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Indo-Pak water talks end without accord
Pakistan and India yesterday ended two days of talks without resolving a water sharing row triggered by New Delhi's decision to build a dam in disputed Kashmir, officials said.
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US to stand strong in Iraq despite killings
Powell holds talks with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad
US Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday that Washington was determined to stand strong in Iraq, bogged down in a worsening foreign hostage crisis and persistent clashes between US troops and
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China warns of war with Taiwan by 2008
Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian risks war with China if he pushes for a new constitution by 2008, but can guarantee security if he recognises the island as part of China, the China Daily on Friday quoted
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Saudis restore ties with Iraq
Bush lifts sanctions
Saudi Arabia has restored relations with Iraq after a break of more than 13 years and agreed to cooperate on security, said a joint statement released here Thursday after a visit to the kingdom by Iraqi
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Aid groups slam draft UN plan on Sudan
Aid groups criticised a revised US draft resolution that tempered a threat of sanctions against Sudan if the government doesn't act to stop atrocities in the western Darfur region.
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Disease claims 30 lives in Assam
India's flood-ravaged northeastern state of Assam sounded a health alert yesterday after waterborne diseases killed 30 people, pushing the nationwide death toll to at least 697.
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al-Qaeda renews threat to Europe
Islamists claiming links to al-Qaeda issued another threat yesterday against European countries for supporting the policies of President Bush.
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French Lawyer Says
Saddam trial to be 'judicial Masquerade'
The trial of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein would be "a judicial masquerade," one of his French lawyers Andre Chamy said in an interview published yesterday in the regional daily L'Alsace.
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Karachi put on suicide bombing alert
Security forces in Pakistan's volatile port city of Karachi have been put on high alert because of fears of suicide attacks by Islamic militants on mosques during Friday prayers.
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Sharon ties disarming WMDs to ME peace
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday Israel would only reconsider the need for its "deterrent capability" when there is peace across the Middle East and its neighbors abandon weapons of mass destruction.
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