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Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama may go to China in early May

TOKYO  Feb 27, 2010 Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama may  be visiting China in early May to meet President Hu Jintao, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday

The remaining two US missionaries to stay in Haiti jail at least until Tuesday

PORT-AU-PRINCE  Feb 27, 2010 Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter, the two  U.S. missionaries still  in jail in Haiti  will not be freed at least until Tuesday.

Campos Meta plans to have Indian driver Karun Chandhok for Bahrain Grand Prix

CHENNAI  Feb 26, 2010 Karun Chandhok is in the final stages of talks with Campos Meta Formula One team for a drive in the 2010 season, his manager said today.

    Spain’s Campos is  one of the  four new teams in an expanded F1 grid in the new season. It  has so far named only one driver, Brazilian Bruno Senna. Bruno is the nephew of late F1 world champion Ayrton Senna and Chandhok’s former GP2 team mate.

    India’s only Formula One driver to date was Narain Karthikeyan, who was with Team Jordan in 2005.

U. S says no crippling sanctions on Iran as they may hurt ordinary people

 WASHINGTON  Feb 26, 2010  The United States said on Thursday it does not aim to put crippling sanctions on Iran.  Instead, it  would  pressure the Iranian government to change course on its nuclear program.                                       

Australia concerned over use of fake passports in Dubai killing

CANBERRA Feb 26, 2010 International governments are getting increasingly angry over the killing of a top Hamas commander in Dubai.  Now, Australia has

Australia sees rising home-grown "jihadist" threat

   CANBERRA Feb 23, 2010 Australia faces a rising threat from home-grown "violent jihadists", Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Tuesday. He released a counter-terrorism plan which increases security measures in relation to visitors from 10 countries.

Israel to include W.Bank shrines in heritage plan, Palestine criticises the move

   JERUSALEM Feb 22, 2010 Israel has a national plan to repair some 150 Jewish and Zionist heritage sites. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently announced that two Jewish shrines in the occupied West Bank would be part of the plan.

   This move was heavily criticised by the Palestinians. They feel it would increase the religious tensions in the area, which might have dangerous consequences.

S.Korea's Election Commission puts control on Twitter use during elections, due June 2

SEOUL  Feb 19, 2010  South Korea has set controls on use of  Twitter during the June 2 local elections.

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