Al Qaeda video calls for support of militants

Al Qaeda's second-in-command has called on Pakistanis to back Islamic militants in the country's tribal areas against what he called an ongoing assault by American "crusaders" and the Pakistani army.
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House approves budget bill

The House of Representatives Saturday passed the 2010 fiscal budget bill with 244 to 10 votes, ending the 42 hours' deliberation.
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Karzai, U.S. envoy have 'sharp exchanges'

Afghan President Hamid Karzai had "sharp exchanges" about the nation's recent election with Richard Holbrooke, America's top diplomat to the region, a senior administration official told CNN.
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Reports: N. Korea releases S. Korean boat

A South Korean fishing boat and its four crew members were heading home Saturday after being held for a month in North Korea, South Korea's Yonhap news agency has reported.
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British PM pays surprise visit to Afghanistan

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Saturday, thanking his nation's fighting forces for a job "well done."
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Yingluck 'knows nothing' about clip

Former army chief Gen Chaisit Shinawatra reiterated on Saturday that Yingluck Shinawatra, younger sister of former Prime minister Thaksin, had noting to do with the controversial clip.
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Elite turn out for Kennedy funeral

President Barack Obama, three former presidents and the nation's elite gathered Saturday at a grand Catholic funeral for Edward Kennedy, America's legendary political patriarch.
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Sunday rally cancellation welcomed

The private sector welcomed the announced cancellation of mass anti-government rally on Sunday by the United front for Democracy against dictatorship (UDD).
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Yettaw: Myanmar trip accomplished goal

The American man who swam to Aung San Suu Kyi's home in Myanmar says he still believes he did the right thing, even though his visit led to an extension of the pro-democracy leader's house arrest. John Yettaw says he made the trip to Yangon to save her from assassination.
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Pakistan lifts restrictions on nuke scientist

A Pakistani court has lifted restrictions on A.Q. Khan -- a Pakistani scientist who admitted to spreading nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea, and Libya -- Khan and his lawyer told CNN Friday.
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U.S. reporter wounded in Afghanistan

A CBS News reporter was seriously injured Friday in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan that also killed a U.S. soldier, the network said.
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U.S. suffers deadliest month in Afghanistan

August has become the deadliest month for the U.S. military in Afghanistan since the U.S. invasion after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
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H1N1 spreading at 'unbelievable' rate

Swine flu spreads four times faster than other viruses and 40 percent of the fatalities are young adults in good health, the world's top health official warned in an interview appearing Saturday.
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PM won�"t revoke security law

The government will not revoke the imposition of the Internal Security Act in Dusit district even though the red shirts had cancelled their planned mass anti-government rally on Sunday.
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Fisichella claims Force India's first pole in F1

Giancarlo Fisichella earned Force India's first pole position in Formula One on Saturday as series leader Jenson Button and world champion Lewis Hamilton failed to make final qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix.
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Minister: Pakistan foils suicide terror plot

Pakistani forces in the last month foiled a planned attack on the parliament building, the intelligence agency and other federal institutions, the country's interior minister tells CNN.
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TCC: Q4 economy will improve

The Thai economy in the fourth quarter would likely improve even though the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has lowered its gross domestic product projection for this year, Thai Chamber of Commerce chairman Dusit Nontanakorn said on Monday.
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U.S. service member dies in Afghanistan

A U.S. service member died of a noncombat-related injury in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said.
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PM gains support for new police chief

Pol Gen Suthep Thammarak, one of the five members of the police board who last week voted against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's nomination of Pol Pateep Tanprasert for the post of new police chief, on Monday appeared to have changed his stance.
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Voter gripes abound as Afghans count ballots

More than 200 allegations of irregularities in last week's presidential elections in Afghanistan have been registered, according to the independent commission set up to handle such complaints.
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SET index up 1.33%

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index on Monday gained 8.57 points or 1.33 per cent to close at 653.20 points. The market value was 21.93 billion baht, with 3.11 billion shares traded.
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Pakistan: Arrests thwart Karachi attacks

