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Hostage-takers threaten to kill 2 Pakistanis
Families cheer as captors stay slaying of 7 others
Al-Jazeera television carried a statement yesterday in which an armed group in Iraq calling itself the Islamic Army threatened to kill an Iraqi and two Pakistani hostages it said it was holding.
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British MPs call for World Court ruling on Iraq war
Forty British parliamentarians have asked UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to seek the opinion of the UN's International Court of Justice on the legality of the Iraq war, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported
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Democrats open convention
US Democrats gathered here yesterday to kick off a four-day political pageant to crown John Kerry as their man to battle Republican President George W. Bush for the White House in November.
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Ex-general wins Indonesian polls
Megawati to fight race in second-round
Ex-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won the first round of Indonesia's presidential election and will battle incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri in the second round in September, an election commission official
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Peep at Saddam's prison life
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is passing his time in solitary confinement by reading the Koran, writing poetry, gardening and snacking on cookies and muffins, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported
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No turning back on Gaza pullout: Sharon
6 Palestinians killed in Israeli fire
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said there is no turning back on his Gaza withdrawal plan, even after 100,000 Israelis mounted the biggest mass protest against evacuating Jewish settlements in the territory.
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US, Europe threaten sanctions on Sudan
The United States and Europe Sunday stepped up warnings of sanctions unless Sudan halts a conflict in its Darfur region, and Australia said it was likely to contribute troops to any UN peacekeeping mission.
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Israel behind Kennedy's Killing, says Vanunu
In a startling accusation, nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has alleged that Jerusalem was behind the assassination of US President John F Kennedy, who was exerting pressure on the then Israelihead
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10 drown as boat sinks in Assam
Ten people drowned and four were reported missing after a boat capsized Sunday in the flood-hit northeastern Indian state of Assam, police said.
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Indo-China Border talks begin
India and China on Monday held third round of crucial talks between their Special Representatives (SRs) aimed at expediting resolution of the vexed border question, first since the UPA Government came
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