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Anwar on track to unseat govt
06/09/2008 20:06
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says he is on track to meet a deadline to recruit enough members of parliament to topple the government.

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  • 'A victory for democracy'
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    Asif Ali Zardari's win in the presidential election is "a victory for democracy", the Pakistan People's Party previously led by his wife Benazir Bhutto says.
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  • US unloads aid to Georgia
    06/09/2008 14:36
    The US Navy's Mediterranean fleet has delivered 17 tons of humanitarian aid to a Georgian port - and Russian troops have been watching every move.
  • UK bars bagpipers from Moscow
  • Cheney in show of support
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    06/09/2008 14:36
    The dead body of an unidentified woman has been found curled up a suitcase in a Tokyo hotel room, police say.
  • Ex-minister's body found
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  • Two held over Mumbai blasts
    06/09/2008 14:36
    Nepalese police have arrested and deported two key suspects in serial bomb blasts in the Indian city of Mumbai in 1993, media reports say.
  • Mumbai blasts: Top suspect held
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  • 6 killed in Iraq car bombing
    06/09/2008 13:00
    An official in ex-deputy prime minister Ahmad Chalabi's office says six people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack on the former Pentagon favorite's convoy.
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  • Bomb strikes Shi'ite pilgrims
  • Security crackdown in holy city


  • Thai PM refuses to negotiate
    06/09/2008 13:00
    Thailand's prime minister has refused to negotiate with protesters who have occupied his office in a bid to oust him.
  • Plan 'will drag out turmoil'
  • Thai army 'won't use force'
  • Emergency in Thai capital


  • 'A nation to be reckoned with'
    06/09/2008 13:00
    Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says last month's war with Georgia shows that "Russia is a nation to be reckoned with".
  • Cheney in show of support
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  • Russia 'must play by the rules'


  • Bhutto's widower wins vote
    06/09/2008 13:00
    The widower of slain former leader Benazir Bhutto will succeed Pervez Musharraf as president of Pakistan after winning a landslide victory.
  • 12 killed in Pakistan blast
  • Shots fired at Pakistan PM
  • Zardari may seal comeback


  • 12 killed in Pakistan blast
    06/09/2008 10:59
    Police say a suicide car bomber struck a security checkpoint in Pakistan's volatile northwest, killing at least 12 people.
  • Suicide bomber kills 8 cops
  • Blasts kill 57 at factory
  • Blast rips through bus


  • Hanna makes landfall
    06/09/2008 10:59
    Tropical Storm Hanna has made landfall on the border of the US states of South and North Carolina, US meteorologists have announced.
  • Ike to spare battered Haiti
  • Deadly Hanna rolls toward US
  • Hanna kills 10 in Haiti


  • Suspect: 'I kill for God'
    06/09/2008 09:00
    "I kill for God. I listen to God," a man accused of a Washington shooting rampage that left six people dead has said at his court hearing.
  • 'He blew my arm off'
  • US woman shoots students, self
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  • Earthquake rattles Pakistan
    06/09/2008 09:00
    A moderate earthquake shook Pakistan's capital and some northwestern cities, but there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage, officials say.
  • Troops sent to quake zone
  • Quake toll tops 30
  • Quake shakes NZ cities


  • Teen killed as floods hit UK
    06/09/2008 08:01
    A 17-year-old girl has been killed as floods struck Britain, forcing evacuations from homes as severe weather warnings were issued.
  • A sunny spot in wet Britain
  • UK teen dies in flash flood


  • Dalai Lama's brother dies
    06/09/2008 08:00
    Taktser Rinpoche, the pro-independence eldest brother of the Dalai Lama, has died in his US home, a family member says. He was 86.
  • Dalai Lama 'fine'
  • Dalai Lama admitted to hospital
  • Carla, Dalai Lama open temple


  • 4 Iranian woman sent to jail
    05/09/2008 22:30
    Iran has reportedly sentenced four female activists to six months in prison for writings demanding equality for women, a move denounced by Sweden.
  • Iran hangs 13, including mother
  • Islamic dress checks increased
  • 4 women activists held in Iran


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