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TOKYO (AFP) - Japan said Thursday it planned to extend a controversial mission backing the US-led "war on terror" in Afghanistan , a day after Taliban extremists killed a Japanese aid worker in the war-torn country. The slain worker's group withdrew staff and charged that Japan 's rising military profile may have been to blame for the death of agricultural specialist Kazuya Ito, 31, whose bullet-riddled body was... [read full story]
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea made clear on Sunday it will not back down in mounting tensions with North Korea, which has threatened to shut their heavily armed border next week over what it sees as Seoul's antagonistic...
Many of the Sunday papers look ahead to Monday's pre-budget report and agree the Chancellor is planning to cut VAT in an effort to kick-start the economy. The Independent on Sunday says no-one knows if reducing VAT from 17.5%...
Sir Alex Ferguson is adamant that Manchester United must cut the gap on the Premier League leaders to no more than two points by Hogmanay, but they wasted an opportunity yesterday when they failed to defeat their perennial...
