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Rice rules out timetable for Middle East talks
Wants to create movement toward peace RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct. 16 — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in the West Bank a timetable is not necessary for a permanent accord between Israel and the Palestinians. Rice said after a series of meetings in Ramallah that a timetable is not necessary as a precondition…
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Antarctic snowfall measure contradicts global warming model
No real increase in 50 years COLUMBUS, Ohio — U.S. researchers say the most precise record of Antarctic snowfall ever generated shows no real increase in precipitation during the past 50 years. The study’s results from the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University show the snowfall was nearly static, although most computer models…
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China rebukes Japan for Yasukuni shrine remarks
BEIJING — A Chinese spokesman has rebuked Japanese leaders for repeatedly referring to a controversial war shrine during a visit by Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Wu Yi. “During Deputy Prime Minister Wu Yi’s visit to Japan, Japanese leaders made remarks on the Yasukuni Shrine issue that are damaging to China-Japan relations. China is extremely dissatisfied…
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China Deputy PM cancels Koizumi meeting
TOKYO — Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Wu Yi abruptly canceled a meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi scheduled for Monday afternoon and went home. Koizumi said he didn’t know why China suddenly canceled the meeting. “The other side asked for the meeting, and I thought it would be a good opportunity,” he told reporters.…
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Japan, S. Korea set summit date to repair ties
SEOUL — Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun are scheduled to hold a summit in Seoul June 20, diplomatic sources said. Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Ban Ki Moon agreed earlier this month to hold the summit. The aim of the…
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Software piracy worst in Vietnam, Ukraine
OSLO, Norway — A global survey of software piracy finds Vietnam and Ukraine the worst offenders, with more than 90 percent of software in those nations having been pirated. The Business Software Alliance also found that in more than half of the 87 nations surveyed, pirated copies of software accounts for more than 60 percent…
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U.S. pressures China to revalue yuan, again
WASHINGTON — The White House used a report to Congress to call publicly on Beijing to revalue its currency no later than mid-November. The U.S. Treasury has pursued a policy of gentle diplomacy with China since 2003 over Washington’s concern about the low-value of the yuan. It expressed its expectations for a revaluing of the…
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Mexico: PRI wants political investigation
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s largest political party is calling for an investigation into why criminal charges against Mexico City’s mayor were dropped. Leaders of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, are upset President Vicente Fox and the attorney general’s office dropped criminal charges against Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, El Universal reported Friday.…
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Sudan punishes Muslim newspaper
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan has suspended publication of a newspaper after an essay that allegedly questioned the parentage of the Prophet Mohammed triggered demonstrations. Crowds of protesters this week demanded the death of Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed, editor of the Muslim newspaper al-Wifaq, for his essay. The nation’s Press Council responded by suspending the newspaper’s…
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Silence greets new Togo president
LOME, Togo — The African republic of Togo was quiet Thursday after the swearing-in of Faure Gnassingbe as the new president Gnassingbe, 39, took the oath in the capital city, Lome, succeeding his father who had ruled the country for 38 years. Wednesday’s ceremony came 10 days after politically-driven riots left about 100 dead, Voice…
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