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US presses Pakistan to hold free elections
Islamabad denies presence of Laden, Omar in Pak soil
Top US diplomats are visiting Pakistan this week for talks with embattled anti-terror ally President Pervez Musharraf on holding free and fair elections due later this year, officials said yesterday.
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Israel rules out military intervention in Gaza
Israel voiced increasing alarm on Thursday about raging Palestinian warfare in Gaza but ruled out military intervention to stop Hamas from gaining the upper hand over its Western-backed rivals.
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'LTTE planning attack on Colombo port'
Lanka slams West over rights outcry
Sri Lankan police have uncovered a plan by Tamil Tiger rebels to launch a suicide attack against the country's main sea port in the capital, a report said Thursday quoting police investigators.
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Sunni mosques attacked after Shia shrine bombing
A handful of Sunni mosques were attacked or burned yesterday, but curfews and increased troop levels kept Iraq in relative calm a day after suspected al-Qaeda bombers toppled the towering minarets ofa
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Iran threatens to cut nuclear cooperation
Iran threatened yesterday to further reduce cooperation with the UN atomic agency if new sanctions are ordered and insisted its uranium enrichment programme had gone too far to turn back.
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Angry mourners blame Syria at Lebanon MP's funeral
Angry mourners cried out against Syria yesterday at the funeral of prominent MP Walid Eido, whose death in a Beirut bombing was the latest in a string of killings the ruling coalition has blamed on Damascus.
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Ex-UN chief Waldheim no more
Kurt Waldheim, the former UN secretary general and president of Austria whose reputation was tarnished by revelations over his Nazi past, died Thursday at the age of 88, his family said.
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