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Million rally in Turkey for secularism, democracy
More than one million people took part in a mass rally here Sunday in support of secularism and democracy amid a tense stand-off between the Islamist-rooted government and the army over presidential elections.
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Hamas leader justifies rocket attacks
A leader of the militant Hamas justified recent rockets attacks on Israel as "self defence," while the camp of moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday urged the preservation of a 5-month-old
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Pak-Afghan leaders in fence-mending talks
A summit between Pakistan and Afghanistan aiming to cool bilateral tensions in the fight against the Taliban insurgency is going ahead as planned, officials here said yesterday.
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US high-fliers in dock over sex racket
The resignation of a senior US State Department official has put the spotlight on an alleged Washington call-girl ring and pending trial of its madam who claims powerful men were among thousands of clients.
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Larijani meets Maliki in Baghdad
Iran's top national security official Ali Larijani arrived in Baghdad yesterday on a previously unannounced three-day visit and opened talks with senior officials, state television reported.
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Democrats woo voters with Bush bashing
Wooing influential California Democrats, presidential contender Barack Obama vowed to "turn the page on this Iraq disaster" while Hillary Rodham Clinton denounced President Bush's conduct of the
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US forces net 72 al-Qaeda suspects
US forces captured at least 72 suspects linked to al-Qaeda and seized bomb-making materials in a series of raids in two Iraqi provinces yesterday, the military said.
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Raid kills 4 Afghan militants, 2 women
Hundreds of angry protesters chanting "Death to Bush" and "Death to Karzai" demonstrated in eastern Afghanistan after US-led coalition and Afghan forces raided a suspected car bomb cell early yesterday,
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Attack on Pak minister
Govt forms probe body, toll rises to 28
Pakistan's government has formed a team to investigate a suicide blast that targeted and injured the country's interior minister and killed 28 others, officials said yesterday.
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Nine killed in fresh Kashmir violence
Eight suspected Muslim militants and a civilian were killed in continuing separatist violence in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir, the army and police said Sunday.
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Freed French hostage arrives home
A young French woman freed by the Taliban after 24 days in captivity in Afghanistan arrived back in France early yesterday, a source said.
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Malians vote for next president
Malians went to the polls yesterday in presidential elections expected to hand the incumbent a second five-year term and boost the west African country's democratic credentials.
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