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'Norway is misleading Europe about Tigers'
Colombo may seek foreign help to probe Kadirgamar killing
Sri Lanka's new foreign minister has accused the island's peacebroker Norway of misleading European nations about the "terrorist" nature of the Tamil Tiger rebels, a report said yesterday.
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Manmohan offers Kabul security help
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in Afghanistan to rekindle traditionally warm ties, said yesterday that India was ready to help ensure Afghanistan never again becomes hostage to terrorism.
 
Bhutan to block entry of fleeing Indian rebels
Bhutan has assured India that it will not allow separatist rebels fleeing a weekend crackdown in India's restive northeast to find refuge in the remote Himalayan kingdom, an official said yesterday.
 
Jakarta ups terror vigilance
Asia-Europe Editors Forum meet begins
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered his top security officers to heighten alert against possible terrorist attacks in Indonesia, saying that domestic terrorist cells might be planning
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Hurricane hits US islands
Hurricane Katrina claimed its first victims in Louisiana early yesterday as it slammed into barrier islands while dumping torrential rain on a wide swath of the US Gulf of Mexico coast and threatenedmore
 
Solana leads ME peace drive after Gaza pullout
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana was meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders yesterday as the international community tried to breathe life back into the peace process after the historic pulloutfrom
 
Iraq charter ready for referendum
US President George W. Bush downplayed Sunni Arab objections to Iraq's draft constitution, which President Jalal Talabani said was ready for an October 15 referendum.
 
Mumbai bldg collapse kills 6
Hundreds of families will be urgently moved from around 30 dilapidated buildings in flood-damaged Mumbai, a top official said yesterday, hours after a three-storey apartment block collapsed and killed
 
Talabani to oppose Saddam's execution
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Sunday he would not sign a death sentence for Saddam Hussein if the former leader was convicted and said he would resign if the sentence was passed.
 
London Bombings
Thai police say no proof yet of Algerian's link
Thai police said yesterday there is no proof yet that an Algerian wanted by British authorities is linked with the deadly July bombings in London.
 
Unsecured 'dirty bomb' material found in Asia
Australian nuclear experts working to prevent a "dirty bomb" attack by terrorists have found large unsecured sources of dangerous radioactive material in southeast Asia, a report said yesterday.
 

 
   
 
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