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Pakistan rules out early elections
Govt takes U-turn in judge case
Pakistan's government yesterday ruled out holding early elections amid growing speculation that a crisis over President Pervez Musharraf's ouster of the chief justice could force snap polls.
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Asians must understand each other's concern
Says Manmohan
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked Asian countries to look at each other through "borrowed eyes" for greater understanding and cooperation among themselves.
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Corruption Probe
Blair quizzed again
Former British prime minister Tony Blair has been questioned by police a third time over party political corruption allegations, the Press Association news agency said yesterday, quoting unnamed sources.
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Indo-US nuke deal to be implemented this year
Says Rice
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that a "historic" nuclear energy pact with India could be clinched this year with enough commitment from both sides.
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Brown names cabinet vowing change
New British Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled his senior ministerial team yesterday, appointing a loyal and trusted ally as finance minister and the youngest foreign secretary for 30 years.
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Bad weather halts Pak cyclone aid effort
Bad weather prevented helicopters yesterday from ferrying aid to hundreds of thousands of flood-stricken people after a cyclone lashed Pakistan's southern coastline, officials said.
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Arabs scornful of 'biased' Blair
The Arab world poured scorn on Tony Blair as new Middle East envoy yesterday, dismissing him as a biased lackey of US President George W Bush, incapable of easing Palestinian hardship or bringing peace
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Afghan floods kill over 50
Floods in eastern Afghanistan triggered by unseasonal downpours have left around 56 people dead with about 100 plucked to safety overnight with the help of Nato helicopters, officials said yesterday.
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‘Norway meeting will help revive Lankan peace process’
Air raids after bomb kills two soldiers
Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said yesterday he was optimistic that a meeting of top donors this week would help to revive the island nation's moribund peace process.
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Landmine blasts kill Pak soldier
A soldier was killed and seven other people wounded in two separate landmine blasts in Pakistan's insurgency-hit Baluchistan province, officials said yesterday.
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Lockerbie bomber wins right to new appeal
Scottish legal authorities yesterday granted a Libyan man jailed for the 1988 bombing of a US airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland the right to appeal for a second time.
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Myanmar releases dozens of dissidents
Myanmar's military regime has released dozens of activists detained last month after marching in processions to pray for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition confirmedThursday.
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Tibet envoys head to China for talks on autonomy
Two envoys of the Tibet government-in-exile in India will head for China on Friday for a sixth round of talks on greater autonomy for the Himalayan region, the exiles' foreign minister said yesterday.
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