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International
 
Int'l community should not isolate Iran: Annan
Tehran to hold nuke talks with EU official today
The international community should not isolate Iran, which has indicated it will cooperate in the reconstruction of Lebanon, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told a Spanish newspaper.
 
US cites Iran, Syria as 'worrisome' threats
America safer but we are not yet safe: Bush admn
The White House yesterday unveiled a reworked anti-terrorism plan, calling Iran and Syria "especially worrisome" threats and downplaying Muslim anger at the Iraq war and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
 
Lanka troops dig in near key port
Mortar attacks continue
Security forces and Tamil Tiger rebels traded mortar bomb attacks in this Sri Lankan port district yesterday, a day after the military captured a nearby rebel artillery base.
 
Pak tribes ink deal with govt for expulsion of foreign militants
Pro-Taliban militants and tribal elders yesterday signed a peace deal with the government calling for the expulsion or disarming of foreign al-Qaeda fighters from the restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan,
 
Dozens of Taliban killed in Nato raid
US artillery and airstrikes killed between 50 and 60 suspected Taliban militants yesterday, the fourth day of a Nato-led offensive in southern Afghanistan, an alliance spokesman said.
 
Saddam's Kuwait invasion probe gains momentum
A legal investigation into the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein's Iraq is gaining momentum and the former strongman may face charges for the alleged execution of Kuwaiti prisoners of war.
 
Blair set to go next year, says aide
Prime Minister Tony Blair can "reasonably" be expected to leave office in about a year's time, a key minister loyal to the embattled British leader said yesterday.
 
Japan fixated on royal birth
The expectant mother is at the hospital and the news conference schedule is set. Stocks of maternity product companies are rallying and some Japanese are even predicting a mini-baby boom.
 

 
   
 
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