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Global Muslim ire over cartoons escalates
5 protesters killed in Afghanistan, Lebanon & Somalia
Global protests over cartoons of Prophet Hazrat Mohammed (SM) escalated yesterday, with five demonstrators killed in Afghanistan, Somalia and Lebanon and warning shots fired outside a US consulate inIndonesia.
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Lanka tense as Norway tries to save peace bid
Protesters burned barricades at Tamil Tiger checkpoints in east Sri Lanka yesterday and tsunami aid workers stayed inside as peace broker Norway tried again to patch up a shaky peace process and arrange
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Prosecutor Says
Saddam could be forced to attend trial
Saddam Hussein may be forced to appear in court when his trial resumes next week, the chief prosecutor said yesterday, expressing frustration at the former leader's persistent boycotting of proceedings.
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Boycott by parties hits Nepal polls credibility
Revolt-torn Nepal holds municipal polls this week, the country's first elections in nearly seven years, but a boycott by key political parties and rebel threats are expected to rob the vote of credibility.
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Israel will work with Abbas, not Hamas
Israel's acting prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said yesterday he will work with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas as long as he does not join forces with Hamas.
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Schools closed after 3 killed in Thai south
More than 100 schools were closed in Thailand's south yesterday after at least six suspected Muslim militants gunned down three members of the security forces at a market, police said.
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Bombing marks day 2 of Nepali strike
A suspected rebel bomb killed a policeman and wounded four others in Nepal yesterday on the second day of a general strike called by Maoists to disrupt the country's first poll since a royal takeovera
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