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Myanmar may free Suu Kyi in six months: Singapore minister

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Military-ruled Myanmar could release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in about half a year, once a maximum detention period of six years has expired, Singapore's foreign minister said on Sunday. ...

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WITNESS: Shooting hoops, in the name of the state

Michael Fiala is a senior photo editor based in Singapore who joined Reuters three years ago. He first traveled to mainland China in 1990 on the way to North Korea, and was transferred to Beijing the following year. Fiala has since kept close ties to China and in the following story he tells the ...

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Betancourt urges FARC to free hostages

PARIS (Reuters) - Ingrid Betancourt urged Colombian rebels to free all hostages as she addressed a rally in the French capital on Sunday that was part of a series of demonstrations around the world to protest against kidnappings. ...

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U.S. troops kill son of Iraqi governor

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces shot dead the 17-year-old son and another relative of the governor of northern Iraq's Salahuddin province in a raid on Sunday, local officials said. ...

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Foreign airstrike kills nine Afghan police

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A foreign airstrike killed nine Afghan policemen in western Afghanistan overnight after a clash in which both sides mistook the other for Taliban militants, Afghan officials said on Sunday. ...

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ETA blamed for blasts in northern Spain

MADRID (Reuters) - Two explosive devices went off in seaside resorts in Cantabria, northern Spain, after a warning telephone call on Sunday that said the devices had been planted by Basque separatists ETA, government officials said. ...

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