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Slum tours give hard dose of reality in Indonesia (AFP)

AFP - Gridlocked traffic, filthy rivers, air that tastes of diesel -- there is much that keeps Indonesia's capital Jakarta off the global tourist map.

Missiles show NKorea skills improving: officials (AP)

AP - North Korea's weekend missile launches show the communist country is improving its capability and accuracy and are a cause for concern, officials said Sunday.

Region readies for N. Korea missiles as U.S. talks sanctions (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. pointman for sanctions on North Korea holds talks in Malaysia on Sunday, possibly on links banks have to the North's finances, while a report said Pyongyang may have shot mid-range missiles in a series fired on Saturday.

China central bank official: US current account deficits a result of many countries' surpluses
Current account deficits of the United States resulted from surpluses of many countries, said the People's Bank of China Assistant Governor Guo Qingping Saturday. Guo, who was speaking at the Global Think Tank Summit in Beijing, said excess savings in

Czech Republic opens Rizal bastion
Ambassador Regina Irene Sarmiento (right) speaks at the opening of the Rizal-Blumentritt bastion in Czech Republic, citing the warm relations between the Philippines and the Czech Republic, and the importance of the bastion in their cultural history. The

Belarussian Independence Day marked in Hanoi
The Vietnam-Belarus Friendship Association and the Belarussian Embassy in Vietnam jointly held a ceremony in Hanoi on July 3 to mark Belarus?s Independence Day and the 65th anniversary of its liberation from German fascist invaders. Speaking at the

Bomb blast near south Philippine cathedral kills 1 (AP)
AP - Suspected Muslim guerrillas detonated a bomb near a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding more than two dozen others.

Ma on official visit to Nicaragua
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has arrived in Nicaragua for a two-day official visit aimed at boosting ties with one of the poorest nations in Central America. 'We want to express our desire here to pursue bilateral cooperation' Mr Ma said at a

Ma highlights Taiwan-Nicaragua ties
MANAGUA, NICARAGUA -- President Ma Ying-jeou arrived in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua Friday for a two-day visit, with the presidents of the two countries vowing to continue improving bilateral ties for mutual benefit. Ma flew into Managua from

Indo- China riddle in Climate Change
- After the passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act by the United States Congress, the question now arises whether a global framework can be established in International Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December, when countries

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