SEOUL, SAT:

Following reports of a bird flu outbreak, South Korea said Friday it has halted the import of chicks from Germany.
The halt on quarantine inspections follows reports indicating a H5N1 virulent strain outbreak in the European country, according to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
“The measures are temporary and implemented as a [...]

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MELBOURNE, Tue.:
Up to 40 people were injured when a Qantas jet carrying more than 300 people made an emergency landing near Exmouth in Western Australia following a mid-air incident today, Australian police said.

Sergeant Greg Lambert said the Airbus A320 landed safety at Learmonth Airport, near Exmouth, after a mayday call.
“It is understood up to 40 [...]

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SEOUL, THURS:
A South Korean actress dogged by Internet rumours over the suicide of an actor has apparently taken her own life, police said Thursday.

The body of Choi Jin-Sil, a 40-year-old mother of two, was discovered by her brother in her Seoul apartment.
Officers said the actress’s body had been found in the shower with an [...]

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama on Sunday tentatively supported the $700 billion plan to bail out the U.S. financial system.

Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) (L) and Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) stand together onstage after the first U.S. presidential debate in Oxford, Mississippi, September 26, 2008. [...]

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PETALING JAYA: Raja Petra Kamarudin yang ditahan pada 12 September di bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) dihantar ke Pusat Tahanan Kamunting, Taiping untuk tahanan selama dua tahun.
Arahan tahanan dikeluarkan malam tadi, kata peguam-peguamnya pagi tadi.
Ia disahkan oleh Menteri Dalam Negeri, Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar.
“Sah, kerana dia mengancam keselamatan dan ketenteraman awam melalui penulisan [...]

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PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menegaskan sehingga kini tiada sebarang pertemuan berlangsung antara Pakatan Rakyat dengan pihaknya bagi membincangkan masa depan politik dan pembentukan kerajaan baru oleh pembangkang.
“Tidak ada sebarang mesyuarat dengan orang-orang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim,” kata Perdana Menteri selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat Majlis Ekonomi 2008 yang kedua di sini.
Beliau mengulas laporan agensi berita [...]

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WASHINGTON: The United States summoned Malaysia’s top envoy in Washington on Friday to protest its crackdown on dissent at a time when the Opposition was attempting to take over power in Kuala Lumpur.
Ilango Karuppannan, the charge d’affaires of the Malaysian embassy, was summoned to the State Department after the ISA arrests in the country.
“Peaceful expression [...]

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BANGKOK, Sun:
The Thai Government today lifted the state of emergency declared in this capital on Sept 2, but the political turmoil is unlikely to end after the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) said its street protests will continue as long as the ruling People Power Party (PPP) remains in office.

Acting Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, the [...]

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SINGAPORE, THURS:
Singapore’s deep tunnel sewerage system (DTSS), a superhighway for used water management, has won an international innovation award from the International Water Association (IWA).

The international award was the first won by the innovative project which was conceived by PUB, Singapores national water agency, as a sustainable solution to the republics long-term used water management [...]

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s military has held a meeting of senior officers to discuss the political crisis engulfing the nation, but its top general has ruled out a coup, local newspapers reported on Saturday.
Supreme Commander Boonsrang Niumpradit met chiefs of the army, navy and air force on Friday to discuss the crisis, the Matichon newspaper [...]

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