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Pakistani forces shot at BSF, says India
Islamabad trashes truce violation charge
Pakistani forces opened fire on Indian border guards before dawn yesterday, according to an Indian official who said it was the first violation of a 2003 ceasefire along the frontier of divided Kashmir.
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Omar in Pakistan
Says captured Taliban leader
Afghan intelligence officials said yesterday a captured Taliban spokesman had said the extremist movement's fugitive leader is hiding out in Pakistan with the protection of that country's spy agency.
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PM asks Ulfa rebels to shun violence for talks
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday his government was willing to talk to rebels in the northeast blamed for killing more than 70 people this month, but only if the group rejected violence.
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India, China optimistic as border talks begin
India and China began yesterday a new round of border talks aimed at resolving a long-running Himalayan frontier dispute at the centre of lingering mistrust between the two Asian giants.
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Abu Sayyaf leader killed in clash
The Philippines said on Wednesday that troops had killed the top planner of the country's most deadly Islamic militant group in a clash at a rebel jungle camp in the southwest.
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Somali MPs sack influential Speaker
Somalia lawmakers sacked the influential speaker of parliament yesterday in a move that highlighted the deep divisions within the country's fragile interim administration.
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Shah Rukh Khan to star at London's Tussauds
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will become the third Indian actor to feature in London's Madame Tussauds, with the wax museum likely to unveil his statue in April, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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