Indonesian vice-president: Government will weather political storm
Jakarta - Indonesian Vice President Boediono said Wednesday he was confident that the government would be able to weather a political storm over a graft scandal and a controversial bank bailout. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been under press...
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Fair play wanted in Italian Serie A - Feature
Rome - Those who struggle to convey the idea that sport is a great way to educate the young keep having a hard time in Italy. Sentences from a sports judge relating to the weekend games included a 20,000 euros fine handed down on Juventus, whose fans...
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Turkey, media group fail to settle tax dispute
Istanbul - Talks between Turkish officials and Dogan Yayin, Turkey's largest media group, have failed to yield a settlement over a 4.8 billion lira (3.2 billion dollar) tax fine, the group announced Wednesday. There has been no settlement reached by...
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Belgian king to appoint Leterme as premier for a second time
Brussels - King Albert of Belgium was to appoint Yves Leterme as the country's prime minister for a second time Wednesday following the departure of incumbent Herman Van Rompuy, who is to become European Union president. Political commentators said V...
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Indonesian police arrest Greenpeace activists in Sumatra
Jakarta - Indonesian police on Wednesday arrested 14 Greenpeace activists for blocking the export facilities of a major pulp mill company in eastern Sumatra. The activists were in police custody in Pekanbaru, the capital of Riau in eastern Sumatra, f...
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Four in five flu cases in Lebanon are swine flu: minister
Beirut - Lebanon's Health Minister Mohammed Jawad Khalifeh warned Wednesday that test results showed that 80% of flu-victims are carrying the H1N1 virus in Lebanon. Khalifeh told the daily As Safir newspaper that tests carried out by several laborato...
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'Dozens' of casualties in twin Iraq bombings
Baghdad - Dozens of people were killed and injured when two bombs exploded in the predominantly Shiite, central Iraqi city of Karbala on Wednesday, witnesses told the German Press Agency dpa. Few details were immediately available, but witnesses said...
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