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IAEA, North Korea strike N-plant closure accord
The UN nuclear watchdog and North Korea have reached an agreement on how the agency will monitor and verify shutdown of the country's main nuclear reactor, a top official said yesterday.

Int'l community to ask Lanka, LTTE to talk peace
The international community overseeing Sri Lanka's battered peace process will be asking Colombo and the Tamil Tigers to start talking again to end renewed bloodshed that has claimed thousands of lives.

US, Myanmar hold rare talks in China over Suu Kyi's release
The United States held rare talks with the Myanmar military junta in Beijing to press for the release of the Southeast Asian state's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, the State Department said Thursday.

Taliban creep back into Afghan district
Four killed in anti-Taliban raids
Fighters of the Islamist Taliban movement have infiltrated a strategic region of Afghanistan previously thought to be secured by US forces fighting the resurgent group, a US commander there said.

US voices concern over disappearance of 350 Lankans
The United States has voiced concern about the fate of 355 Sri Lankans who "disappeared" in recent months amid an escalation of the island's ethnic conflict, the government here said yesterday.

UN names 22 global cultural and natural treasures
Twenty-two sites -- ranging from a Roman palace to a modernist university campus to the embattled Iraqi city of Samarra -- have been granted the coveted World Heritage status by Unesco, the UN's culture

Palestinian killed as Israel ends two-day West Bank raid
Israeli troops yesterday shot dead a Palestinian man as the army wrapped up an extensive two-day operation in the flashpoint West Bank town of Nablus, security sources said.

ICRC slams mass abuse in Myanmar
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vigorously denounced yesterday what it called widespread and systematic human rights abuses by Myanmar's military regime.

Bush won't supply subpoenaed documents
President Bush, in a constitutional showdown with Congress, claimed executive privilege Thursday and rejected demands for White House documents and testimony about the firing of US attorneys.

UN chief holds talks with Karzai in Afghanistan
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon made a fleeting visit to Afghanistan yesterday for talks with President Hamid Karzai and leaders of the Nato-led force helping to fight a Taliban insurgency.

NAM still relevant, says India
India has cautiously responded to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's remarks questioning the relevance of non-aligned movement in the post-Cold War world saying it's commitment to the NAM is "well-known.

Mars rover to make risky crater descent
Nasa's aging but durable Mars rover Opportunity will make what could be a trip of no return into a deep impact crater as it tries to peer further back than ever into the Red Planet's geologic history.