The most successful world fair in history is due to close this weekend as Chinese citizens continue to queue for hours to see the world.
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Californians to vote on who’s more ethnic
The main issues for most Americans in this year’s mid-term elections are the economy, government spending and jobs, but in California its become a fight about much more as the two candidates are dragging the race down to race.
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Ban Ki-moon fires back over Khmer court
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says it will be up to the the UN-backed war crimes court to decide whether to pursue more former Khmer Rouge leaders.
Cambodian PM stuns UN chief with demands
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has demanded that the United Nations Secretary General remove his local representative.
Karzai pleas to Kandahar chiefs for help
The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has spoken to community leaders of Kandahar Province to shore-up support for its accelerating security campaign in the Taliban heartland.
Oil impact for years on Gulf Coast
The US President Barack Obama says it is going to take years for the Gulf Coast to recover from the worst oil spill in the nation’s history.
Officials quit over Afghan jirga security
The chiefs of Afghanistan’s interior ministry and intelligence have abruptly resigned following a series of failed attacks at the opening of last week’s peace jirga.
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Kan the new man in Japan
Japan’s finance minister, Naoto Kan, has been formally elected as his country’s next prime minister.
Irritable Kan tipped to lead Japan
Members of Japan’s ruling Democratic Party seem set to elevate the deputy prime minister, Naoto Kan, to the top job following the resignation of Yukio Hatoyama.
Japan PM resigns over Okinawa base
The man who brought more than fifty years of conservative rule in Japan to an end has resigned, less than a year after becoming prime minister.
