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President seeks unity, Tigers call for strike
Donors skip talks with LTTE after protests
President Mahinda Rajapakse Frdiay urged unity and peace in Sri Lanka, even as a Tamil Tiger front organisation called for a one-day strike to coincide with today's independence day.
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Maoists kill Nepali politician, aide
Candidates' homes bombed
Suspected Maoist rebels in Nepal have killed a politician and his aide ahead of next week's municipal elections, which the guerrillas have vowed to disrupt, a district official said yesterday.
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'Blair, Bush were ready for war from Jan 2003'
US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair were ready to go to war against Iraq with or without a second UN resolution, Britain's Channel 4 News television claimed Thursday.
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Hamas defies pressure to recognise Israel
Defying international pressure, the militant Islamic group Hamas said yesterday it will never recognise Israel but might be willing to negotiate terms for a temporary truce with the Jewish state.
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Anger over cartoons spreads across Asia
Outrage spread across the Islamic world yesterday over Danish cartoons of Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (SM), as Muslims condemned them as "blasphemous" and more European newspapers published them, arguingfreedom
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Bhutan king delays democracy plans
The people of the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan will have to wait for their first chance to vote after astrologers convinced their absolute monarch the stars were stacked against democracy.
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Manmohan talks tough against airport chaos
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday vowed to press ahead with plans to privatise two Indian airports despite a strike that has caused chaos at airports for three consecutive days, a Marxist leader
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Iraq Bid-rigging
Ex-Pentagon contractor pleads guilty
A former Pentagon contractor pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of conspiracy, bribery and money laundering in connection with his work overseeing reconstruction projects in Iraq.
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