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Seoul hails nuke deal, may resume aid to Pyongyang
South Korea yesterday hailed the six-nation agreement on scrapping North Korea's nuclear programme as a "turning point" and said it plans to resume high-level talks with the North to discuss aid.

Beijing Allays Fear at Delhi Talks
Anti-satellite weapon test not aimed at any country
China has assured India that its recent anti-satellite weapon test was not directed at any country and that it too was opposed to weaponisation of outer space.

Karzai in London as report warns Afghanistan at 'tipping point'
Afghanistan is at a "tipping point" ahead of an expected Taliban spring offensive, a think tank report warned yesterday as President Hamid Karzai was due for talks in London.

British police told to apologise for anti-terror raids
British police were told Tuesday to apologise after "aggressive" anti-terror raids last year in which two Muslims were arrested but later freed without charge, triggering protests.

Manipur votes as Punjab result hangs in balance
The remote northeastern state of Manipur went to the polls yesterday, as elections in India's breadbasket Punjab province saw the ruling Congress neck and neck with the opposition.

Dictator's aide new Turkmen president
Regime loyalist Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov was sworn in as Turkmenistan's new president at a grand ceremony yesterday amid hopes for reform in this resource-rich Central Asian nation.

Sadr flees Iraq for Iran?
Radical anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadrhas fled Iraq for Iran, a US defence official said yesterday, a claim vehemently denied by the Shiite leader's supporters.

EU wants to sanction firms that hire illegal immigrants
The European Commission will propose at the end of May draft legislation to sanction companies who hire illegal immigrants in the European Union's 27 member countries, EU officials said Tuesday.

Koirala sick with signs of hepatitis
Nepal's elderly and frail prime minister is believed to be suffering from hepatitis, his doctors said in a statement yesterday.

Shia leader shot dead in Pakistan
Unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead a minority Shiite Muslim leader yesterday in northwest Pakistan, sparking sectarian tensions, police said.