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» Thaksin willing to help jailed engineer

Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is willing to help the detained Thai engineer in Cambodia if the Thai government could not help him, Thaksin's legal adviser Noppadon Pattama said on Sunday.

» 27 Taliban killed in clash

Afghan border police said Sunday they had killed 27 Taliban-linked insurgents and captured a fighter from Chechnya in a fierce battle backed by coalition air support that lasted several hours.

» Bangladesh ferry toll at least 37

Bangladeshi rescue workers on Sunday pulled more bodies from a capsized ferry as police said at least 37 people had died and warned that "scores" more corpses remained in the vessel.

» Mae Hong Son hit by severe cold

More than 138,200 people in Mae Hong Son have suffered from severe cold weather. Seven districts have been declared as disaster-hit areas.

» PM: Govt to discuss dong, Dubai debt

The economic ministers will meet on Monday to discuss the debt crisis in Dubai and the devaluation on Vietnam's dong currency, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said in his weekly broadcast on Sunday.

» Govt: UAE may eject Thaksin

The United Arab Emirates would ask fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to leave the country if he uses it as a base for attacking the Thai government, Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya's assistant Panit Vikitset said on Sunday.

» PM thankful for no protests

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva thanked all sides for calling off their political rallies as His Majesty the King's birthday is nearing.

» 16 missing in China mine accident

A flood at a coal mine in northeast China has trapped 16 workers, the government said Saturday, in the latest accident to strike China's notoriously dangerous mining sector.

» Indie drama wins Golden Hourse

Taiwanese director Leon Dai's low budget family drama on Saturday swept the Golden Horse Film Awards, considered the Chinese-language "Oscars,'' bagging the best picture and best director gongs.

» Iran 'will' make own nuclear fuel

Iran will produce its own enriched uranium for a medical research reactor in Tehran if the UN atomic watchdog fails to provide the nuclear fuel, a senior hardline cleric said on Saturday.

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