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Pakistan in talks to save peace deal with militants
Pakistan held crisis talks with tribal elders yesterday to save a peace deal with pro-Taliban militants, amid fears of fresh violence after three weekend suicide attacks left more than 70 dead.

Ethiopia slaps life sentences on 35 opposition figures
Ethiopia's high court yesterday sentenced 35 opposition leaders to life imprisonment for inciting rebellion, after the prosecution had asked for the death penalty.

News Analysis
'Pak al-Qaeda zone poses dilemma for Musharraf'
With Pakistan at boiling point, President Pervez Musharraf faces a tough dilemma in the rugged and militant-infested frontier zone where al-Qaeda's leaders are allegedly holed up, analysts say.

Lanka seeks foreign aid for captured province
The Sri Lankan government said yesterday it would seek foreign aid to rebuild a key province recently wrested from the Tamil Tiger rebels after months of fighting.

Bush admn battles to keep Iraq strategy on track
The White House Sunday dismissed calls by two respected Republicans to refashion its unpopular Iraq strategy, but the drumbeat of demands for an early withdrawal of US troops grew louder.

Quake kills 7 in Japan
Nuclear plant catches fire
At least seven people were killed and nearly 700 others injured in the powerful earthquake that struck central Japan on Monday, officials said.

Pyongyang confirms closure of N-reactor
North Korea confirmed Sunday that it had shut down its Yongbyon atomic reactor under UN supervision, the first step in a process designed to rid the communist state of nuclear weapons.

Britain believes 30 Islamist militant cells plotting attacks
Britain's security services believe up to 30 Islamist militant cells are plotting attacks and they are monitoring 2,000 suspects and another 2,000 sympathisers, the new security minister said yesterday.

US to pour $750m into Pakistan's tribal areas
The administration of President George W.

Peres sworn in as Israeli president
Israeli elder statesman and Nobel peace laureate Shimon Peres was sworn in Sunday as president, pledging to keep up peace efforts in his new post that crowns an unparalleled career lasting more than half

Viral fever claims 193 lives in India's Kerala state
India's southern coastal Kerala state is reeling from an outbreak of mosquito-borne Chikungunya viral fever infections that have claimed 193 lives, a minister said yesterday.