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Army offensive may derail talks: LTTE
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers said they might pull out of peace talks planned later this month if the military continues a new offensive in the east, as sporadic artillery duels continued yesterday.
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'Stakes high in Nepal's renewed peace talks'
The stakes are high for today's second set of talks between Nepal's government and rebel Maoists in determining whether a slow-moving peace process to end a decade-old insurgency remains on track, analysts
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Russia keen to expand nuke activity with India
Russia, an influential member of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), has said it is keen to expand civilian nuclear cooperation with India, but underlined that issues regarding the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Hamas PM unshakable on Israel's recognition
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya was adamant Friday that Hamas would not recognise Israel, vowing to withstand huge international pressure to soften the stance of his ruling Islamist movement.
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Sanctions threat against Iran back on front burner
The United States, following crunch talks in London, geared up Saturday for tough negotiations with other world powers over a draft UN resolution to impose sanctions against Iran for its nuclear programme.
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UNSC asks N Korea to abandon nukes
With speculation mounting of a North Korean nuclear test as early as this weekend, a unanimous UN Security Council urged the secretive, communist nation Friday to abandon all atomic weapons as it promised
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Japan PM set for Asia trip amid DPRK worry
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to begin a landmark fence-mending trip to China and South Korea but it could be overshadowed by the crisis over North Korea's threatened atom bomb test.
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Iraqi violence kills 25
A suicide bomber rammed a police checkpoint in northern Iraq with an explosives-laden vehicle Saturday, killing 14 people, including some who died when their homes collapsed in the blast.
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4,000 Iraqi police killed in last 2 yrs
About 4,000 Iraqi police have been killed and more than 8,000 wounded in the past two years, the US commander in charge of police training said Friday, but he said the force's performance was improving
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Afghans enjoy freedom despite growing fear
Five years after US forces laun-ched their offensive to oust Afghanistan's Taliban, Shakeela Jan says she is happy to have the freedom to work but that she travels to her job everyday in fear.
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First Anniversary of Quake Today
Pak group helps disabled quake victims find hope
Embarrassment is the least of 18-year-old Rozina Rehman's problems after her back was broken a year ago in the earthquake that killed 75,000 people and scarred the minds and bodies of many, many more.
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