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Musharraf firmly rejects US strike threats
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf yesterday firmly rejected US threats to strike militants holed up near the Afghan border, saying that American forces will not be allowed to operate in the area.
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US, India adopt nuclear accord
The United States and India have reached a "historic milestone" by adopting an operating agreement for a landmark nuclear deal, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced yesterday.
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Nepal starts work on 'truth commission'
Nepal said yesterday it had started work on a South Africa-style truth commission to deal with the rights abuses of a decade of civil war, but the UN voiced concern that offenders will go unpunished.
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Thailand to deploy 1,400 troops around Bangkok
At least 1,400 soldiers will be deployed around Thailand's capital this weekend to reinforce security amid fears of fresh violence during anti-coup protests, a junta spokesman said yesterday.
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US plays down talk of tension with Saudis
The White House yesterday called relations with Saudi Arabia in the US war on terror on "very strong" despite a report saying Washington is deeply frustrated with Riyadh over its role in Iraq.
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Evidence of city beneath Alexandria
Alexander the Great founded Alexandria to immortalize his name amid his quest to conquer the world -- but his was apparently not the first city on the famed site on Egypt's Mediterranean coast.
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Israel, Palestinians set sight on peace agenda
Israelis and Palestinians are setting their sights on talks to finalise the status of the West Bank based on an Israeli pullout from most of the occupied territory after seven years of stalemate.
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US Senate okays nat'l security bill
The Senate on Thursday night approved a package of security measures recommended by the 9/11 Commission, shifting more federal money to high-risk states and cities and requiring more stringent screening
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IAEA team on the way to N Korea
A second team of UN nuclear experts arrived in Beijing yesterday on their way to North Korea to monitor the shutdown and sealing of the country's sole plutonium-producing reactor.
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Commanders advise Musharraf to quit
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has been advised by his top military commanders to quit in the wake of the restoration of Chief Justice Iftikhar M Chaudhry, a daily reported on Friday.
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Mumbai Blasts
Bomb plotter Memon to die
An anti-terror court in India yesterday sentenced to death one of the main conspirators behind serial bomb blasts in Mumbai in 1993 that killed 257 people, prosecutors said.
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Expelled Russian diplomats leave
Four Russian diplomats expelled from Britain in a stand-off over Moscow's refusal to extradite the murder suspect in the Litvinenko affair have left the country, the Russian embassy said yesterday.
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Sacred bull killed in Britain
A sacred bull seized from a Hindu monastery in Wales because he tested positive for tuberculosis has been slaughtered, officials said Friday.
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Blair to set out ME plans within months
Tony Blair, who is meeting international officials in London yesterday to discuss his Middle East peace envoy role, intends to set out "concrete proposals" within months, his spokesman said.
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