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Clinton, Bush's tsunami tour begins in tears
Former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush began a tour of Asia's tsunami killing fields yesterday in a devastated Thai fishing village which offered tears and hope.
 
Bush refuses to rule out military strike on Iran
President Bush says speculation that the United States might attack Iran to end its nuclear programme is "just not the truth," although he refuses to rule out the possibility entirely.
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Opposition brands Nepal a police state
Over 100 political activists detained
Nepal under emergency rule has the face of a police state and King Gyanendra's forces are hounding politicians and potential opponents, not Maoist militants, with their sweeping powers, opposition leaders
 
Sharon says
Barrier not border for Palestinian state
The separation barrier Israel is building along the West Bank will not mark the definitive border of an eventual Palestinian state, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview published in
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Huge 'star-quake' rocks Milky Way
Astronomers say they have been stunned by the amount of energy released in a star explosion on the far side of our galaxy, 50,000 light-years away.
 
Iraq faces 'disaster' without reconciliation: Allawi
Shias observe Ashura
Iraq's interim prime minister Iyad Allawi has warned that his country faces disaster if it does not make firm moves toward national reconciliation and that it could fall under the influence of neighbouring
 
Lebanese opposition calls for uprising
The Lebanese opposition stepped up its campaign against the pro-Syrian government Friday, calling for a peaceful uprising to force the resignation of Prime Minister Omar Karami and the withdrawal of Syrian
 
Divided UN backs partial cloning ban
A bitterly divided UN committee approved a resolution calling on nations to ban all forms of human cloning incompatible with human dignity and the protection of human life.
 
Strong quake causes panic in Indonesia
A strong earthquake measuring 6.
 

 
   
 
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