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Glitches delay Kashmir border crossing
It is unlikely any civilians will be allowed to cross the Kashmir frontier between India and Pakistan on schedule because of procedural glitches, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday, one day ahead ofthe
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Oil-for-Food Scam
India to name panel to probe Natwar link
India's prime minister met Foreign Minister Natwar Singh yesterday to discuss allegations that the minister and the ruling Congress Party benefited from deals linked to the UN oil-for-food programme for
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LTTE to stay neutral in Lankan election
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have decided to remain neutral in the presidential election this month, a pro-rebel website reported yesterday as minority Tamil voters emerged as potential king-makers.
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Blast kills 7 militants in Pak tribal town
Seven suspected militants, including some foreigners, were killed on Saturday when they triggered an explosion while making bomb parts in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, the Pakistan
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Snow Forecast Fails to Sway
Pak quake survivors vow to stay put
Barely a house is still standing in Pakistan's earthquake-shattered Khagan valley and in a few weeks time it will lie under a blanket of deep snow.
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Anger mounts in India over Delhi blasts
Anger is mounting in India over bomb attacks in the capital a week ago that have been blamed on militants based in Pakistan, further hampering New Delhi's slow-moving peace talks with Islamabad.
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Myanmar moving key ministries out of Yangon
Myanmar's military junta on Sunday began moving officials from key ministries including the foreign ministry to a secret location in the north as part of a massive relocation plan, officials said.
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US-led forces fight rebels near Syria border
11 Iraqis, 2 GIs killed in attacks
US and Iraqi forces battled insurgents yesterday in a town near the border with Syria as part of a military sweep aimed at preventing foreign fighters from entering the country.
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Israel in talks with EU to reopen Rafah border
Israel yesterday began talks with the European Union on reopening the Rafah border terminal between Gaza and Egypt, while giving the green light for Cairo to supply ammunition to the Palestinian police
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Iran allows UN inspectors to visit military complex
Tehran issues fresh challenge
Iran confirmed yesterday it had allowed UN nuclear inspectors to visit a military complex as part of its efforts to counter US accusations that it is secretly developing nuclear arms.
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John Major Says
Blair ruling the sleaziest ever government
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is ruling the country's sleaziest ever government, his predecessor John Major said in a television interview to be broadcast later yesterday.
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14 drowned in Pak boat accident
Divers have recovered the bodies of 14 women and children and 21 people are still missing after a boat capsized in the sea off Pakistan, officials said Saturday, lowering earlier estimates of 70 dead.
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UN chopper strays into Kashmir
A UN helicopter on a relief mission for victims of the earthquake in Pakistani Kashmir accidentally strayed into the Indian side of the divided territory yesterday but was allowed to return, an army spokesman
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'UN investigator wants to interview Syrians’
The chief UN investigator examining the killing of a former Lebanese prime minister has requested interviews with six senior Syrian intelligence officers, a paper reported on Sunday quoting Lebanese sources.
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Azerbaijan votes amid fears
Azerbaijan was voting yesterday in a parliamentary election expected to give the ruling party a big majority, with Western governments hungry for the country's oil hoping vote fraud and violence did not
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'Source of Iraq's al-Qaeda link a suspected liar’
A top al-Qaeda operative in US custody was identified as a probable liar months before the Bush administration began using his claims as the basis of its contention that Iraq trained al-Qaeda membersto
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