| China
suspends multiple-entry visas
|
Hong
Kong, Apr 8:
Chinese authorities have stopped issuing multiple-entry visas
to foreigners and slowed visa processing in Hong Kong, a major
gateway for travel to the mainland, in restrictions that will
last until after the Beijing Olympics, local travel agents said
Tuesday.
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| Mugabe
militants target white farmers
|
Zimbabwe,
Apr 8:
Militant supporters of President Robert Mugabe have targeted
whites, forcing about a dozen ranchers and farmers off their
land as Zimbabwe's longtime ruler fanned racial tensions amid
fears he will turn to violence to hold on to power.
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| Heavy
fighting kills 37 in Sri Lanka
|
Colombo,
Apr 8:
At least 37 Tamil Tigers were killed in fierce clashes between
the rebels and security forces in embattled northern Sri Lanka,
where Air Force fighter jets destroyed a suspected LTTE suicide
bomber training base.
|
| US,
NKorea in key nuclear talks
|
Singapore,
Apr 8:
The United States and North Korea held key talks in Singapore
on Tuesday over the communist state's nuclear disarmament but
the US warned efforts to resolve an impasse were running out
of time.
|
| Maoists
in, king out as Nepal faces historic vote
|
Kathmandu,
Apr 8:
Nepal stages a historic election on Thursday meant to rope a
once-feared Maoist guerrilla army into democratic politics and
bring an end to a once-loved 240-year-old Hindu monarchy.
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