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Tigers accuse troops of killing 39 civilians
UK offers talks to rebels, war planes bomb targets
Tamil Tiger rebels on Friday accused Sri Lankan security forces of killing 39 civilians and blamed them for the disappearance of 39 others in the last two weeks.
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'Taliban deploy 10,000 fighters for attack’
Militants hang three 'spies'
The Taliban have deployed 10,000 fighters for a spring offensive of "bloody attacks" against foreign troops in Afghanistan, a rebel commander said yesterday.
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'EU mulls nuclear energy cooperation with India'
The European Union yesterday said India will have to take a "few steps" like associating with NPT and CTBT before the 25-nationgrouping can decide on cooperating with it in civil nuclear energy.
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Gulf states plan arms buying binge
Deep fears about the war in Iraq and growing tension between the United States and Iran are driving the wealthy oil states of the Persian Gulf to go on shopping sprees for helicopters, ships and tanks,
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Billions squandered in Iraq: Auditors
About $10 billion has been squandered by the US government on Iraq reconstruction aid because of contractor overcharges and unsupported expenses, and federal investigators warned Thursday thatsignificantly
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S Korea worried about North backtracking
South Korea's president said he is worried that North Korea might backtrack on its pledge to dismantle its nuclear capability because the communist regime is "unpredictable.
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Pak police detains 3 would-be bombers
Pakistani police arrested three al-Qaeda-linked would-be suicide bombers following a shootout in the southern city of Karachi on Friday, a senior police official said.
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More evidence of water on Mars
An orbiting spacecraft has sent back new evidence for the presence of water on Mars. Scientists long have debated whether water flowed on the red planet, with evidence increasing in recent years.
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Missed the millennium? Catch it in Ethiopia
The countdown has started on a flickering billboard high above a roundabout in Ethiopia's capital, blinking out recently in red and gold letters: only 209 days, 15 hours, 22 minutes and 22 seconds tothe
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US to build military base in Australia
The United States is to build a new military satellite communications base in Australia, the government said on Thursday, after three years of secret negotiations between the two allies.
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