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Nepali Maoists call for end of monarchy
Thousands attend Kathmandu rally
Maoist leader Prachanda vowed yesterday to push to abolish the monarchy and create a "new Nepal" as he addressed tens of thousands of supporters in his first public speech in the capital in 25 years.
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Bush trashes talk of Iran attack plan
US President George W Bush on Monday warned of the danger posed by a nuclear-armed Iran but dismissed talk of a likely US attack on Iran as "noise" from his critics.
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Hamas readies unity govt
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya is preparing to resign at the helm of his Hamas government and form a unity cabinet despite continued Western reluctance to lift a crippling aid boycott.
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Gates seeking more effort in Afghanistan
22 Taliban fighters killed
Defence Secretary Robert Gates has asked Nato allies and colleagues for more effort in Afghanistan, but it is too early to tell whether his lobbying will pay off.
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Korean Nuke Talks
US has made major concessions
The United States made major concessions to secure a deal yesterday on curbing North Korea's nuclear weapons programme partly to offset foreign policy problems elsewhere, analysts said.
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3 killed in Lebanon bus bombings
Bomb blasts tore through two buses in Lebanon on Tuesday, killing three people as the deeply divided nation prepared to commemorate the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri two years ago.
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10 dead in 2 US shooting sprees
A gunman armed with a pump-action shotgun killed five people in a shooting spree through a crowded shopping mall here, as four others died in a separate shooting in a different US city.
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