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NAM calls for deployment of int'l force in Mideast
The Non-Aligned Movement on Wednesday condemned Israel's offensives in Gaza and Lebanon and called for an international force to be deployed to prevent the violence from spiralling into a regional conflict.
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Mumbai now probes if the deadbody is bomber's
Indian police Wednesday were investigating if the sole unclaimed body from the Mumbai train attacks was a bomber after a little-known group said a member of a 16-strong terror team was killed in the operation.
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Latest tsunami was small but 'very violent'
Compared with the giant Asian tsunami of December 2004, the walls of water that lashed Indonesia's Java island this week seemed small but the waves were powerful and fast, an expert said Wednesday.
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Suu Kyi barred from honouring father
Myanmar's military junta barred pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi from honoring her father Wednesday at annual ceremonies paying tribute to him and other slain independence leaders.
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India orders for 3 Russian frigates
Russia is to build three warships for India's navy under a 1.6 billion-dollar contract signed Tuesday, the Interfax-AVN military news agency said, quoting an unidentified defence industry source.
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Java rattled by 52 strong aftershocks
Indonesia's Java has been rattled by 52 strong aftershocks since a major quake triggered a tsunami this week, four of which on Wednesday caused panic among survivors, officials said.
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Sweden's fresh bid to salvage Lankan truce
Sweden launched Wednesday a fresh effort to salvage Sri Lanka's faltering ceasefire ahead of a Tamil rebel deadline for European Union peace monitors to quit by September 1, officials said.
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N Korea scraps North-South family reunions
North Korea said Wednesday it would scrap cross-border family reunions on the divided peninsula, accusing South Korea of siding with its Western allies in the standoff over Pyongyang's missile launches.
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6 killed in fresh Kashmir shoot-outs
Two policemen and a six-year-old boy were among six people killed in a fresh surge of violence in Indian Kashmir that also saw a bloody shooting near a revered shrine, police said Wednesday.
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Uganda rejects ceasefire with LRA rebels
Ugandan negotiators have rejected a ceasefire call from Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels as a first step in talks to end one of Africa's longest conflicts, officials said yesterday.
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Palestinians sidelined as war rages in Lebanon
Israel's war on Hizbollah has sidelined conflict with the Palestinians, but whatever emerges from the fighting with the Lebanese group could help decide what happens in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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French Socialist wants Chirac's post, not palace
France's next president could live in a Paris apartment rather than the official Elysee Palace, walk to work every day and draw from his experience in organising music festivals when setting out policies.
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Quake shakes Pak-Iran border
A moderate earthquake jolted an area along Pakistan's border with neighbouring Iran yesterday, but there were no reports of injuries or any damage, an official said.
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