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Rice to meet NKorean counterpart on margin of ASEAN forumAFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet her North Korean counterpart for the first time on the sidelines of next week's ASEAN Regional Forum, a State Department spokesman said Friday.
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Japan's crown prince visits Miro exhibit in MadridAFP - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito visited Friday a retrospective of works by the late 20th century Spanish surrealist Joan Miro in Madrid during his third day of a week-long visit to Spain.
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Liang makes the cut at OpenAFP - China's Liang Wen-chong successfully made the halfway cut in his British Open debut on Friday and hoped it would provide the inspiration for others in China to follow in his footsteps.
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Two French aid workers taken hostage in Afghanistan: NGOAFP - Two French aid workers have been kidnapped in Afghanistan, Action Against Hunger (Action Contre la Fain - ACF) said Friday in a statement.
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2 French aid workers kidnapped in AfghanistanAP - French aid group Action Against Hunger says two of its workers have been kidnapped in Afghanistan and are believed to still be alive.
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UN warns on biofuel crop reliance
UN chief Ban Ki-moon warns the world's leading economies not to invest too heavily in biofuel crops at the expense of food production.
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon warns the world's leading economies not to invest too heavily in biofuel crops at the expense of food production.
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Experts offer advice on quake rebuildingAP - Two months after an earthquake ravaged much of Sichuan province, workers are diligently salvaging bricks to restore a 6th century Taoist temple damaged in the disaster.
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Thai farmers look to bats as free, flying foodAP - While movie fans the world over rave about the new Batman film, the only stir bats are causing in this poor farming village is in a cooking pot.
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Sri Lanka protesters stop trains to halt evictionsAP - Angry protesters halted trains and clashed with policemen in Sri Lanka's capital Friday as authorities began demolishing their homes, saying they were unauthorized constructions that encroached on government lands.
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Kaneria pledges international future to PakistanAFP - Leg-spinner Danish Kaneria on Friday pledged his international future to Pakistan after it was reported he was considering playing for the English national side.
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