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All Eyes on Regional Official After Latest Unrest in W. ChinaURUMQI, China, Sept. 6 -- When the Zhang family's more than 150 wedding guests gathered at the Phoenix Hall restaurant in Urumqi on Saturday night, there was one main topic of conversation: Will he stay or will he go?
Washington Post Monday, September 07, 2009South Korean Economy Seems Back on TrackSEOUL, Sept. 6 -- During the great financial swoon, confidence in
south korea's economy fell so far and so fast that the panicky government sacked the finance minister and arrested a financial blogger for excessive negativity.
president lee Myung-bak pleaded with currency traders to "refrain fro...
Washington Post Monday, September 07, 2009U.S. Forced to Pay Recyclers to Take Its Aging ShipsBuilt in 1942 as a Navy rescue ship, the USS Escape aided American vessels in distress in the Atlantic during World War II. The ship was called back into service during the Korean War, and in the 1960s it supported the Mercury manned spaceflight program.
Washington Post Monday, September 07, 20093 killed in Kabul rocket attackThree
people died when rockets slammed into northwestern Kabul late Sunday, a government official said.
CNN Monday, September 07, 2009Hong Kong acid attack injures 11Eleven people were injured when a man threw acid during an altercation Sunday in a bustling market district, the fourth such attack in Hong Kong this year.
CNN Monday, September 07, 2009Germany calls for probe into Afghan airstrikeThe German chancellor on Sunday called for a quick and thorough investigation into a NATO airstrike in Afghanistan that killed at least 90 people.
CNN Monday, September 07, 2009Seas 'threaten 20m in Bangladesh'Up to 20 million people in parts of Bangladesh are at risk from rising sea levels in the coming decades, says new research.
BBC Monday, September 07, 2009JAPAN: 'We Need Small Government That Can Restore Economic Growth'TOKYO, Sep 6 (IPS) - Many of the old guards of Japan's longtime ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) were banished from the political landscape in the aftermath of the Aug. 30 general election in Japan. Ending the LDP's long-running grip on power is opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which won a historic landslide victory.
IPS Monday, September 07, 2009Taiwan premier announces resignation over typhoon responseTaiwanese Premier Liu Chao-shiuan announced on Monday his resignation and vowed to lead the Cabinet to quit en masse by Thursday over the government's slow response to Typhoon Morakot last month. ''There should be political consequences'' for the government's handling of the storm, Liu said at a Taipei press conference. ''Now it's time to leave.''
Kyodo News Monday, September 07, 2009Ex-Thai premier Somchai accused of 'wrongdoing' in 2008 crackdownThailand's National Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday accused former Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat and three senior officials in his government of ''wrongdoing'' in a deadly crackdown last year on antigovernment protesters. The commission, which charged the four of violating the nation's criminal code, is expected to forward its findings to the Attorney General's Office for action.
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