Myanmar jail threat to Suu Kyi party on poll boycott
YANGON, Sept 18,AFP Myanmar state media warned
opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party on Saturday to drop
protests against its dissolution and threatened jail for anyone
impeding the November vote.
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Kan’s new cabinet enjoys high support rate
TOKYO, Sept 18, AFP Japanese Prime Minister
Naoto Kan’s new cabinet won a high public approval rating Saturday,
as the press warned ministers had to work to tame a booming yen and
end a damaging territorial row with China.
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Taiwan, China on alert as powerful typhoon nears
TAIPEI, Sept 18, AFP Forecasters in Taiwan and
China issued alerts on Saturday as the most powerful typhoon so far
this year headed their way, churning through subtropical Pacific
islands belonging to Japan.
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