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Up to 50 killed in day of violence in Iraq
IRAQ: A MINIMUM OF 48 people were killed in a day of violence in Iraq yesterday. In the worst incident, 15 Iraqi soldiers died in a suicide bomb attack in Mosul. p
Pro-Beijing party wins in Taiwan at time of tension
TAIWAN: WATCHING THE count of ballot papers begin
at the Rixin Elementary School in Taipei, it was clear Taiwan's
nationalist Kuomintang was going to regain by a landslide the power
the party lost eight years ago, paving the way for easier relations
with Beijing. p
China accuses Dalai Lama of using Olympics
CHINA: CHINA REMAINED defiant in the face of
international criticism of its crackdown on Tibet, painting itself
as the true victim in this month's riots in the Himalayan region
and accusing the Dalai Lama of taking the Olympics "hostage". p
Other World Stories
Bhutto loyalist to be Pakistan PM
PAKISTAN: A BENAZIR Bhutto loyalist jailed for five years by Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, is due to become the country's new prime minister this morning at the head of a coalition government. pReluctant Bhutanese vote in kingdom's first election
BHUTAN: THE RECLUSIVE Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, a land that strives for a gross national happiness index, reluctantly ends nearly a century of monarchial rule with its first parliamentary elections today. pJapanese protest against US troops
JAPAN: THOUSANDS OF Okinawans attended a rally yesterday to protest at crimes by US troops and to demand a smaller US military presence on the southern Japanese island after last month's arrest of a marine on suspicion of raping a schoolgirl. pGadafy group denies hostage talks
LIBYA: AN ORGANISATION led by a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gadafy denied yesterday that it was negotiating the release of two Austrians believed held by al-Qaeda in north Africa. pMugabe accused of plan to rig vote
ZIMBABWE: A ZIMBABWEAN opposition leader yesterday told supporters to keep a close watch on polling stations in next Saturday's election to stop what he said was a bid by president Robert Mugabe's government to rig the vote. pFatah and Hamas agree on reconciliation plan
MIDDLE EAST: FATAH AND Hamas yesterday signed a seven-point Yemeni-sponsored reconciliation plan and pledged to hold direct talks with the aim of restoring Palestinian Authority rule to Gaza. pBattle for future of Paris shows all politics is local in Paris
FRANCE: Nicolas Sarkozy is intent on wresting plans for Paris's future from mayor Bertrand Delanoë, writes Lara Marlowe . pKurdish protester killed
TURKEY: A KURDISH man was killed yesterday during a second day of violence between Kurdish demonstrators and Turkish police in the south-eastern city of Yuksekova, hospital officials said. pIran rejects Sarkozy's claim on nuclear threats
IRAN: IRAN YESTERDAY rejected French president Nicolas Sarkozy's comments on the necessity to build a strong deterrent against new security threats posed by nuclear-armed Islamic states, a news agency reported. pThe politics of racial grievance expressed in Ivy League diction
OPINION: THE BEAUTY of a speech is that you don't just give the answers, you provide your own questions. "Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes." pIn short
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