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<tr><td valign=top align=left><b>&nbsp;&#183;&nbsp;</b></td><td width="100%"><small><a href="http://asia.fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/asia/joseph_estrada/">Philippines debate impeachment rules</a></small></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top align=left><b>&nbsp;&#183;&nbsp;</b></td><td width="100%"><small><a href="http://asia.fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/asia/East_Timor/">UN Security Council team heads West Timor</a></small></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top align=left><b>&nbsp;&#183;&nbsp;</b></td><td width="100%"><small><a href="http://asia.fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/asia/Japan/">Japan's PM vows to stay on, fights off rival</a></small></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top align=left><b>&nbsp;&#183;&nbsp;</b></td><td width="100%"><small><a href="http://asia.fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/asia/Austria/">Austria alpine train faulty before entering tunnel</a></small></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top align=left><b>&nbsp;&#183;&nbsp;</b></td><td width="100%"><small><a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Presidential_Election_2000/">Americans still waiting for outcome of election</a></small></td></tr>



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<a href="http://it.yahoo.com">Italy</a> -
<a href="http://no.yahoo.com">Norway</a> -
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<a href="http://in.yahoo.com">India</a> -
<a href="http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/info/bridge.html">Japan</a> -
<a href="http://kr.yahoo.com">Korea</a> -
<a href="http://sg.yahoo.com">Singapore</a> -
<a href="http://tw.yahoo.com">Taiwan</a></small></td></tr>
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<a href="http://br.yahoo.com">Brazil</a> -
<a href="http://ca.yahoo.com">Canada</a> -
<a href="http://mx.yahoo.com">Mexico</a> -
<a href="http://espanol.yahoo.com">Spanish</a> -
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