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Cập nhật 08/09/2008 17:16:00

A thai military general says another military coup is possible if the political strife in Thailand continues to drag on.

Chief defence advisor General Somjet Boonthanom, says the present standoff should be tackled through political means but he warns military intervention may be necessary if all other means failed.

The People's Alliance for Democracy and Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej are still at loggerheads, despite parliamentary mediation attempts.

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Vietnamese residents living on the Cambodia/Vietnam border are being urged to send their children to Vietnamese schools.

Educational authorities in An Giang province are waving school fees and are providing school bags and school books to encourage children to attend classes.

They say in some schools ethnic Vietnamese make up the majority of students .

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Pakistan's new president Asif Ali Zardari is expected to be sworn in tomorrow.(tues)

The leader of the Pakistan People's Party won the support of more than two-thirds of MPs on Saturday in a vote to replace the former president Pervez Musharraf.

Mr Zardari has dedicated his election win to his slain wife and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

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Hong Kong's pro-democracy opposition has secured enough seats in the Legislative Council to veto major legislation, according to results from Sunday's legislative election.

The pro-democracy camp captured 23 seats, surpassing the minimum of 21 seats needed in the 60-seat council to exercise veto power against the government.

However there was a low voter turnout with just 45 per cent of voters participating in the poll


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Burma's police chief has denied detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is on hunger strike.

She receives daily rations from the regime and has no other source of food.

Aung San Suu Kyi's National League of Democracy claims she has been refusing food supplies for the past three weeks.

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Australia says it will not reverse its ban on the sale of uranium to India and other countries that have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith is expected to come under pressure to reverse the policy during a visit to India this week.

Australia has 40 percent of the world's known uranium reserves, but has consistently rejected India's pleas to be allowed to buy nuclear fuel unless it first signs the NPT.