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Border battles strain Pak-Afghan ties
15 suspected Taliban killed
Raging violence along the rugged Pakistan-Afghan border has sent relations between the two countries to new lows and underscored US difficulties in containing a troubled region crucial to winning thewar

US to keep nuclear issue out of talks with Iran
The United States will not discuss Iran's nuclear ambitions in future talks with the Islamic Republic about the conflict in Iraq, a senior US diplomat said yesterday.

Basque separatists announce truce
The Basque separatist group ETA yesterday announced a permanent cease-fire, bringing a dramatic end to a decades-long campaign of violence and closing the door on one of Western Europe's last active armed

India, Pakistan vow to fight crime together
India and Pakistan agreed yesterday to work together to turn up the heat on criminals trafficking humans, drugs and narcotics between the two countries.

UK Court Rules
Muslim girl must wear school uniform
Britain's highest court yesterday upheld a school's decision to require a Muslim pupil to change out of her Islamic gown into the school uniform, reversing a lower court decision.

Estrada says he was framed in graft case
Former president Joseph Estrada sharply denied yesterday that he took huge kickbacks in office, defiantly telling an anti-graft court that he was framed.