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Sri Lanka halts Norway envoy's peace mission
Sri Lanka stopped Nordic peace brokers from visiting Tamil Tiger rebel-held territory on Monday as warplanes bombed suspected guerrilla positions in the island's north.

Baghdad barrier to go on despite Maliki opposition
Iraqi and US officials on Monday defended a decision to build a three-mile (five-kilometre) wall around a flashpoint Sunni district of Baghdad, as street demonstrations erupted to condemn it.

Sarkozy, Royal in duel for French presidency
Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy holds an advantage over his Socialist rival Segolene Royal after the two advanced to the second round of France's presidential election, narrowing the vote to a choice between

Ruling candidate wins Nigerian election
EU monitors, US slam polls
Ruling party candidate Umaru Yar'Adua won Nigeria's presidential election yesterday, even as foreign observers slammed the credibility of the disputed poll that claimed at least 200 lives.

6 killed at pro-Taliban protest in Pakistan
Security forces opened fire on pro-Taliban extremists who tried to storm the house of a rival Islamist leader in a Pakistani tribal region yesterday, killing six people, officials said.

Bombs kill 8 Afghan intelligence agents
Bomb blasts killed six Afghan intelligence agents and two policemen yesterday, while the decapitated body another agent was discovered in an attack claimed by the Taliban.

Malaysia hunting 20,000 visa overstayers
Malaysia is hunting down more than 20,000 foreign nationals who have entered the country as tourists before staying on to find jobs illegally, reports said Monday.

EU sanctions on Myanmar extended for another year
The European Union yesterday voiced new concern at "serious violations of human rights" in Myanmar and extended its sanctions against the military regime there for another year.