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Top court strikes down S Korean media bills
They are aimed at muzzling press freedom, most judges observe
South Korea's constitutional court struck down new media bills yesterday, saying parts of the legislation were geared to muzzling press freedom.
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Sri Lankan Violence
Truce monitors hold crisis talks
Five Nordic nations went into crisis talks here Thursday to try to salvage Sri Lanka's faltering ceasefire, as the slaying of a top army general underscored the threat of full-scale war.
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US-India nuke deal faces next crucial vote
Officials in Delhi keep their fingers crossed
Indian officials were upbeat yesterday after a controversial civilian nuclear energy deal with the United States sailedthrough a Congress committee, but were keeping their fingers crossed ahead of anequally
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Iran tops agenda at G8 FMs' meeting
Foreign ministers of the Group of Eight countries began talks here yesterday expected to raise pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme, as Moscow sought to prevent next month's G8 summit becominga
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Kuwaiti women flock to historic polls
Kuwaiti women turned out in force yesterday to vote for the first time in parliamentary elections in the oil-rich Gulf state after a heated campaign focused on electoral reform and corruption.
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7 killed in US floods, 200,000 evacuated
Flooding killed at least seven people and forced hundreds of thousands across northeastern United States to evacuate Wednesday in what the New York governor called the area's worst natural disaster of
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Iran,EU official to talk nuclear crisis next week
Top Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani will meet EU foreign policy Chief Javier Solana next week to discuss an international plan to resolve the standoff over Iran's nuclear program, with the West
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9 injured in Iran quake
Nine people were injured in a moderate quake which hit southern Iran early Thursday, causing a power blackout on a tourist island, state television reported.
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Discovery lifts off tomorrow
The Discovery shuttle lifts off tomorrow in Cape Canaveral, Florida for a nearly two-week mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the second flight since the February 2003 Columbia tragedy.
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