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Iraqi govt in truce talks with Fallujah leaders
Baghdad wants strong voice in rebuilding country
The Iraqi government and leaders from the rebel bastion of Fallujah were on the cusp of a breakthrough agreement to bring the city under national control before January elections, both sides said yesterday.
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Lanka gets opposition nod to resume talks with Tigers
Colombo steps up military training amid truce
Sri Lanka's main opposition, which could make or break a deal with Tamil rebels, said yesterday it was giving the Marxist-backed government "carte blanche" to revive stalled peace negotiations.
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Kerry vows no reprieve for Arafat
Kerry vows no reprieve for Arafat
A Palestinian was killed yesterday in an Israeli air strike in Gaza, as US Democrat presidential hopeful John Kerry warned that if he wins the November 2 election there will be no reprieve for sidelined
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'US-UK made world worse with Iraq war'
Bush & Blair 'cling to straws' to justify war: Blix
History will judge that Britain and the United States made the world a worse place with their war on Iraq and its president Saddam Hussein, former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter wrote in The Independent
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Flash floods ravage India's northeast
Rescuers in India's flood-ravaged northeast have recovered a further 37 bodies, taking the death toll in flash floods and landslides in the region to 157 in the past five days, an official said yesterday.
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Bush, Kerry trade attacks on credibility
President Bush said Saturday that Democratic challenger John Kerry had flunked "the credibility test" in their testy second debate, but Kerry charged Bush had failed to face reality or admit mistakes.
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Taiwan urges China to open peace talks
Taiwan's leader called for peace talks and other "concrete actions" to reduce tensions with rival China during a National Day speech yesterday that was far more conciliatory than in years past.
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Indo-US strategic partnership talks begin today
India and the US will kick off discussions in New Delhi today on the second phase of the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP), covering high technology trade, civilian nuclear and space programmes
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Typhoon leaves 5 dead in Japan
Five people were dead and four still missing yesterday as Japan began a clean up after the most powerful typhoon in a decade hit the Tokyo region.
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25 killed in US raid in Afghanistan
Twenty-five suspected militants were killed in an air strike by US-led forces and three coalition soldiers were wounded in clashes surrounding Afghanistan's presidential elections, officials said Saturday.
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High turnout expected in Nov 2 US polls
Voter registration drives are gaining exceptional momentum in the runup to the US presidential elections, pointing to an unusually high turnout on November 2.
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