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Nepal vows to foil Maoist blockade
Troops hunts for 145 prisoners freed by rebels, US aid at risk
Security forces scoured western Nepal yesterday for 145 prisoners sprung from jail by Maoists, as the army vowed to foil a road blockade threatened by the rebels to protest King Gyanendra's seizure of
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Lanka blames rebel split for killings
Tigers praised for 'restraint'
Sri Lanka's government yesterday blamed splinter factions of the Tamil rebel movement for the slaying of a top guerrilla leader and praised it for the "restraint" it had shown since the killing.
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Freezing cold kills 67 Afghan children
At least 67 Afghans, mainly children, have died from freezing conditions as the war-battered country faces its coldest winter after years of droughts, an official said yesterday.
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Prison inmates take 67 hostages in Argentina
8 die during prison riot
At least eight people have died during a prison riot in the city of Cordoba as hundreds of inmates held 20 guards and 42 other people hostage and threatened to throw some of them off the roof, officials
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N Korea demands talks with US to defuse row
North Korea has demanded bilateral talks with the United States to defuse tension created by its announcement that it is a nuclear power, the communist state's UN envoy said in a South Korean newspaper
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Teenager found 45 days after tsunami waves
A teenager who lived on wild fruits and coconuts for 45 days after tsunamis ravaged the Indian Ocean archipelago of Andamans in December has been rescued, police said yesterday.
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Netanyahu attacked at wedding
Supporters of Jewish settlers attac-ked Benjamin Netanyahu at a wedding but the former Israeli prime minister escaped unhurt, police and media said yesterday.
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Green solution to dengue peril
Dengue fever, a growing threat in poor tropical countries in Asia and Africa, is being gradually rolled back in Vietnam thanks to a low-tech, grassroots and environmentally friendly strategy, a studysays.
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