Reuters - Thousands of Cambodian survivors of the Khmer Rouge “Killing Fields” marked 30 years Wednesday since the fall of Pol Pot’s ultra-Maoist regime, blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people.
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Reuters - The global recession manifests itself in big ways and small: most gloomy, some quirky and many reflecting the inventive human spirit. Here is a look at some signs of the times.
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AFP - Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has appointed eight acting ministers days after firing a number of ministers from his ZANU-PF party who lost in the March 2008 elections, state media said on Wednesday.
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Reuters - South Korea’s parliament discussed a series of bills on Wednesday the ruling party says are needed to steer the country through the global economic crisis, after opposition MPs ended a sit-in protest at the legislature.
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Reuters - Three Chinese Internet operators have apologised for failing to purge “vulgar” content following a government pledge this week to expose and shut down offending websites.
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AP - Israel’s fight with Hamas in Gaza, like the war with Hezbollah in Lebanon two years ago, is not just a struggle over the Palestinian issue but a broader proxy battle between Western allies and Iran for the very future of the Middle East.
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AP - The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie with more than 200 other spectacular places in the next phase of the global competition for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, organizers said Wednesday.
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AP - The wife of billionaire Chinese appliance retailer Wong Kwong-yu has been detained as police investigate Wong for possible financial offenses, according to news reports.
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Steve Ballmer is due to speak at the Consumer Electronics Show in less than 24 hours and the buzz is building.
He will definitely unveil Windows 7, that’s for sure. A replacement for the much derided Windows Vista was long overdue. Anything less than a fully fledged, simple, virus-free operating system and Ballmer will be booed off the stage.
But the key question is whether he will give it away for free. It would be the biggest PR coup of the year. “Yes, we knew you d…
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AP - Gunmen have opened fire and tossed a grenade at a Mexican television station as it aired its nightly newscast, leaving behind a message warning the station about its coverage of drug gangs.
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