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Six killed as Nepali Maoists raid town
Curfew in capital to thwart anti-king protests
At least five Maoist rebels and a Nepali soldier were killed when hundreds of rebels stormed an eastern town overnight, the army said yesterday, as a fresh curfew was clamped on the capital to thwartanti-king
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Germany sidesteps Indo-US nuke pact
India and Germany agreed Sunday to deepen their cooperation on energy policy but sidestepped a dispute over a nuclear deal between New Delhi and Washington that Berlin has criticized.
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4 more killed in Lanka violence
Fears of ethnic riots mount
Four people were shot dead in fresh Sri Lankan violence yesterday, while the killing of six Sinhalese farmers by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels the previous day raised fears of more ethnic riots.
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Seven car bombs rock Baghdad
19 killed, bodies of 15 others found
Car bombings and shootings killed 19 people and wounded more than 100 in Baghdad yesterday as Washington stepped up pressure for Shia premier designate Jawad al-Maliki to form a government and halt Iraq's
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Tape a vexing reminder of US failure to find Laden
The White House said Sunday that al-Qaeda leaders were "on the run" as the emergence of a new tape from Osama bin Laden served as a vexing reminder of the US failure to track down the terror mastermind.
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Abuse of prisoners in Iraqi jails continues
US and Iraqi inspectors have discovered abuse of prisoners in detention centres run by Iraq's Interior Ministry that were visited as recently as February, the Washington Post reported yesterday.
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