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Anti-US beef rally draws 100,000 S.Koreans
SEOUL, May 31: South Korean students, parents with toddlers in tow, and union members took to the streets on Saturday in a massive protest against a government decision to resume imports of US beef that they see as dangerous.... 
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200,000 evacuated from China’s ‘quake lake’ area
MIANYANG, May 31: Chinese authorities had evacuated nearly 200,000 people by early Saturday and warned more than 1 million others to be ready to leave quickly as a lake formed by a devastating earthquake threatened to breach its dam....
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BD govt detains 50 AL, BNP members
DHAKA, May 31: Nearly 50 people, mostly members of Bangladesh’s two main parties, were detained late on Friday, police said, after the parties rejected talks with the army-backed interim government on elections due later this year....
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Fryer grease becomes valuable commodity
NEW YORK, May 31: As the burgeoning fuel crisis continues to undermine people’s lives, creative entrepreneurs have made stealing once useless restaurant fryer grease into valuable currency to survive....
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US will not disengage from Asia: Gates
SINGAPORE, May 31: The United States will not disengage from Asia despite growing political and military commitments in the Middle East, the US defence chief said on Saturday....
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‘Terror sponsors’ list being used for political purposes
WASHINGTON: North Korea has not been linked to a terrorist attack in more than two decades, but it is still on the US list of state sponsors of terrorism....
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Nepal’s deposed king seeks astrologers’ advice
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s deposed monarch is consulting astrologers to decide the most auspicious time to leave Katmandu’s main royal palace, newspapers reported on Saturday....
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Iran says its right to enrichment is non-negotiable
TEHRAN, May 31: Iran will not give up its right to enrich uranium, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday, days before major powers submit an upgraded package of incentives to try to coax Tehran into halting the work....
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Journalists latest victim of violence in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka, embroiled in one of the bloodiest phases of war in the north of the country, has now entered a new stage in violence....
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Bone drug helps stave off breast cancer: study
CHICAGO: A drug used to strengthen the bones of women with breast cancer helped cut the risk of the cancer returning by 36 per cent, European researchers said on Saturday....
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Intelligence official sees little progress before Bush exit
WASHINGTON: Previewing the world for the next US president, a top US intelligence official this week predicted that the Bush administration would make little progress before leaving office on top national...
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Michigan ballot row complicates efforts to settle delegate dispute
WASHINGTON: Democratic Party officials struggling with the question of what to do with delegates from Michigan and Florida are grappling with a more complicated issue: how to resolve an election when front-runner Obama was not even on the ballot....
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