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Iran, EU start nuclear talks under pressure
US, UK push for early response on offer
Iran's top nuclear negotiator launched fresh talks yesterday with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, amid renewed pressure for Tehran to accept an offer to end its standoff with the West.
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N Korea missile crisis stirs up discord
China rejects draft UN resolution
North Korea's missile tests stirred up more discord yesterday among its Northeast Asian neighbours, with South Korea and Japan jousting over Tokyo's suggestions of pre-emptive strikes against the North.
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Atomic power can help fight global warming
Says British minister
Britain must build new nuclear power stations, generate more electricity from wind and waves and curb domestic demand in the battle against global warming, Trade Secretary Alistair Darling said yesterday.
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Sudan world's most dangerous place for children
Sudan, Uganda and Congo are the world's three most dangerous places for children due to wars that have brought death, disease and displacement to millions, a Reuters AlertNet poll showed yesterday.
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Palestinians on edge without power, fuel
"What it took six years to build was bombed in a week," seethes Mustafa Mahmud, telling customers he has no generators left, two weeks after Israel bombed the only power station in the Gaza Strip.
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Iraq plagued by signs of looming civil war
Iraq is developing all the symptoms of looming civil war, with communities feeling victimised, a terrible cycle of tit-for-tat attacks, and Sunnis and Shias alike withdrawing into ghettoes.
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Somali Islamists scour Mogadishu for arms
Somali Islamists scoured southern Mogadishu for arms yesterday as the city's last secular warlord fled after deadly clashes that killed at least 77 since the weekend, witnesses and militia said.
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Polish president names identical twin as PM
Polish President Lech Kaczynski on Monday nominated his brother Jaroslaw as prime minister, paving the way for a world-unique double act, which would see identical twins holding the top two state posts.
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India will not be in nuclear club: Rice
The Bush administration is hard at work to win legislative approval for the Indo-US nuclear deal before the US Congress goes into summer recess on August 4.
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Nepali Maoists reveal strength for first time
They have 36,000 troops
Nepal's Maoists have revealed for the first time how many soldiers they have -- 36,000 -- in remarks published on Tuesday, a week after Kathmandu invited the United Nations to monitor arms of insurgents
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Rice meets Pak FM amid Afghan border row
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri met US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday, and said he had offered "concrete proposals" to temper a row with Afghanistan over border security.
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Indian SC refuses to halt dam project
India's Supreme Court has refused to halt work to raise the height of a controversial dam after a plea by the prime minister that the project is important for development, a lawyer said yesterday.
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Indonesia passes Aceh autonomy bill
Indonesia's parliament yesterday passed a draft law granting tsunami-lashed Aceh wide-ranging autonomy as part of a peace deal signed last year with separatist rebels, a lawmaker said.
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Tape claims 3 GIs killed over rape-murders
An al-Qaeda-linked group posted a Web video yesterday purporting to show the mutilated bodies of two US soldiers, claiming it killed them in revenge for the rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman by American
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Other 'major powers' deserve UNSC seats
Says Annan
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said yesterday certain "major powers" should play a bigger role in the world body but declined to name favourites for any new permanent seats on the Security Council.
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Saddam boycotts trial
Saddam Hussein and his defence counsel boycotted his trial for crimes against humanity for a second day on Tuesday, forcing a two-week adjournment to give court-appointed lawyers time to prepare final
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