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Nepal's talks offer fails to dampen protests
Govt lifts night curfew
Nepali riot police clashed with pro-democracy protesters in the capital for a fourth consecutive day yesterday, firing tear gas, using water cannon and employing baton charges to beat back hundreds of
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Pak PM warns against arms race in Asia
Set to hold talks with Bush
Surrounded by giants India and China and amid concerns over neighbouring Iran's nuclear ambitions, Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has warned against an arms race in the region.
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Lanka asks Norway to arrange early talks
Sri Lanka's president yesterday asked peace broker Norway to arrange early talks with Tamil Tiger rebels and help stem the latest wave of violence that has killed at least 151 people, officials said.
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Factions pledge calm for Palestinian vote
The main armed factions pledged yesterday to ensure the second Palestinian general election passes off peacefully as security forces prepared to take up positions around polling stations.
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Montenegro train crash kills 45
The death toll in Montenegro from its worst rail accidents ever climbed to 45 yesterday, with nearly 200 people injured, after the train crashed into a rocky ravine in the mountainous Balkan state, officials
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Saddam trial postponed until Sunday
The high-profile trial of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on charges of crimes against humanity, which was to resume yesterday after a month's delay, was again postponed until Sunday.
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Investigator Says
US exported torture via Europe
A European investigator said yesterday there was convincing evidence that Washington sent detainees to third countries to be tortured but no "irrefutable evidence" of the existence of secret CIA prisons
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3 Iraqis, 7 GIs killed in Iraq
Seven US soldiers were killed on Monday in attacks while gunmen wearing uniforms of a Shia-led security force swept into a Sunni Arab neighbourhood in central Baghdad before dawn Monday, killing three
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