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Pakistanis in grim search for missing relatives
Relatives desperately sought news of their loved ones yesterday as medical workers struggled to identify mangled corpses a day after around 150 people died in Pakistan's worst train crash in 15 years.
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Floods force thousands to flee homes in Assam
Thousands of people have been displaced from their homes due to floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains across several parts of northeast India, officials said yesterday.
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Troops closing in on Kashmiri militants
Indian troops were closing in on Islamic militants yesterday who have been shooting at them from positions high in the rugged Himalayas of northern Indian Kashmir, the army said, as seven people diedin
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Chandrika appeals for calm
Sri Lanka's president appealed for calm yesterday in the restive northeast where bomb attacks have killed four and wounded more than a dozen since the weekend, as police reinforcements were rushed tothe
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Major shake up in Maldives cabinet
Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom yesterday announced a major cabinet shakeup including the promotion of his spokesman as the Indian Ocean atoll nation's new foreign minister.
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US asks Iran to keep hands off Iraq
The United States told Iran Wednesday not to resume enriching uranium, which could feed a nuclear weapon, and also cautioned Tehran to keep its hands out of Iraq's internal affairs.
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Suicide barrage on Baghdad govt bldgs
Three suicide bombers attacked Baghdad's Green Zone government compound yesterday but only two bystanders were killed and police shot and captured one of the bombers before he could set off his explosives.
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'Anger over Muslim plight inspired UK bombers '
Anger against the suffering of Muslims in Iraq and other conflict zones spurred Britain's first apparent suicide bombings, and copycat attacks across western Europe are likely, experts said Wednesday.
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US brands Saudis 'key source' of terror fund
The US government has suggested wealthy Saudi individuals remain "a significant source" of funds for Islamic terrorists around the world, despite widely-publicised efforts by the desert kingdom to shut
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Saddam trial may begin next month: Judge
Saddam Hussein could go on trial as early as next month for his alleged role in a massacre 23 years ago, a top judge said Wednesday. He said the ousted dictator could face the death penalty.
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US boosts security screening of foreigners
The US government is to boost its security screening of foreigners making their first visit to the United States, asking them to leave 10 fingerprints, US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael
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Pakistan helped foil UK terror plot
Pakistan's interior minister said Wednesday that a terror attack was thwarted in Britain before the May general elections in that country and arrests were made in several countries because of help from
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Africans submit own draft on UNSC expansion
An African draft resolution calling for six new permanent seats with veto power on the UN Security Council, including two for Africa, was formally submitted to the General Assembly Wednesday, Africandiplomats
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