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Model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno can still appeal against the Pahang Syariah Court decision to cane her for consuming alcohol, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. He said she should not merely resign herself to the fact that such a sentence had been meted out on her and that there was still an avenue for her to appeal... 

North Korea has invited the U.S. envoy overseeing relations with the reclusive state to visit for nuclear talks next month, South Korean media said on Tuesday, the latest in a recent series of conciliatory gestures. In another sign it is ready to take the chill out of relations, the North agreed to talks on Wednesday between... 

From The Economist One of the longest leases of power in the post-war era looks likely to end on August 30th. In Japan's curiously genteel election campaign, opinion polls indictate that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is heading for defect. This would almost be good for Japan. The LDP, in power almost without interruption...