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Fierce fighting kills 36 in Afghanistan
Fighting raged across southern Afghanistan yesterday with attacks on government offices and a police convoy killing a district chief and 14 others raising the death toll from two days of battles to 36,
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Independence Day Celebration
Lanka shows might as Tigers protest
Sri Lanka put on a bristling display of its military might to mark freedom day Saturday as Tamil rebels forced a work stoppage ahead of key talks to save a tenuous truce in the strife-torn island.
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Palestinian govt must uphold roadmap: UN
The UN Security Council on Friday said all members of a future Palestinian government must be committed to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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US unveils strategy for 'long war' on terror
The US Defence Department on Friday unveiled a new strategy to beef up US special operations forces for a "long war" on terrorism and develop new ways to combat weapons of mass destruction.
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Indian airport workers to continue strike
Indian airport workers vowed yesterday to continue their anti-privatisation strike which has created havoc in the nation's airports, ignoring an appeal by the prime minister to end the walkout.
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West divided on free speech over cartoons
Muslim faithful vented their anger in mosques around the world on Friday over European cartoons of Prophet Hazrat Mohammed(SM), as divisions opened up between Western countries over the limits to free
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