AFP – Taiwan’s detained former president Chen Shui-bian was rushed to hospital Sunday, TVBS news network said in a live report.
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Reuters – Russian liberals launched a new pro-Kremlin political party on Sunday promising to defend middle class values but rivals said it was just a tool for the authorities to suck support away from genuine opposition groups.
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AP – The U.N. special envoy to Congo met with the Central African country’s main rebel leader Sunday for the first time, pressing to firmly establish a cease-fire even as the U.N. reported more heavy fighting in the east.
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AP – Several hundred Tibetan exile leaders gathered in northern India on Sunday for a landmark meeting widely expected to determine the direction of the movement that has struggled for decades to win autonomy from China.
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Reuters – Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda agreed on Sunday to support a peace process for eastern Congo being negotiated by United Nations envoy Olusegun Obasanjo.
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AP – Pakistani helicopter gunships engaged in a bitter offensive against militants in a northwest tribal region struck targets in a neighboring area Sunday, a sign that the conflict may be widening to other parts of the rugged zone bordering Afghanistan.
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AP – Iraq’s Cabinet on Sunday approved a security pact with the United States that will allow American forces to stay in Iraq for three years after their U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year, the government said.
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Reuters – Pawnbrokers in the Russian capital are enjoying the global credit crunch.
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Reuters – At least three people were killed and 17 more were trapped when a half-built subway tunnel in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou collapsed, leaving a huge crater that also engulfed 11 vehicles, state media said on Sunday.
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AFP – Japan’s Yoshimi Ozaki staged a come-from-behind victory to take her first career title at the Tokyo International Women’s Marathon on Sunday.
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