thai prime minister thaksin shinawatra has vowed to respect and reinforce people 's power by promoting participatory democracy in his new term , local press reported thursday .

Short summary: thai pm pledges to enhance people 's rights in second term

IN: parliamentarians from the organization of the islamic conference -lrb- oic -rrb- member states met in the largest turkish city of istanbul on wednesday to discuss the ongoing conflict in the gaza strip .
summary: oic mps meet in turkey over gaza offensive

Problem: congolese rebels meet wednesday amid an open challenge to the leadership of laurent nkunda in a split likely to complicate the search for a solution to the conflict in eastern dr congo .

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A: rival poses problems for dr congo rebel leader

question: a gunbattle erupted monday night between fatah gunmen and hamas militiamen in the southern gaza town of rafah , wounding five people a day after a deadly explosion of internal violence paralyzed the gaza strip .

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summary: hamas militia leaves gaza s streets but sporadic violence still flares

a senior chinese mainland official on wednesday urged people on both sides of the taiwan strait to oppose `` taiwan independence '' activities , including a referendum on joining the united nations , in order to preserve peace across the taiwan strait .

A summary about the text above: chinese official calls for opposition to taiwan referendum on un membership

singaporean senior minister lee kuan yew said here monday that hong kong can maximize its links with china 's mainland in developing high technology .

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lee kuan yew on mainland hk links