Seven members of a banned militant group with links to al Qaeda and the Taliban were arrested with explosives and narcotics over the weekend in Karachi, Pakistan, and their planned attacks were thwarted, authorities said.
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Ex-president's funeral warms Korea relations

South Korea bade farewell to former President Kim Dae-jung Sunday in a ceremony attended by thousands of citizens, dignitaries and politicians.
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Pardon petition to Justice Ministry Tuesday

The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship's petition for a royal pardon for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be forwarded to the Justice Ministry for verification on Tuesday, said Justice Ministry spokesman Tharit Pengdit.
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Prasopsuk against use of security law

Senate Speaker Prasopsuk Boondej expressed concern on Monday on hearing that the government may impose the Internal Security Act to ensure peace and order when the red-shirts stage an anti-government rally on Sunday.
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Pakistani Taliban names new leader

Taliban official Hakeemullah Mehsud has been selected the new head of the Pakistani Taliban, a local Taliban commander in Pakistan's federally administered tribal areas told CNN Saturday.
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Golf: Modest Yang savors historic PGA title

South Korea's YE Yang is still coming to terms with his historic victory at the PGA Championship where he became the first Asian-born golfer to win a major title.
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Police: Aug 30 rally may be prolonged

The rally of the red-shirts of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship on Sunday to demand the dissolution of the House of Representatives may be prolonged, Special Branch Police chief Pol Lt-Gen Teeradet Rodphothong said on Monday.
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Missile strike kills 19 in Pakistan

At least 19 people were killed after missiles struck three homes in a village in north-west Pakistan, intelligence officials and local residents said Saturday.
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Abhisit ready for political change

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Monday he would never cling to a political post and was ready for political change, adding he would remain with the Democrat Party until the day he quits politics.
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Sonthi voices confidence in govt

Gen Sonthi Boonyaratkalin, former chairman of the Council for National Security (CNS), said on Monday he was confident the Democrat-led government would be able to overcome and solve the many problems plaguing the country.
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Wildfire threatens Athens suburbs

Hundreds of people were evacuated Sunday as firefighters backed by water-bombing aircraft battled to contain a raging wildfire threatening Athens' eastern suburbs.
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Barrichello scores F1 win in 5 years

Emotional Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello claimed his 10th Formula One victory on Sunday when he drove his Brawn GP car through a perfectly-judged race in searing heat to win the European Grand Prix.
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Call centre scam hard to crack

Chinese and Taiwanese gangs are wreaking havoc after establishing a region-wide criminal network to mount call centre scams.
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1 dead, 4 injured in Tak Bai shooting

A group of gunmen sprayed bullets into a security checkpoint in Tak Bai district of Narathiwat province on Sunday morning, resulting in one dead soldier and four wounded.
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Govt to expand trade in NE China

The Commerce Ministry is looking to expand markets in northeastern China, Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot said on Sunday.
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Selecting police chief is 'political game'

A recent survey reveals that many respondents believe the nomination for a new national police chief is part of a political game.
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Police selection won't affect coalition

The conflict on the selection of the new national police chief would not affect the works of the Royal Thai Police and the coalition government, Interior Minister and Bhumjaithai party leader Chavarat Charnveerakul said on Sunday.
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PM: Prateep is most appropriate

The nomination of Pol Gen Prateep Tanprasert for the new national police chief is appropriate, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva insisted on Sunday.
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Libya fetes Lockerbie bomber

Libya feted freed Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi on Saturday, ignoring Western fury at his hero's welcome, and poured oil on the fire by accusing Britain of seeking commercial advantage.
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EU considering tuna protection

The European Union will decide in the autumn whether to add bluefin tuna to a list of threatened species, a move that would mean a temporary ban on its sale on world markets, a spokeswoman said Saturday.
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Report: S. Korean leader to meet North envoys

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will meet with a visiting delegation from North Korea, according to the South's state media.
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Democrat graft ruling on Tuesday

The Election Commission (EC) is likely to give ruling on the allegations that Democrat Party had violated the election law on Tuesday, August 25, election commissioner, Praphan Naikowit said on Saturday.
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No deal over Lockerbie bomber

