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Thai election commissioners jailed for poll abuse

BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai court sent three election commissioners to jail for four years on Tuesday for mishandling April’s inconclusive general election, clearing the way for a new poll to end a long-running political crisis.

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South Korea, Indian rank first in UN leader poll

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon and U.N. official Shashi Tharoor received the most endorsements in the Security Council’s straw poll for the next U.N. secretary-general, diplomats said on Monday.

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Nigerian clashes kill at least 15

ABUJA (Reuters) – The latest violence linked to next year’s elections in Nigeria has killed at least 15 people in two southern states, local leaders and police said on Monday.

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Experts say int’l law being breached in region

THE HAGUE (AP) — The United Nations’ chief human rights guardians have warned that the clashes between Israel and Hizbollah may be violating humanitarian law, but experts say prosecutions on either side are unlikely.

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Indonesian death toll climbs to 654 from Monday’s quake, tsunami

JAKARTA (CNN) — Indonesia’s National Task Force for Disasters Saturday released new casualty figures for this week’s earthquake and resulting tsunami. According to the agency, the disaster has killed 654 people, injured 978 and left 329 people missing. Monday’s natural disaster displaced 109,953 people. (Posted 12:08 a.m.)

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