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India spells out steps to mend ties with Pakistan
Security cabinet plan strategy
India yesterday spelled out a series of measures including steps on disputed Kashmir it said New Delhi had offered to Pakistan to bolster trust between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
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Thousands protest against Japan
China says relations at 'crossroads'
Thousands of people staged violent anti-Japanese rallies across China yesterday in a second weekend of protests as Beijing said relations with its neighbour were at a "crossroads".
 
Rice Says
UN needs overhaul to survive as vital force
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday the United Nations needed to be overhauled "to survive as a vital force," in the strongest criticism yet from a senior US official amid a debate on UN
 
Hezbul militant leader offers talks to Delhi
The head of Kashmir's largest militant group - one of India's most wanted men - said Saturday he is ready for peace talks if invited by New Delhi and that his organisation is not opposed to a new India-Pakistan
 
7 killed in restaurant blast
Iraqi insurgents seize 80 hostages, Shias start fleeing the town
At least seven people were killed, three of them policemen, in an explosion yesterday in a restaurant in Baquba north of Baghdad, an Iraqi army officer said.
 
Nepali king meets Indian envoy
Maoists kill 10 Nepali villagers: Army
India's envoy to Nepal held talks with King Gyanendra Friday, officials said, a day after the monarch announced municipal elections in a move to "reactivate" democracy.
 
Special gift for Musharraf
A special gift awaits Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf from New Delhi Municipal Corporation during his three-day visit to India that began yesterday.
 
Ecuador declares emergency
Facing growing street protests demanding his ouster, President Lucio Gutierrez declared a state of emergency Friday night in the capital and dissolved the Supreme Court in an effort to resolve an escalating
 
Benazir's husband detained
Pakistani police yesterday detained former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's husband at the airport as he flew in from Dubai to launch a political movement for democracy, witnesses and his party said.
 

 
   
 
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