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Arabs set for peace offensive at summit
Israeli, Palestinian leaders to meet regularly
Arab leaders gathered in Saudi Arabia yesterday for a summit which will formally relaunch a long dormant Arab plan for Middle East peace and actively seek negotiations with Israel.
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Myanmar vows to crush opponents
Myanmar put on a show of might and defiance at its annual military parade Tuesday, with junta chief Than Shwe displaying few signs of his reported ill health in his new capital city.
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US nets 2 leaders of Iraqi car bomb cell
US forces captured two leaders of a major car bomb cell responsible for attacks that killed around 900 Iraqis, mostly in the Shia district of Sadr City in Baghdad, the US military said yesterday.
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Japan sends defence mission to Nepal
Japan yesterday deployed a small defence team to Nepal to monitor the country's ceasefire, the first mission since officially pacifist Tokyo created a full-fledged defence ministry.
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Ash to wed Abhishek on April 20
Former Miss World Aishwarya Rai will marry her actor boyfriend Abhishek Bachchan next month in one of the most high-profile Indian weddings of the year, reports said yesterday.
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Bomb rocks Pakistani ICRC workshop
A bomb exploded near an International Committee of the Red Cross vehicle workshop in northwestern Pakistan yesterday, causing damage but no casualties, police said.
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Pak airline chief resigns
The chairman of Pakistan's national airline has resigned, officials said yesterday, following a European Union safety ban imposed on most of its ageing fleet.
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