

    A moderate earthquake measuring 5. 5 on the Richter scale struck off North Sulawesi in Indonesia on Saturday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said. The U.S. Geological Survey reported on its website that a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit the North Sulawesi region. The quake occurred at 02:34 a.m. Jakarta time Saturday (1934 GMT Friday) with […]

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    Taliban strike as Afghan goes to polls

    Afghanistan began voting for a new parliament on Saturday after a flurry of insurgent rocket attacks, with security forces on full alert following Taliban threats to derail the high-stakes election. The vote is the latest step in a US-led process to bring democracy to the impoverished and deeply conservative Muslim country ravaged by 30 years […]

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    Karzai urges Afghans including Taliban to vote

    President Hamid Karzai on Friday called on all Afghans including Taliban militants to vote in the country’s parliamentary election at the weekend. “We hope that our people in every corner of our country, in every city of our country and every province will go to polling stations and vote for their favourite candidate and through […]

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    US may Trigger Trade War with China on Yuan Issue: Experts

    The US government may spark a trade war with China if Congress approves the proposal on China’s currency issue, experts said on Friday. The jeopardy of passing the proposal and its taking effect could lead to China’s appeal to the World Trade Organization for the U.S. misstep and even ask for China to impose retaliatory […]

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