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Palestinians move to disarm militants
Israel completes WB town handover
Palestinian officials took a tentative first step toward disarming militants, banning them from carrying guns in public and requiring all weapons to be registered, according to a new directive.
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Nepali anti-graft body grills 6 ex-ministers
Six former ministers in Nepal's sacked government went before an anti-graft panel on charges of embezzling state funds, officials said yesterday as the king began a corruption crackdown promised after
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World water situation 'unacceptable': WHO
The head of the World Health Organisation said the lack of clean drinking water in much of the world, with its accompanying pandemic of diarrhoeal diseases constituted "an unacceptable situation.
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US soldiers kill 26 Iraqi militants
US soldiers, ambushed by dozens of Iraqi militants near the infamous "Triangle of Death," responded by killing 26 guerrillas in the largest single insurgent death toll since last fall's battle for Fallujah,
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FBI report questions Guantanamo tactics
US law enforcement agents at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison for terrorism suspects concluded that the military's aggressive questioning yielded information that was "suspect at best," according to newly
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Commander Says
Major crisis brewing in Pak tribal belt
A local commander warned yesterday that a "major crisis" could be brewing in a restive Pakistani town where thousands of armed tribesmen have surrounded a military base following clashes last week that
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Jordan to send back envoy to Iraq
Jordan's King Abdullah II ordered the return of Amman's top diplomat to Baghdad as officials from the two neighbouring countries met Monday in the Algerian capital to defuse a diplomatic crisis.
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India to close submarine deal in 'days'
India is within "days" of closing a two-billion dollar deal under which its navy will buy six French Scorpene submarines, a senior naval official said yesterday.
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Camilla in line to become Queen
In the latest twist in a royal wedding saga that has been full of flip-flops, the British government revealed Monday that like it or not, Britons will have to get used to Queen Camilla.
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