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      South Korea's Pohang Steelers shocked two-time champions Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia 2-1 to capture the AFC Champions League title at Tokyo's National Stadium on Saturday.

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      Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a NATO air strike that also injured international forces in remote western Afghanistan, the Afghan defence ministry said on Saturday.

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      Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao denied that Beijing was developing ties in Africa purely to satisfy its need for energy, as he headed for talks with the continent's leaders, according to state media.

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      The head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations urged Thailand and Cambodia to show "maximum restraint" amid tensions over Phnom Penh's job offer to a fugitive former Thai premier.

    Sci-Tech

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      US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs.

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      Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.

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      A year and a day since President Barack Obama was elected he hinted Thursday he planned on being around a while, spending eight years to push his ambitious reform agenda.

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      Paris's Louvre museum on Thursday launched an application giving Apple iPhone and iPod touch users access to its collections.

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      An angry man threw a boot at former Australian prime minister John Howard during a debate at Britain's Cambridge University, the quick-thinking student who caught the shoe said Thursday.

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