The British government categorically denies striking a deal with Libya to secure the release of the Lockerbie bomber, Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said on Saturday.
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Chuan: PM won�"t step down

Chuan Leekpai, advisory chairman of the Democrats, denied reports that the Democrat MPs had called for a change in the prime minister by having him replace Abhisit Vejjajiva.
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Villager shot dead in Narathiwat

A Muslim villager was killed in a ride-by shooting in Rangae district of Narathiwat late Saturday morning, said Pol Lt Col Chaval Wongrod, deputy Rangae police chief.
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Chavarat: I had voted against PM

Interior Minister and a police commissioner Chavarat Charnveerakul admitted on Saturday that he had voted against Pol Gen Pateep Tunprasert nominated by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva during the meeting of Police Commission to select the next police chief on Thursday.
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Missile strike kills 12 in Pakistan

At least 12 people were killed after missiles stuck three homes in a village in Pakistan, local intelligence sources said.
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Monitors: Taliban cut off fingers of voters

Making good on a threat of election day violence, the Taliban sliced off the index fingers of at least two people in Kandahar province, according to a vote monitoring group.
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Thaksin spokesman slates 2006 coup

The September 19, 2006 military coup is the root cause of the country�"s ongoing political conflict, Pongthep Thepkarnchana, personal spokesman of fugitive prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, said on Saturday.
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Hundreds of children fall ill with lead poisoning

At the Fengxiang County Hospital in Shaanxi Province, children are sleeping two to a bed. Cots line the hallways and hospital beds crowd offices to accommodate the ceaseless flow of new patients. In the last two weeks, so many children have been diagnosed with lead poisoning that there's barely enough room for everyone.
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Conflict won�"t lead to House dissolution

The conflict on the selection of next national police chief between the Democrat and its main coalition partner Bhumjaithai would not lead to a political deadlock or a parliament dissolution as speculated, Democrat party deputy leader Chalermchai Sri-on said on Saturday.
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Two wounded in Pattani attacks

Non-commissioned police officer Pornthawi Kongdee of Yarang police station was seriously injured in an ambush while he was on his way back home this afternoon, Yarang police said.
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Pateep may be next police chief

The prime minister nominated Pol Gen Pateep Tunprasert, an inspector-general, for the post of next police chief to the Police Comission on Thursday because Pol Gen Pateep was accepted by both the red-shirts and the yellow-shirts, Thepthai Senpong, personal spokesman of Democrat party leader said on Saturday.
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NESDAC: It�"s time to reform SRT

It�"s time to reform the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to enhance it to come up with more effective management system and to better provide services to the people, Narong Petprasert of the National Economic and Social Development Advisory Council (NESDAC) said on Saturday.
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N. Korean delegation arrives to honor Kim

A North Korean delegation arrived in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday to mourn former South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung, best remembered for trying to foster better relations between the two neighbors, the South's media reported.
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Afghans vote for president amid low turnout

Afghans voted Thursday to elect a president for only the second time in history as the government and the West acclaimed the ballot despite fears of poor turnout after a day of sporadic Taliban violence.
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Lockerbie bomber freed to die in Libya

The terminally-ill Libyan convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was released on compassionate grounds from jail in Scotland Thursday, sparking joy in Tripoli but fury from the United States.
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Army pledges coaction in Sondhi case

The military is willing to cooperate fully with police in their search for the wanted men in the shooting of People's Alliance for Democracy leader Sondhi Limthongkul, defence spokesman Col Thanathip Sawangsaeng said on Thursday.
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Pregnant flu victim dies, baby safe

An 8-months pregnant woman infected with A(H1N1) flu died early on Thursday but her baby is safe after doctors peformed a caearean section, Veerasak Kiatphadungkul, deputy director of Maharaj Hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima province, announced.
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Afghan count begins in tents

Election workers labored in tents by the light of battery-powered lanterns, counting ballots after a day of brisk voting in the Afghan election. The dimly lit scene underscored the challenges of holding an election in one of the world's poorest countries.
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Gunmen kill villager in Pattani

