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BBC News
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signalled he will not support a US plan for a missile defence system in Europe, at the start of key US-Russia talks.
He urged Washington "not to force" a planned deployment of a radar in the Czech Republic and inter..
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BBC News
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The European Union is set to confirm it has abandoned what became one of its most unpopular policies among many people in Britain.
It is proposing to allow the UK to continue using pounds, miles and pints as units of measurement indefinitely.
The Eu..
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BBC News
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Japan has deployed a mobile defensive missile system near Tokyo for the first time to try to protect the capital in the event of a missile attack.
The Patriot missiles have come into service a year earlier than planned, after North Korea's firing of mi..
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News.com.au
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HARDLINE Muslim clerics are encouraging their followers to cheat the tax system because they consider paying income tax contrary to Islamic law.
Muslim leaders have warned that fundamentalist imams who put sharia law ahead of Australian law are also co..
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BBC News
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Canada's Supreme Court has struck down a controversial system that allowed the government to detain and deport foreign-born terror suspects. The nine judges ruled that the security certificate system - in place since 1978 - violated Canada's Charter of..
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CNN
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But Robert has said the case was botched from the start, beginning with her son's examination by a doctor who said her son son was gay. Homosexuality in Dubai is illegal, and the teen could have faced as much as a year in prison.
Robert's son has since..
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BBC News
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Saudi Arabia has announced an overhaul of its judicial system, including the allocation of $2bn for training judges and building new courts.
The reforms, by royal decree, will lead to the creation of a supreme court, an appeals court and new general co..
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BBC News
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An official report into the process of naturalisation in Switzerland says the current system is discriminatory and in many respects racist.
The report, from Switzerland's Federal Commission on Racial Discrimination, recommends far-reaching changes...
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BBC News
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Nato has reacted cautiously to a Russian offer to use a radar facility in Azerbaijan as part of a joint missile defence system with the US.
The alliance's secretary-general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, welcomed the proposal as a break with the "anachronisti..
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BBC News
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Residents near the capital of Indonesia's Aceh province have disabled a tsunami warning system.
The residents cut the power to the siren on a tsunami warning tower by throwing rocks at it.
They were angered by a false alarm that sent thousands of pe..
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Al Jazeera
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After his speech, Bush met with 30 pro-democracy activists, including Garry Kasparov, the former chess champion, who has called Russia a "police state".
There have been increased tensions between the Kremlin and Washington in recent weeks, and Putin s..
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BBC News
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Exit polls in Ecuador suggest voters have strongly backed President Rafael Correa's plans for a fundamental overhaul of the political system.
A poll showed 78% support for a people's assembly that would by-pass Congress and rewrite the constitution...
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Yahoo News
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Three Japanese naval officers who swapped pornography on their computers triggered a scandal over a possible leak of sensitive data linked to Japan's missile defense system, a newspaper said Thursday.
Police launched a probe last week after a navy offi..
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Yahoo News
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Three Japanese naval officers who swapped pornography on their computers triggered a scandal over a possible leak of sensitive data linked to Japan's missile defence system, a newspaper said on Thursday.
Police launched a probe last week after a navy o..
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BBC News
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The UN says more work has to be done on emergency response after dozens died in the Solomon Islands tsunami despite a state-of-the-art warning system.
The UN said Pacific Tsunami Warning System bulletins had been well received but the quake was so clos..
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www.asiamedia.ucla.edu
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The internet real-name system, designed to prevent cyber crimes such as libel and privacy infringement, will be applied to Web portals and websites of public organizations with over 100,000 visitors per day...
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