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| UN envoy location a mystery |
| Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari today after he flew to Myanmar’s new jungle capital to persuade the junta to end its crackdown on the biggest pro-democracy protests in 20 years.
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| Pak court heat on police chief |
| Spurred by a supreme court order, the Pakistan government today suspended the Islamabad police chief and two senior officials for a violent crackdown on anti-Musharraf pr
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| Temple visit lands king in hot water |
| Nepal’s increasingly isolated King Gyanendra has sparked criticism by seeking the blessings of a child some believe to be a living goddess in an ancient ritual considere
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| Volcano erupts |
| A volcano erupted on an island off Yemen’s Red Sea coast late yesterday, killing at least three Yemeni soldiers and spewing lava hundreds of metres into the air.
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| Putin eyes PM job, to keep power |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin said today he could be a future Prime Minister, giving a clear sign he plans to keep power after his second term ends next year.
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| Ukraine polls |
| Ukraine’s pro-western President Viktor Yushchenko ordered an investigation into vote counting today but his rival, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, said his party had w
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