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Blasts dim Lankan peace hopes
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels yesterday wounded two soldiers with a landmine attack in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsula, the defence ministry said, the latest in a series of blasts which have killed
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King no longer sacred in Nepal
For centuries, the Shah kings of Nepal have swung from being absolute monarchs to titular figureheads and back again, usually after horrific violence.
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Ex-Officials Warn
War with Iran will do US more damage
A US conflict with Iran could be even more damaging to America's interests than the war with Iraq, former White House counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke wrote in Sunday's New York Times.
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Taliban storm police posts: 14 killed
Taliban fighters attacked three police posts in Afghanistan overnight, leaving 14 rebels dead or wounded, while soldiers killed four more in separate battles, officials said yesterday.
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West Bengal Polls
Left parties expected to win more seats
Millions will vote for state assembly seats in India's West Bengal under tight security as opinion polls predict communist parties would beat rivals and emerge stronger on the national scene.
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Olmert lays out plan to redraw Israeli borders
Acting Israeli premier Ehud Olmert's Kadima party presented its draft government programme to the centre-left Labour Sunday as negotiations to form a new coalition inched closer to resolution.
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Peres Says
Ahmadinejad to end up like Saddam
Israeli veteran statesman Shimon Peres, responding to the latest verbal attack on the Jewish state by Iran's president, said on Saturday that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would end up like Iraq's Saddam Hussein.
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20 killed in Iraq attacks
At least 20 people were killed in a string of attacks in Iraq on Sunday, including bombings against a market and a minibus, as talks on the shape of the new government remained deadlocked over the post
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Hu calls for talks with Taiwan
Chinese President Hu Jintao, in a speech given days before he travels to Washington, called Sunday for dialogue with Taiwan but under preconditions that Taipei is unlikely to accept.
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White Britons deserting Blair for far right
White, working-class Britons feel so furious about immigration that they are deserting Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party for the far right, a key Blair ally told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper.
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Pentagon issues memo to counter critics
The US Defence Department has issued a memorandum to former military commanders and civilian analysts that offers a direct challenge to the criticism made by retired generals about Defence Secretary Donald
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Tension between Chad & Sudan mounts
Tensions between Chad and Sudan rose further on Saturday following a rebel attack that observers say could yet lead to the fall of Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno and plunge the country into chaos.
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