India welcomes Nepal's decision to lift emergency, but urges more steps

INDIA welcomed a move by Nepal's King Gyanendra to lift a state of emergency he imposed in the Himalayan kingdom as a "first step" towards restoring democracy and urged him to take more measures.

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China's toiling masses celebrate May Day with shopping spree

CHINA, which has more Communists than the rest of the world combined, celebrated May Day Sunday not by revering the toiling masses but by spending huge sums of money on shopping and traveling. Wangfujing, Beijing's top shopping street near Tiananmen Square, was thronged by thousands of people kicking off what looked set to become a consumption fest over the seven-day holiday launched by May Day.

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