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Musharraf prepares for Kabul jirga
More assaults on militants
Pakistani helicopter gunships launched new assaults yesterday on al-Qaeda and Taliban hideouts in the mountainous northwest as President Pervez Musharraf prepared to address a peace summit in Kabul.
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Spectre of hunger looms over flood-hit India
Senior bureaucrat Nibha Thakur ran short of cash as she shopped for vegetables in India's eastern Bihar state, where severe floods have pushed basic food prices beyond the reach of millions.
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Kashmir arms dump catches fire
A huge fire broke out in a major Indian army ammunition depot in revolt-hit Kashmir yesterday, killing two people and forcing an evacuation of the surrounding area, police said.
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Indo-us Nuke Deal
Manmohan dares Left to withdraw support
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has dared the crucial allies Left to withdraw the support to his government on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
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UN steps toward greater Iraq role
The Security Council voted unanimously Friday to expand the UN role in Iraq and opened the door for the world body to promote talks to ease Iraq's sectarian bloodshed.
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Case filed against Taslima in India
Police in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad registered a case against controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who was recently attacked by workers of Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) here,
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Hamas detains 32 Fatah men
Hamas militiamen detained 32 Fatah supporters across Gaza, half of them after breaking up a wedding and beating guests with clubs and chairs, Fatah officials and witnesses said Saturday.
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Ayodhya attack mastermind killed in Kashmir
The mastermind behind the July 2005 attack on the Ram temple in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh was shot dead on Saturday in a gun battle with the police on the outskirts of Jammu, officials said.
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Blast kills 2 in Indonesia
At least two people were killed and four injured after a possible bomb blast yesterday in an area in Indonesia's East Java that was being monitored by an anti-terrorist unit, police said.
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