April 17, 2009 Friday
Updated

SEOUL - UN nuclear experts left North Korea on Thursday after the communist regime ordered their expulsion amid an escalating standoff over the regime's recent rocket launch.

Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) left the main site in Yongbyon north of Pyongyang after removing all seals and switching off surveillance cameras, IAEA spokesman Marc Vidricaire said in a statement.

 
Violence mar opening

NEW DELHI - DESPITE violence from extreme rebels on the first day of Indian elections on Thursday, Indian voters turned out heavily in the first day of the general elections.

According to news media, suspected Maoist insurgents marred the balloting in several areas with deadly attacks.

Call for religious freedom

HONG KONG - THE new head of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong said on Thursday he wanted to see religious freedom for worshippers in China as soon as possible.

India won't buy French jets

NEW DELHI - INDIA has decided not to buy Rafale fighters from French firm Dassault Aviation as part of a US$12 billion upgrade of its air force, an Indian defence ministry official said Thursday.

   
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