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| KHABAROVSK |
One thing can be said with absolute certainty about the latest mission to Moscow being undertaken by reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il: it is right on track.
After midnight the lights went out in the Khabarovsk ... |
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| Lima |
| Promising to fight to improve the lot of the nation's poor and to root out corruption, Alejandro Toledo was sworn in Saturday, becoming Peru's first elected president of Indian descent and returning the country to democracy after 10 ... |
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| Hanoi |
HANOI, Vietnam -- Myanmar's foreign minister insists that landmark talks with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi are making progress and says Western sanctions would only push the country towards poverty, not democracy.
In an interview with Reuters in Hanoi, where he was attending a ministerial summit, Win Aung dismissed fears that delicate negotiations with Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi were stalled.
"Now the atmosphere is good," he said. "Now we are moving forward. The process has started. We are patient, we are cautious, and yes, we are ... |
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| Sicily |
MOUNT ETNA, Sicily -- The authorities in eastern Sicily have been forced to close the main airport as emergency crews battle to halt lava flows from Mount Etna.
It was the second time in as many weeks that flights into and out ... |
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