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Nepal set to seal arms deal with Maoists
Nepal’s multi-party government and Maoist guerrillas are set to seal a long-awaited deal yesterday on supervision of rebel arms, a key move towards rescuing a faltering peace process, negotiators said.
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Troops, Tigers trade fires
Sri Lanka's military and Tamil Tiger rebels yesterday accused each other of initiating artillery attacks in the island's restive east as both sides braced for a major offensive in the region.
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Musharraf to Muslims
Change West's view
The Muslim world must correct Western misperceptions created by "semiliterate clerics" about Islam as a religion that fosters militant extremism, Pakistan's president said yesterday.
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ME newspapers warns of Saddam verdict fallout
Middle East newspapers were divided yesterday over the legitimacy of the death sentence imposed on Saddam Hussein but were unanimous in warning of the verdict's repercussions on an already chaotic Iraq.
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Iran's military plays down US threat
The head of Iran's elite revolutionary guards, currently overseeing 10 days of war games, said he did not see the United States as currently posing a military threat to the Islamic republic.
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Russia urges Europe to revise Iran sanction bid
Western countries that want to punish Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment are again facing reluctance on the part of Russia and China to grant support, with Moscow demanding a softening
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Rare planetary treat for astronomers
Astronomers in the Americas, East Asia and Australasia will get a rare daylight treat this week when Mercury passes in a direct line between the Earth and the Sun, a "transit" that will next occur onMay
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