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  • Talks on ending N Korea nuclear issue collapse

    NORTH KOREA: Six-country talks aimed at resolving the nuclear stand-off on the Korean peninsula ended in deadlock yesterday and the North Koreans warned they would steer clear of any further talks until Washington lifted financial restrictions. p

  • Civilians hurt in clashes

    Fatah gunmen loyal to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas take up position during a gun battle with militants from Hamas in the West Bank city of Nablus yesterday. MIDDLE EAST: Gunmen loyal to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah opened fire on Hamas members in the occupied West Bank yesterday, wounding at least nine civilians, hospital officials and witnesses said. They said gunmen opened fire as thousands of Hamas activists and militants attended a rally in the city of Nablus. p

  • Ipswich suspect remanded over five murders

    BRITAIN: Stephen Wright (48) has been remanded in custody charged with the murders of five women who worked as prostitutes and whose bodies were discovered in the Suffolk countryside over a 10-day period. p
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  • UN warning: food crisis

    NORTH KOREA: United Nations aid agencies warned yesterday of an impending food crisis in North Korea where summer flooding destroyed crops and worsened a chronic shortage of grain. p

  • Lebanon regime gets US boost

    LEBANON: Arab League secretary general Amr Mousa yesterday continued his effort to end the month-old crisis between the Lebanese government and opposition. After securing the support of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, Mr Moussa returned to Beirut. p

  • Bali verdict is 'blow to West', says cleric

    INDONESIA: Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir (68) said yesterday that a court ruling clearing him of any part in the 2002 Bali bombings was a blow to the West and served as a warning that western attempts to subjugate Indonesia would fail. p

  • Security officials cleared of bungled Beslan siege

    RUSSIA: More than two years after the Beslan school siege by pro-Chechnya rebels, a Russian commission yesterday cleared security officials of responsibility for a bungled rescue effort in which more than 300 people died. p

  • Power struggle in Turkmenistan

    TURKMENISTAN: A power struggle for control of Turkmenistan began to unfold yesterday following the death on Thursday of the gas-rich country's dictator, Sapurmurat Niyazov. The role of acting president should have been awarded to the head of parliament, Ovezgeldy Atayev, but the national security council ruled him out, saying he had been charged with criminal offences, which were not specified. p

  • Barroso denies secret reform deals

    EU: The European Commission denied yesterday that its president was bending to pressure from big EU states over reforms after a newspaper said some of his commissioners had criticised him for caving in. p

  • Bush move sparks fears of draft

    US: The Bush administration is planning a test run of America's emergency military call-up, stoking speculation about a return to a draft at a time when the White House is considering sending more troops to Iraq. p

  • Secularisation invites culture clash, says Pope

    VATICAN: Pope Benedict warned in a year-end speech yesterday of an impending clash of cultures and religions if humanity continued to shut God out of its life. p

  • Sadr followers to end boycott

    IRAQ: Radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has agreed to allow supporters to rejoin the Iraqi government after a three-week boycott, officials close to the militia leader said, as political rivals pushed to form a coalition without him. p

  • Tourists outdo Mongol hordes in damage to Great Wall

    China Letter Clifford Coonan Standing on the Great Wall looking out to where hostile armies from the north once threatened the Middle Kingdom, it's easy to understand how the structure gave China's long-dead emperors a sense of security. p

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