AP – Asian stock markets rose robustly Monday, with Hong Kong’s benchmark advancing more than 5 percent, as investors appeared encouraged by government efforts to help the global economy weather the financial crisis.
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AFP – The new commander of US forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, General David Petraeus, was holding talks in Islamabad on Monday with Pakistani officials and military top brass, the US embassy here said.
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AP – The highest-ranking Chinese official to visit Taiwan since the two sides split in 1949 is calling for dialogue with the island to help enhance peace.
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AP – Pakistan and the U.S. had a chance to sort through tensions in their anti-terror alliance Monday as David Petraeus, the general newly tasked with responsibility for America’s two wars, visited the Muslim nation.
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AP – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he is willing to talk with Barack Obama if the Democratic candidate wins Tuesday’s election.
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AFP – The Bali bombers’ Australian victims were Monday torn on whether the men should face the firing squad, with some opposing the death penalty and others wanting to “pull the trigger,” reports said.
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AP – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko greeted visiting Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi Sunday and said he hopes to boost ties between their countries.
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Reuters – The death toll from mudslides caused by heavy rain in southwest China has risen from 15 to at least 22, with 45 missing, state media reported.
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Reuters – The long arm of the law didn’t have to reach too far to arrest one Australian teenager, who was caught breaking into a police station in the early hours of Monday.
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AP – The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed Sunday to intensify talks to end a 20-year conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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