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Xinhua world news summary at 0430 GMT, Nov. 24
Nov 23, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
MANILA -- Twenty-four people -- mostly women - - were feared
killed in a assassination flared by the decades-old clan war
between two powerful families in southern Philippine province
Maguindanao, officials said Tuesday.
The local on-line news network INQUIRER.Net released a list of
24 fatalities but police spokesman can not be reached over phone
to confirm the death toll. (Philippines-assassination)
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HAVANA -- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and his
visiting Australian counterpart Stephen Smith on Monday signed in
Havana a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on strengthening
bilateral ties.
The memorandum seeks to institutionalize political
consultations and establish regular contact between the two sides.
(Cuba-Australia)
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Sao Paulo State Governor Jose Serra, from the
opposition Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), kept the lead
in the voting intentions for the 2010 presidential elections,
according to a CNT/Sensus survey released on Monday.
According to the survey, Governor Serra attained 31.8 percent
of the voting intentions for next year's elections. Meanwhile,
President Lula's handpicked candidate, Chief of Staff Dilma
Rousseff from the Workers' Party (PT), garnered only 21.7
percent, despite a high approval rating for Lula.
(Brazil-Election Poll)
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BANGKOK -- Samak Sundaravej, the 25th prime minister of
Thailand who had been disqualified from office in 2008 because of
hosting a cooking show, died of liver cancer Tuesday morning in a
Bangkok hospital, Thai media reported.
Samak had been treated for cancer in Bamrungrat Hospital in
Bangkok for about a year, Thai News Agency reported. He was sent
into ICU on Monday due to deterioration of condition and passed
away on Tuesday, at the age of 74. (Thailand-Samak)
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