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US Embassy in Jakarta Receives Bomb Threat

The Indonesian police Thursday sent the bomb disposal unit to the US Embassy compound in Jakarta after receiving text messages whose sender read as Al Qaida and threatened to explode the embassy.

-	Abe: 'Comfort Women' Not Coerced

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday there was no evidence of coercion by Japan's wartime government in using Asian women as sex slaves, backtracking from a landmark 1993 statement in which the Japanese government acknowledged that it set up and ran brothels for its troops in the last century.

-	US-DPRK Meeting Set for March 5

Officials from the United States and North Korea will hold working group talks from March 5-6 in New York on the normalization of bilateral relations, the State Department said on Wednesday.

-	Italian Gov't Wins Confidence Vote in Senate

Italian center-left Prime Minister Romano Prodi won the confidence vote in Senate last night, with 162 votes in favor and 157 against.

-	Suicide Bomber Kills 14 in Cheney's Visit to Afghanistan

A suicide bomber killed at least 14 people and wounded about a dozen more outside the main US military base in Afghanistan Tuesday, during a visit by US Vice-President Dick Cheney. The Taliban claimed responsibility and said Cheney was the target.

-	FM: China Adheres to the 'Path of Peaceful Development'

A Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday that China adheres to the path of peaceful development and is "an important force in the maintenance of peace and stability in the region and the world."

-	China, Sri Lanka Pledge Closer Ties

China and Sri Lanka yesterday signed a series of deals when Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse visited Beijing to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

-	UN Members End Iran Nuclear Talks

Representatives of the five permanent members of UN Security council plus Germany agreed to begin work on a new UN Security Council resolution on Iran over its nuclear program but were still committed to seeking a negotiated solution Monday in London.

-	UN Court Clears Serbia of Genocide

The International Court of Justice ruled on Monday that Serbia was not guilty of genocide for the mass killings of Bosnia Muslims during the 1992-95 war, but should have helped to prevent the tragedy.

-	Iraqi Cabinet Passes Draft Oil Law

The Iraqi cabinet yesterday passed the long-expected draft oil law, a key move necessary to save the economy from further depression, and the draft will be submitted to the parliament for approval.

-	The Departed Wins Big at Oscars

The crime drama The Departed, Hollywood's adaption of a Hong Kong thriller, fought off the upstart Little Miss Sunshine on Sunday night to win the Oscar for best picture of the year, while its director Martin Scorsese ended a long losing streak and finally won an Academy Award.

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