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Issue: May 10, 2006 (Archive)

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Death for grisly slayings
A Malaysian court sentenced a lawyer and three farm workers to death over the gruesome murder of a glamorous cosmetics tycoon and her three associates.

Mugabe set for polls after charter
President Robert Mugabe signed Zimbabwe's new constitution into law yesterday, clearing the path to crucial elections this year.

Japanese reactor sits on active fault
A nuclear reactor in Japan is sitting directly above an active tectonic fault - effectively ruling out a restart forever.

Shattered suburb begins tornado terror cleanup
As rescue efforts in Oklahoma City wound down yesterday, residents turned to the daunting task of rebuilding a US heartland community shattered by a vast tornado that killed at least 24 people.

Top North envoy in Beijing mission
A top North Korean general and confidant of leader Kim Jong Un has met a senior Chinese official in Beijing.

Asians pour toward wars over water
Competition for water could trigger conflict unless nations cooperate to share the diminishing resource, leaders from Asia-Pacific nations warned yesterday.

North keeps on firing despite pleas
North Korea yesterday test-fired a short- range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, despite pleas from South Korea and the UN chief to halt the launches at a time of high tensions.

Syrian bid to retake rebel stronghold
Syrian troops backed by fighters from Lebanese militant group Hezbollah launched an assault on the rebel-held central town of Qusayr yesterday, after months of fierce fighting in the area.

Everest joy for Saudi woman with altitude
Saudi woman Raha Moharrak reached the summit of Nepal's Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, in a first for the conservative Muslim kingdom where women's sports are severely restricted.

Abe slammed for 'horror unit' pose
Leading South Korean newspapers splashed a photo of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a military trainer jet on their front pages yesterday, saying it was a reminder of Japan's colonial-era atrocities.

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