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Thaksin to seek asylum in Britain
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who skipped bail last week and flew to London, plans to seek political asylum in Britain

Taliban ambush kills 10 French soldiers
Nicolas Sarkozy was on his way to Afghanistan after Taliban fighters killed 10 French soldiers in fighting near Kabul, part of the heaviest death toll Nato forces have suffered in battle since the 2001 US-led invasion

Pakistan's 'rogue' spy agency attacked
A US state department official said the new government in Islamabad had failed to prevent the country's intelligence agency from aiding terrorist attacks and supporting the Taliban

Pakistan to review anti-terror policy
As a suicide bomber killed 25 in north-west Pakistan, officials said they were looking at ways to adapt anti-terror policies to discourage people from turning to militancy by giving them greater social and economic support

Blast kills 25 in north-west Pakistan
A suspected suicide bomber killed 25 people in northwest Pakistan, where violence poses a major test for the coalition government led by the party of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, especially after the resignation of former army chief Pervez Musharraf as president

Japan holds rates amid gloom
The Bank of Japan has cut its assessment of the economy for a second month running in a sign that a global slump sparked by the US credit crisis may be spreading too quickly for the country to avert recession

Jakarta hires banks for global sukuk issue
Indonesia appointed three banks to handle its global Islamic bond programme in a boost to the sukuk market

Olympics summary day eleven
Jan Frodeno of Germany wins men's triathlon in a sprint to the finish while Christine Ohuruogu becomes Great Britain's first woman to win the 400m

Foreign fields: Rich states look beyond their borders for...
Food importers led by Saudi Arabia are trying to acquire land in poorer countries, striking bilateral deals that would ensure exports even in a crisis

Seoul to simplify rules on flotations
South Korea said it would revise rules governing initial public offerings in the lastest move by Seoul to boost stock market activity

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