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Maoist rebels announce truce in Kathmandu
Cops fire tear gas shell to break up students' anti-king rally
Nepal's Maoist rebels announced an indefinite ceasefire in the capital and surrounding valley yesterday in response to a call by political parties, days before their nationwide strike, local media reported.
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Thai PM calls for reconciliation
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra called for national reconciliation yesterday after weekend elections, which he looked set to win but which seemed unlikely to end months of political turmoil.
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Assam votes in test for ruling coalition
Voters trudged through rain to heavily guarded polling booths in India's rebel-infested Assam, the first of five states holding elections that will be the biggest test for the federal coalition sincecoming
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5 killed in Pak bus blast
Five people including a woman and child died when a roadside bomb hit a minibus in a Pakistani tribal area, while troops killed two tribesmen carrying illegal weapons, officials said yesterday.
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Saddam's likely to face genocide trial in May
Saddam Hussein is expected to face trial as early as next month on charges of ordering genocide against Iraq's Kurdish population in the late 1980s, a prosecutor and a court official said.
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