India in diplomatic overdrive to seal US nuclear pact
India said Thursday it was sending out envoys to
lobby for the final international clearances needed to finalise a
controversial nuclear energy deal with the United States.
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Five nations to appoint ASEAN ambassadors, bloc says
Five nations - Australia, China, Japan, New
Zealand and Russia - are appointing ambassadors to the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations, (ASEAN) the regional bloc said in a
statement Thursday.
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Japan hunts for injured after powerful quake
Rescue teams searched in dense fog and rain
Thursday for victims of a powerful earthquake in northern Japan that
left more than 110 people injured, some of them seriously
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OECD welcomes Indonesia fuel price hike
Indonesia's controversial near 30-percent fuel
price hike was applauded Thursday by the OECD group of
industrialised nations, which said energy subsidies were holding the
country back
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