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From our Correspondent A country's image of itself is often judged by the way it celebrates National Day and the contrast between Switzerland and Singapore cannot be greater. Switzerland just celebrated its National Day on 1st August, 8 days before Singapore. The way Switzerland commemorates its founding can hardly be considered... 

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il pardoned two jailed American journalists after a meeting with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and a Clinton spokesman said the reporters were en route to Los Angeles to be reunited with their families. Clinton, who arrived in North Korea Tuesday on an unannounced visit,... 

Australian counter-terrorist police Tuesday arrested four people in raids that foiled a Somali-linked plot to launch a suicide attack on a military base, senior officers said. The men of Somali and Lebanese descent were arrested in the southeastern state of Victoria in an operation involving about 400 police, they said, adding...