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GENEVA (AFP) - North Korea on Wednesday rejected calls by members of the UN Human Rights Council to grant access to a UN independent expert to assess the human rights situation in the country, a report said. Full Story »
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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - China issued a strong rebuke at the world climate talks on Wednesday, saying one of its ministers had been blocked from entering the UN conference three times in as many days. Full Story »
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KABUL (AFP) - President Hamid Karzai told visiting US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday that Afghanistan would need aid to fund its security forces for up to 20 more years, calling for a long-term US commitment. Full Story »
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SEOUL (AFP) - A US envoy arrived in North Korea Tuesday to try to coax it back to nuclear disarmament negotiations, in what will be the first high-level dialogue between the Obama administration and the communist state. Full Story »
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MULTAN, Pakistan (AFP) - Suicide attackers launched a gun and bomb assault near an office of Pakistan's main spy agency in an eastern city Tuesday, with nine people dead in the third bloody militant strike in 24 hours. Full Story »
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BEIJING (AFP) - Eight students were killed and 26 others injured in a stampede down a narrow stairway at a middle school in central China, state media reported on Tuesday. Full Story »
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PHNOM PENH (AFP) - A Thai man was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday for spying on fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra during the tycoon's visit to Cambodia. Full Story »
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SHARIFF AGUAK, Philippines (AFP) - Philippine bomber planes staged a show of force Tuesday over a southern province placed under martial law, as helicopters dropped leaflets urging a warlord's militia to surrender. Full Story »
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JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia will deploy thousands of police to an anti-graft protest on Wednesday after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono warned that unnamed forces could hijack the rally to topple him, a spokesman said. Full Story »
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NARATHIWAT, Thailand (AFP) - Two soldiers and one militant were killed in a clash in Thailand's restive south Tuesday as security forces were preparing for a visit by the Malaysian and Thai leaders, police said. Full Story »
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