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PESHAWAR, Pakistan/KABUL (Reuters) -Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on Friday to extend their 48-hour ceasefire until the conclusion of talks in Doha, according to three Pakistani security officials and one Afghan Taliban source. A Pakistani delegation had already arrived in Doha while an Afghan delegation was expected to reach the Qatari capital on Saturday, said the …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Japan’s elite sumo wrestlers slapped, thrust and flipped their way through the first evening of their five-day exhibition tournament in London’s Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday, to the delight of a full house of spectators. After a ceremony-heavy start and some lively explanations for first-time watchers from Japanese broadcaster NHK’s veteran English-language announcer …

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(Corrects name of Chinese foreign minister to Wang in paragraph 6) OTTAWA (Reuters) -Senior Canadian and Chinese officials discussed bilateral trade disputes involving canola and electric vehicles on Friday, Ottawa said, but gave no indication of any immediate breakthrough. Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand met Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing as part of an …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -Mongolian lawmakers voted to remove the prime minister and parliament speaker on Friday, throwing the resource-rich nation into renewed political turmoil. Zandanshatar Gombojav stepped down as prime minister after losing the confidence vote just four months after taking office, the official Montsame news agency reported. One reason cited by lawmakers was that Zandanshatar, …

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By Heejung Jung SEOUL (Reuters) -The death of a South Korean student lured into working in a scam centre in Cambodia with the promise of a good wage prompted Seoul this week to send officials to Phnom Penh to seek the release of people held against their will. But not all those who end up …

Not everyone in Cambodia scam centres is an angel, South Korean missionary says Read More »

DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh’s ambitious “July Charter” for state reform, drafted after last year’s deadly student-led uprising, was backed by the majority of political parties on Friday, but a signing ceremony was marred by street violence and boycotted by a key group. The charter seeks to reshape the country’s politics and institutions and give constitutional recognition …

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(Corrects He Weidong’s age to 68, not 67) BEIJING (Reuters) -Two top Chinese generals have been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and the military for “serious violations of discipline and law”, the country’s defence ministry said on Friday. He Weidong, China’s number two general, and Miao Hua, the Chinese army’s top political officer, are …

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