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Israel signals readiness to quit Golan for peace
Israel sent secret messages to Syria recently signalling willingness to give up the captured Golan Heights in return for a peace deal that would require Syria to distance itself from Iran, an Israelinewspaper

Lanka court halts Tamil evictions
Rights groups blast Colombo for evictions
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court yesterday ordered a halt to the eviction of minority ethnic Tamils from the capital, as rights activists attacked the use of "collective punishment" to fight Tamil rebels.

Row Over Missile Defence
Putin proposes joint US-Russian base
Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a joint Russian-US base to detect missile attacks in a startling proposal to overcome a crisis between the two countries. Putin offered President GeorgeW.

UN, India promise Nepal help on the road to democracy
India and the United Nations Thursday promised help to the Himalayan nation of Nepal in its transformation to a democracy as Nepalese officials announced a November date for the country's first post-war

CIA prisons in Romania, Poland approved by presidents
CIA ran secret prisons in Poland and Romania from 2003 to 2005 to interrogate terror suspects under a programme authorised by the countries' presidents, a report said yesterday.

Major developing nations lukewarm on G8 climate goals
The leaders of five major developing nations on Thursday signalled they would not bow to pressure from the Group of Eight to commit to binding targets in the fight against global warming.

Weakening storm Gonu leaves Oman swamped
People dragged soaked bedding and carpets from homes Thursday after Cyclone Gonu's winds blew down trees and power lines and its rains sent torrents of water and mud surging through Oman's seaside capital,

Pak judge's lawyer slams government 'fairy tales'
Lawyers for Pakistan's ousted chief justice yesterday accused top government officials of "fairy tales and fabrications" in their affidavits against the judge.

Six in 10 Nepalese want king to go
Nearly six out of 10 Nepalese want the monarchy to be abolished in the Himalayan nation, but the same number are unclear about the relevance of upcoming elections, a survey showed yesterday.

Dutch to vote on giving papers to 30,000 illegal immigrants
The Dutch parliament is to vote next week on whether to give 30,000 illegal immigrants residency permits, following a debate Thursday.