A villager was shot dead in the southern border province of Pattani on Thursday.
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New B50bn govt savings bond offer

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) announced on Thursday that from Sept 3 to 7 it will offer 50 billion baht in government savings bonds to the general public.
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UDD leaders to meet tomorrow

Key leaders of the pro-Thaksin United front for Democracy against Dictatorship will meet tomorrow to discuss intensifying their campaign against the Democrat-led government and the bureaucracy, Jatuporn Promphan, a core leader of UDD and Puea Thai Party list MP, said on Thursday.
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Chavarat: No hidden amnesty agenda

The amnesty bill is aimed solely at promoting national reconciliation, Bhumjaithai party leader and Interior Minister Chavarat Charnveerakul said on Thursday.
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Road safety now a national agenda

Road accident prevention has been put on the national agenda with the aim of cutting the annual death toll by half within the next decade, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Thursday.
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Rector: Charter amendment time bomb

The September 2006 military coup will not be the last because the constitutional amendment proposals are a political time bomb, former Thammasat University rector Charnwit Kasetsiri said on Thursday.
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New police chief to be selected today

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will chair a meeting of the board of the Royal Thai Police Office with the agenda to select a new national police chief late Thursday afternoon.
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SET up 1.54%

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index on Thursday gained 9.70 points or 1.54 per cent to close at 640.98 points. The market value was 19.77 billion baht, with 4.93 billion shares traded.
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Afghans go to polls under threat of Taliban violence

Afghans are voting Thursday in the war-ravaged country's second national elections since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001. But with the Islamic militants resurgent in many regions, hundreds of U.S. marines are among security forces deployed to protect voters and polling stations against possible attacks.
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Afghans vote in second-ever election

Under the menacing threat of violence from the Taliban, Afghans headed to the polls on Thursday in the war-ravaged nation's second-ever national election.
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China to close firms amid lead cases

China is shutting down a pair of smelting plants suspected of sickening several thousand children with lead poisoning, according to state-run media.
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Abuse highlights China's Web addict camps

A 14-year-old boy allegedly beaten at a boot camp in China for young Internet addicts was in critical condition Thursday, less than three weeks after a youth at a different camp died, Chinese state media reported.
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Floods hit Sri Lanka refugee camps

Flash floods have inundated refugee camps in northern Sri Lanka, endangering more than 16,000 Tamil refugees who only months ago survived cross-fire in the country's two-decade civil war, the United Nations says.
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Taiwanese leader sorry over typhoon response

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou apologized again today for the slow response to Typhoon Morakot and said he plans sweeping changes to the country's rescue agencies and may punish some government officials.
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American held in Myanmar heads home

John Yettaw, the American convicted in Myanmar of illegally entering the country to visit pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, left Thailand Tuesday, authorities and government officials said.
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Brain-swelling disease kills dozens in India

Doctors say an encephalitis outbreak has killed 130 people -- mostly children -- in northern India since January.
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Richardson: N. Korea feels 'owed' talks

North Korea believes it's owed bilateral talks with the United States after the communist government released two detained American journalists this month -- a notion that senior Obama administration officials quickly rejected on Wednesday.
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Karzai's record patchy in calm province

In Bamiyan, one of Afghanistan's more peaceful provinces, Hamid Karzai's deals with former militia leaders is gaining him some supporters for Thursday's presidential elections -- but other say it will come with a political cost.
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Truck crash in Indonesia kills 25

At least 25 people were killed and 10 others injured when a truck carrying workers flipped in central Indonesia late Tuesday, said a local government spokesman.
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Mehsud deputy reportedly claims leadership

Senior Taliban official Maulvi Faqir Mohammad has named himself acting head of the Pakistani Taliban, a close relative of Mohammad and local Taliban spokesmen in Pakistan's federally administered tribal areas told CNN Wednesday.
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South Korea delays first rocket launch

South Korea's first rocket launch has been delayed because of a technical glitch, the country's official news agency reported.
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China, Australia ink $41 billion gas deal

China and Australia have signed an energy deal worth more than $40 billion -- the largest trade deal ever between the two nations.
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