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 Food Material Nepal's former king Gyanendra said Wednesday he"respected" the abolition of the centuries-old Himalayan monarchyas he gave a final speech before his eviction from the royalpalace. The Group of Eight justice ministers and security chiefsgathered in Tokyo on Wednesday to discuss ways to better coordinatethe fight against terrorism and organized crime. Hong Kong on Wednesday said it would slaughter all livepoultry in markets and shops around the city following a furtheroutbreak of bird flu. Taiwan's top China negotiator arrived in Beijing onWednesday for historic talks which will be the first directdialogue between the two sides in more than a decade. Democrat Barack Obama staked an ambitious claim to newpolitical turf with the states he chose for his first two stops ofthe White House general election campaign -- Virginia and NorthCarolina. Two lorry drivers were killed on picket lines in Spain andPortugal on Tuesday as strikes by thousands of truckers oversoaring fuel prices turned deadly. China on Tuesday called on the Dalai Lama and his supportersto halt Tibet protests and attempts to "ruin the Olympics," inorder to create the conditions for future roundtable talks. A Sudan Airways plane burst into flames after landing atKhartoum airport on Tuesday and 120 of the 217 passengers died, thehead of the airport's medical services said. A Portuguese truck driver was killed during protestsagainst rising fuel prices as a strike by thousands of driverscaused petrol shortages in Spain and violent protests spread toIndia. A court marrtial has jailed a US Marine for 15 months forsexual misconduct against a woman in Japan, the US military saidTuesday, in the latest of a string of cases involving the armedforces. Construction of the world's tallest building, the BurjDubai, has been delayed and will be completed only in Septembernext year, the developer was quoted on Tuesday as saying.  A suspect behind a stabbing spree in Tokyo which left sevendead was handed to prosecutors on Tuesday as a picture emerged ofan angry young man engulfed by feelings he was ugly and lonely.