NEPAL: Security forces kill four in protest against king
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP): SECURITY FORCES fatally shot at least four protesters as thousands marched in southeastern Nepal yesterday, and the government re-imposed a curfew in Katmandu ahead of a massive rally planned for the capital.
UNITED STATES: Gender equality leads to greater satisfaction in bed - survey
CHICAGO (AP): JAPAN CAN'T get no satisfaction. But Austria's mojo is working. Sex is more satisfying in countries where women and men are considered equal, according to an international study of people between the ages of 40 and 80...
AUSTRALIA: Troops sent to restore order in Solomon Isles
HONIARA, Solomon Islands (AP): SCORES OF Australian troops flew into the Solomon Islands late yesterday to restore peace after rioters and looters attacked police and laid waste to the capital Honiara's Chinatown neighbourhood in violence...
GUYANA: Elections Commission chairman dismisses accusations of duplicity
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): THE CHAIRMAN of the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM), Dr. Steve Surujbally, has dismissed allegations made against him by three opposition nominated commissioners.
IRAQ: Prosecutors try to nail Saddam on signature
BAGHDAD (Reuters): IRAQI PROSECUTORS pressed ahead yesterday with efforts to prove that Saddam Hussein's signature was found on documents directly implicating him in the killings of 148 Shi'ites in the 1980s.
SOUTH KOREA: Parliament approves first woman PM
SEOUL (Reuters): SOUTH KOREA'S parliament approved the country's first woman prime minister yesterday, a former activist and feminist leader once jailed for pro-democracy protests.
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