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US senators push for military action against Pak al-Qaeda camps
Members of the Senate on Thursday urged the Bush administration to consider ways of taking military action against al-Qaeda camps in Pakistan if President Pervez Musharraf is incapable of acting on his

'Anti-terrorism laws abused in Lanka'
Anti-terrorism laws in Sri Lanka have led to widespread and systematic rights abuses, a panel of global jurists said yesterday, charging government forces of extra-judicial killings and torture.

Benazir decided to skip anti-Musharraf meeting
Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto has decided to skip a conference of parties opposed to President Pervez Musharraf scheduled to take place in London later this month, an aide said on Friday.

Indian army airlifts thousands stranded on Kashmir road
India's air force has airlifted to safety more than 5,000 people stranded for days in sub-zero temperatures on a Himalayan highway by avalanches and landslides, officials said yesterday.

New signs of US-Syria thaw as senior official sets visit
Washington pressed its new policy of diplomatic opening, saying Thursday it will send a high-ranking official to Syria for the first time in two years.

'Pakistan becoming terrorist sanctuary'
A top Iranian cleric accused Pakistan yesterday of becoming a "terrorist sanctuary," following an upsurge of violence on the two nations' border area that Tehran blames on plots by arch foe the United

Climate change as dangerous as war
Says UN chief Ban
Climate change poses as much danger to the world as war, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday as he urged the United States to take the lead in the fight against global warming.

Cassini snaps new views of Saturn
Nasa's Cassini spacecraft has snapped never-before-seen images of Saturn showing the planet from perspectives above and below its ring system, the national space agency said on Thursday.

Palestinian factions delay submitting cabinet list
Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas said they need more time and will not announce a line-up of ministers for a unity government as planned yesterday.

Archaeologists find Hera statue
A 2,200-year-old statue of the goddess Hera has been found in a wall of a city under Mount Olympus, mythical home of Greece's ancient gods, archaeologists announced Thursday.

Bird flu fight is hit-and-miss across Asia
Bird flu is on the march again across Asia as winter ends, but the battle against the killer virus is being hobbled by stark differences between the region's diverse countries, health experts warn.

Counterfeit medicines flood developing world
Counterfeit medicines, some of them sold over the Internet, are swamping unregulated markets in developing nations with sometimes fatal results, the UN drug control watchdog said on Thursday.

Al Fayed wins battle in Diana case
Mohamed al Fayed won a court battle yesterday to have a jury preside over the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and his son Dodi Fayed.

Canada scientists peer into Arctic abyss to see future
Canadian-led scientists plan to peer into big cracks in the Arctic ice cap hoping to glimpse the future of navigation along the famed Northwest Passage from Europe to Asia, a researcher told AFP Thursday.

Peru ruins remains of 2,300-yr-old solar observatory
Thirteen towers aligned on a hill in Peru are the remains of a 2,300-year-old solar observatory and calendar, which pre-dates even the Inca civilisation, according to a study published Thursday.

Top militant shot dead in Kashmir
A top Kashmiri militant accused of killing 16 Hindus in the revolt-torn Himalayan region was shot dead in a gun battle with troops on Friday, a defence spokesman said.

Triplets for Indonesian who lost three girls in tsunami
An Indonesian woman whose husband lost his three daughters in the 2004 tsunami has given birth to three healthy baby girls, hospital staff said yesterday.