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Afghan warlord says Laden still alive
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is still alive but keeping a low profile, notorious Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said in a video released on Arab television late Sunday.
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Indian IT minister quits after party feud
India's high-profile Communic-ation and Information Technology Minister Dayanidhi Maran resigned from the cabinet late on Sunday night shortly after his party DMK, a constituent of Congress-led coalition
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Free Suu Kyi, 57 ex-world leaders urge Myanmar
US ex-president Bill Clinton and 56 other former world leaders have appealed to Myanmar's military regime to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a Norwegian peace institute said yesterday.
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10 killed in Russian cafe blast
Ten people died overnight in an explosion and fire at a cafe in a market in Russia's southern Orenburg region overnight, Russian news agencies reported yesterday.
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Palestinian interior minister resigns
Interior minister Hani al-Qawasmeh resigned from the Palestinian unity government yesterday amid the deadliest factional fighting in two months in a major blow to the fledgling administration.
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Chang named Taiwan's new premier
Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian yesterday appointed the island's top China negotiator as the new premier, urging him to be firm in his dealings with Beijing.
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Bombing kills 2 in Assam
Two people were killed and 10 injured yesterday in a bomb attack at a crowded marketplace in India's insurgency-wracked northeastern state of Assam, police said.
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Sarkozy wants a US-style national security adviser
French president-elect Nicolas Sarkozy, set to take office tomorrow, wants to create a national security adviser post similar to the position that exists in the United States, a source close to the government
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