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Manmohan Warns
Militants may seize Pak nuclear bomb
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned Wednesday of "serious" consequences if Islamic militants grabbed power in Pakistan and took control of its nuclear weapons arsenal.

‘Lankan truce at grave risk’
Grenade attack on another tsunami relief centre
Sri Lanka's Tiger rebels warned Wednesday that a truce brokered by Norway was at "grave risk" of collapsing even as the Colombo government said it had no intention of returning to war.

Floods force 2m people to flee homes in Assam
The death toll from monsoon rains in India's northeastern state of Assam has risen to at least 15 and nearly two million more have fled their homes, officials said Wednesday.

Islamic parties call rallies against mass arrests in Pakistan
Pakistani fundamentalist Muslim parties called for a national day of protest today against the police raids on suspected militants that they labelled part of a global conspiracy against Islam.

Grenade attack on Pak mosque: Two killed
Two Islamic preachers were killed and four others wounded on Thursday in a hand grenade attack against a mosque in a Pakistani tribal district bordering Afghanist-an, officials said.

Norway to cut aid to Nepal
Norway said Wednesday it will cut its planned bilateral aid to Nepal by 10 percent next year and will not enter into any new agreements with the Himalayan kingdom because of the king's power grab more

London Bombings
Pakistan quizzes 'UK al-Qaeda chief'
British Prime Minister Tony Blair was set to meet police and security chiefs yesterday to discuss whether they need extra powers two weeks after the London bombings, while officials in Pakistan were reportedly

Sharon Deputy Says
Israel may bring Gaza pullout forward
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's deputy raised the prospect yesterday of bringing forward the start of Israel's withdrawal from Gaza to prevent opponents of the pullout from carrying out threats to disrupt

US seeks to blunt UNSC expansion
The United States on Wednesday warned against holding a UN vote on Security Council expansion at this time, apparently to blunt momentum toward a compromise deal between Africa and four regional powers

Susilo orders troops in Aceh to back off
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyo-no has ordered the Indonesian Military (TNI) to stop its offensive against Aceh rebels in a bid to facilitate the signing of peace deal scheduled for Aug. 15 in Jakarta.

US lawmaker creates firestorm with call to bomb holy Muslim sites
A US congressman who suggested the United States might consider bombing Muslim holy sites, including Makkah, has drawn apology demands from US Muslim and Arab groups but rejected a request to meet with

US warns of terror attacks in KSA
The United States warned its citizens in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday that militants were planning fresh attacks in the world's biggest oil exporter and security forces said they had found a militant bomb