Soga says needs time with family<\/p>\n
INDONESIA: Reunited in Indonesia with her family after nearly two
\nyears, a Japanese woman once abducted to North Korea spent hours
\ntalking to her husband, a former U.S. soldier Washington says
\ndeserted to the Stalinist state in 1965.<\/p>\n
Hitomi Soga, who met and married Charles Robert Jenkins after
\nshe was abducted as a young student nurse, said she needed time
\nfollowing Friday's emotional reunion to settle in with her
\nfamily, including her two daughters, Mika, 21 and Belinda, 18.<\/p>\n
\"I am happy that the four members of our family have been able
\nto spend, for the first time in a year and nine months, precious
\ntime (together) in a beautiful, tropical country,\" Soga said in a
\nstatement issued on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Soga, 45, thanked the Indonesian government for helping to
\nachieve the reunion.<\/p>\n
\"I would like to have time for discussions with my family
\nwithout rushing, while staying in Jakarta,\" Soga said.<\/p>\n
-- Reuters<\/p>\n
;REUTERS;
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\nHigh-Japan-elections
\nJapan party chiefs make last pitch for Sunday poll
\nJP\/2\/HIGH<\/p>\n
Japan party chiefs make last poll pitch<\/p>\n
JAPAN: Leaders of Japan's ruling and opposition parties made
\ntheir final appeals to voters on Saturday, a day before an
\nelection that could determine the fate of Prime Minister
\nJunichiro Koizumi.<\/p>\n
Koizumi's ruling coalition cannot be ousted from power as a
\nresult of the election for parliament's upper house, as it holds
\na majority in the powerful lower chamber.<\/p>\n
But a poor showing in elections for the upper chamber would
\nweaken his clout and might invite calls for his resignation.<\/p>\n
A hoarse-voiced Koizumi urged a large crowd of voters gathered
\nin Tokyo's Ginza shopping district -- despite pouring rain -- to
\nback his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).<\/p>\n
A survey published by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper on Friday
\nshowed that voters were about evenly split between the LDP and
\nthe main opposition Democratic Party.<\/p>\n
-- Reuters<\/p>\n
;REUTERS;
\nANPAc..u..
\nHigh-Dutch-security
\nDutch security raised over terror attack fears
\nJP\/2\/HIGh<\/p>\n
Dutch security upped amid terror fears
\n
\nNETHERLANDS: Dutch authorities have stepped up security at key
\nlocations after receiving information that radical groups may be
\nplanning terror attacks, the interior ministry said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
\"This is due to indications available to the Public
\nIntelligence and Security Service about the activities of several
\nradical Muslims, that could be seen as being preparations for
\nterrorist attacks,\" the ministry said.<\/p>\n
Extra police could be seen around Amsterdam's Schiphol
\nairport. Security has also been increased at government buildings
\nand royal palaces.<\/p>\n
-- Reuters<\/p>\n
;AP;
\nANPA ..r..
\nHong Kong-Politics
\nHong Kong leader meets opposition critic, pro-democracy leaders
\nJP\/2\/HIGH<\/p>\n
Tung meets with Beijing critic<\/p>\n
HONG KONG: Hong Kong's leader Tung Chee-hwa met on Saturday with
\none of his harshest critics in an apparent effort ahead of key
\nlegislative elections to dampen public outrage over China's
\nrecent rejection of demands for full democracy.<\/p>\n
Tung spent an hour with Hong Kong opposition legislator Emily
\nLau and a group of prodemocracy district councilors.<\/p>\n
Lau, one of the most vocal critics of the government, has
\nrepeatedly called for Tung's resignation.<\/p>\n
Hong Kong and Chinese authorities have made conciliatory
\ngestures recently in an apparent attempt to quell local anger
\nover Beijing's April decision to rule out direct elections for
\nHong Kong's leader in 2007 and all lawmakers in 2008.<\/p>\n
Lau said her group urged Tung to appeal Beijing's ruling, but
\nhe said Wednesday he doesn't have the authority to do so. Tung's
\noffice did not immediately comment on Saturday's meetings.<\/p>\n
-- AP
\n;AP;
\nANPA ..r..
\nHigh-Austria-Klestil
\nSchwarzenegger, Putin, royals attend Austrian president's funeral
\nJP\/2\/HIGH<\/p>\n
Dignitaries attend Klestil funeral<\/p>\n
AUSTRIA: Leaders and royals from across Europe, as well as
\nCalifornia Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, were among thousands
\nbidding a final farewell on Saturday to Austrian President Thomas
\nKlestil.<\/p>\n
The state funeral to bury Klestil, who died this week just two
\ndays before his term was to end, concluded four days of national
\nmourning that began Wednesday when his casket was brought to the
\npresidential offices in the imperial Hofburg Palace. About 20,000
\nfiled past the casket as Klestil lay in state for three days.<\/p>\n
Klestil died of multiple organ failure late Tuesday, a day
\nafter he was airlifted to a Vienna hospital following heart
\nfailure. He was 71.<\/p>\n
-- AP<\/p>\n
;AP;
\nANPA ..u..
\nKashmir-Violence
\nSeven killed in gunfights in Indian-controlled Kashmir, 30 wounded
\nJP\/2\/HIGH<\/p>\n
Seven killed in Kashmir gunfights<\/p>\n
INDIA: Fighting between security forces and militants in Indian-
\ncontrolled Kashmir left six suspected rebels and a soldier dead,
\nwhile at least 30 civilians were wounded when a grenade exploded
\non a busy street on Saturday, police said.<\/p>\n
Three of the guerrillas and the soldier were killed in a
\ngunbattle overnight in Punch district, a police officer said on
\nSaturday. A police officer was also wounded.<\/p>\n
The three other slain rebels were killed in a separate battle
\nin the same region, about 150 kilometers southwest of Srinagar,
\nthe officer said on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
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