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  • Bush offer on war-funding impasse rejected

    US: Democratic leaders in Congress have rejected an offer by President George Bush of talks to resolve an impasse on funding the Iraq war, claiming that the president wants to dictate terms rather than negotiate. p
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  • Asian premiers pledge to build a 'beautiful future'

    JAPAN: Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and China's premier, Wen Jiabao, agreed yesterday to build a "beautiful future" together after the first visit by a Chinese leader to Japan in seven years. Wartime crimes however still cast a shadow over warmer relations between the two Asian powers. p

  • Father of Smith baby will not share custody

    BAHAMAS: The man confirmed as the biological father of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith's seven-month-old baby said yesterday that he was not planning to share custody of the child. p

  • N Korea to begin shutting reactor when it receives its millions

    NORTH KOREA: North Korea says that it will start moves to shut its nuclear reactor within a day of receiving millions of dollars blocked for 18 months in a Macau bank, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson said yesterday. p

  • Russia calls for 'trilateral' talks with EU and US

    RUSSIA: Russia has called for special tri-lateral talks with the EU and US over the planned deployment of a US missile shield in Europe, suggesting it could evolve into a new forum for the three blocs. p

  • Russia has 2.3 million alcoholics

    RUSSIA: Russians' consumption of alcohol has tripled since the fall of the Soviet Union, with the average person now knocking back the equivalent of 34 litres of vodka a year, new figures show. In a frank and at times morbid report, Russia's chief medical officer, Gennadi Onishenko, yesterday admitted that the nation had a serious alcohol problem. p

  • Blair says letting sailors held in Iran sell their stories a bad idea

    BRITAIN: British prime minister Tony Blair acknowledged yesterday it was a bad idea to let sailors held in Iran sell their stories to newspapers, but appeared unlikely to sack top officials over the affair. p

  • Commissioner's leave of absence for Belgian election upsets MEPs

    BELGIUM: Development commissioner Louis Michel will face a legal inquiry initiated by MEPs over his decision to go on unpaid leave to fight in Belgium's general election. p

  • Sarkozy denies deal on amnesty for Chirac

    FRANCE: The French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy and the Élysée Palace yesterday denied allegations that Mr Sarkozy agreed to sneak a "disguised amnesty" for the outgoing president, Jacques Chirac, through legislation this summer in the event of Mr Sarkozy being elected president on May 6th. p

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