NKorea releases US journalists
US: The families of two US journalists jailed in North Korea said
Tuesday they were “overjoyed” by news that former president Bill
Clinton had secured their release on a historic trip to Pyongyang.
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Medvedev, Obama discuss Georgia tensions
USA: Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev called US President Barack
Obama on Tuesday and the two leaders discussed the worsening
situation in Georgia and tensions over ex-Soviet states, the White
House said.
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Philippines lays to rest democracy icon Aquino
PHILIPPINEs: Tens of thousands took to the rain-soaked streets of
Manila on Wednesday to bid farewell to former President Corazon
Aquino, who overthrew a dictatorship to become a totem of "people
power".
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