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Pakistan still aiding militants, says India
Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the government had "reasonable" evidence of Pakistani state backing for Islamist militants who organise attacks in India, two days after the nations finalised ajoint

18 Tigers killed in fresh skirmishes
Sri Lankan troops killed at least 18 Tamil Tiger guerrillas in three separate confrontations in a restive eastern province, the defence ministry said yesterday.

50 people killed in Afghanistan floods
Flash floods caused by heavy rains have killed nearly 50 people in western Afghanistan with 60 more missing, the Afghan health ministry said yesterday.

EU appeals for end to Nepali violence
A senior European Union diplomat yesterday appealed for an end to political violence in Nepal and promised the EU was ready to support a peace deal between the government and Maoist rebels.

Sonia outlines India's future
Ruling Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi yesterday outlined her vision of India's future, not as a traditional military superpower, but as a force for world peace and prosperity.

15 killed in Uttar Pradesh as families feud over path
Fifteen people were killed in Uttar Pradesh on Friday as two families fought a pitched battle over the right of passage on a village path, police said.

Palestinian leadership denies rift over premier
Israel PM against large Gaza operation
The Palestinian Authority denied yesterday that president Mahmud Abbas had rejected Hamas's candidate to head a promised national unity cabinet as reported by a website close to the Islamist movement.

Red Cross seeks to cut Asia's disaster toll
Tsunamis, typhoons, landslides, earthquakes -- Asia is the world's most disaster-prone region and from Monday Red Cross and Red Crescent societies will gather here to try to reduce the death toll.

Martial law 'on its way out ' within days, says Thai FM
Thai Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram said yesterday that martial law, imposed after the kingdom's bloodless September 19 coup, was "on the way out" and could be lifted within days.

Pelosi named first female speaker of US House
Democrats on Thursday unanimously chose Nancy Pelosi to become the first female speaker of the House of Representatives and second in the presidential line of succession.

British universities get guidelines to thwart Islamists
Britain issued new guidelines to universities yesterday on how to prevent Islamist radicals from recruiting students and preaching hatred on campus, London's latest bid to clamp down on militants.

Legendary Nobel economist Milton Friedman dies
Top US officials mourned yesterday the death of Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, whose ideas helped power a conservative policy revolution in the 1980s.