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LTTE-held Sampur town falls to Lankan military
Colombo freezes Tamil aid accounts
Sri Lanka's government said it pushed Tamil Tiger rebels from the mouth of strategic Trincomalee harbour on Monday, and that it would therefore halt its offensive.
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Taliban attack Afghan town: 19 killed
Taliban rebels attacked a district town in southern Afghanistan overnight, sparking an intense battle in which 16 militants and three policemen were killed, police said yesterday.
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Anger mounts in Lebanon over Israeli blockade
Anger is mounting in Lebanon's business community over the Israeli air and sea blockade on the country, seen as humiliating and unjustified three weeks into the ceasefire that ended the war between Israel
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Nepali security beefed up for Maoist protest
Hundreds of riot police were deployed in Nepal's capital yesterday after Maoists threatened a "revolution" and bussed in several thousand injured rebel veterans for a meeting.
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Olmert wants talks with Abbas
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said yesterday that he wanted dialogue with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, saying the Palestinian "problem" was the most urgent issue facing the Jewish state.
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4 US, British soldiers killed in Iraq attacks
14 'terrorists slain, 33 mutilated bodies recovered
Iraqi forces killed 14 "terrorists" and captured almost 200 suspects yesterday in a major operation to clear the outskirts of Baghdad of insurgent fighters while two US and two British soldiers were killed
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Scientists map canyon below Atlantic
Although just 100 miles off the New Jersey-New York coast, the features of the Hudson Canyon have been largely hidden beneath hundreds of feet of water.
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