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Kashmir rebels unveil unification plan
A Kashmiri separatist leader put forward a peace plan on Saturday to unify the disputed Himalayan territory - claimed both by India and Pakistan - and give it autonomy.
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LTTE bombs fuelling ethnic backlash
Says Lankan president
Sri Lanka's president yesterday accused Tiger rebels of stoking an ethnic backlash by majority Sinhalese on the minority Tamil community after 17 people died in bomb blasts on crowded buses at the weekend.
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Canadian FM assures Kabul of support
Canada's foreign minister met President Hamid Karzai Sunday on a short visit to pledge support for insurgency-battered Afghanistan, where 2,500 Canadian troops are helping to fight the Taliban.
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Abbas stands firm in standoff with Hamas
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas dug in his heels in a standoff with the ruling Hamas movement yesterday, amid fears that the political tensions could again erupt into deadly factional violence in Gaza.
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Yet another serial killing case in India
Police investigating the sexual murders of two labourers have stumbled on India's second serial killing case in the space of a few days, digging up nine bodies so far in Hyderabad.
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Two killed in clash over West Bengal industrial hub
At least two people were killed and dozens injured in eastern India on Sunday after rival political activists hurled crude bombs and fired handguns over the acquisition of farmland for an industrial hub,
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2 babies, 2 women killed in Afghan blast
A roadside bomb ripped through a vehicle in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, killing a woman, her two newborn twin babies and the children's grandmother, an official said.
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Saddam was hanged in 'deplorable' way
Says Brown
British finance minister Gordon Brown has condemned the way Saddam Hussein was hanged as "deplorable" -- in contrast to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has so far stayed silent on the execution.
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More troops for Iraq 'too little, too late'
Says former Nato commander
The former commander of Nato forces in Kosovo, General Wesley Clark, said Sunday that sending more US troops to Iraq would be "too little, too late", and could worsen the situation for coalition forces.
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Phillipines beefs up security for ASEAN summit
Philippines authorities have ramped up security for this week's summit of Southeast Asian leaders, saying Sunday a terror attack could not be ruled out although there was no specific threat.
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Malaysia flood toll rises to 17
The death toll from floods in Malaysia rose to 17 as fresh heavy downpours forced hundreds to evacuate in the country's north and the eastern state of Sabah, authorities said yesterday.
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Nobel winner made chief editor for a day in Turkey
Orhan Pamuk, the winner of the 2006 Nobel Literature prize, was made editor-in-chief for a day of a Turkish newspaper and used the opportunity to highlight the oppression of artists and intellectualsin
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UN chief urges Iraq to suspend executions
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Saturday "strongly" urged the Iraqi government to suspend imminent executions amid an international outcry over the bungled hanging of Saddam Hussein a week ago.
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Sunnis protest Saddam execution
Hundreds of Sunni Arabs protested yesterday the execution of Saddam Hussein outside a revered Shiite shrine in northern Iraq that was the target of a devastating bomb attack last year.
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ETA bomb marks 'full stop' in peace process
Says Spanish PM
In his strongest comments since a deadly ETA bombing a week ago, Spain's prime minister said Saturday that the blast marked a "full stop" in efforts to negotiate a lasting peace in the Basque region.
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US, N Korea to hold talks on Jan 22
The United States and North Korea have provisionally agreed to hold talks on a dispute over US financial restrictions against the communist regime in the week starting Jan 22, South Korea's foreign minister
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Warsaw archbishop resigns
Self-confessed communist collaborator Stanislaw Wielgus resigned yesterday from the post of archbishop of Warsaw, hours before he was due to be formally installed in an opulent service at the Polish capital's
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