Tight security as Olympic flame starts Xinjiang leg
Police imposed a security lockdown as the Olympic
torch Tuesday started its run through China’s mainly Muslim region
of Xinjiang, seen as one of the most sensitive legs on its
nationwide journey.
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Japan PM says no plan to resign or call poll soon
Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda
said on Tuesday he did not have the “luxury of time” to call a snap
election for parliament’s powerful lower house, but instead wanted
to work on urgent challenges.
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Kidnappers extend deadline for talks to free Philippine
journalists
Al-Qaida-linked militants extended a Tuesday
deadline for a ransom payment to free a popular TV news anchor and
her cameraman kidnapped in the southern Philippines, a negotiator
said.
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