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Lanka seeks new truce with Tigers
Warplanes hit rebel posts as heavy fighting rages
Sri Lanka was ready to negotiate a fresh ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels as the Norwegian-brokered truce had virtually collapsed, a government minister said yesterday.
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Sarkozy vows to heal French polls wounds
Hundreds arrested in night of violence
Right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy, who had sought a mandate for radical reform, emphatically won France's presidential election on Sunday, but promised to heal the wounds of the bitterly fought campaign.
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Iran weighs compromise at nuclear meeting
Iran's delegation consulted with its government Monday on whether to opt for compromise at a 130-nation nuclear meeting or continue opposing language of the conference agenda, even at the risk that the
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Northern Ireland set for new dawn
New power-sharing govt takes over today
After decades of sectarian violence and terrorism, Northern Ireland will inaugurate a historic power-sharing government today that it hopes will finally bring peace and stability.
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Former minister shot dead in Pakistan
A former provincial minister and leader of ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party was shot dead along with a relative in northwest Pakistan, police said yesterday.
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Israeli PM faces no-confidence
Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was due to face motions of no-confidence in parliament yesterday, the latest backlash over a scathing inquiry into his handling of last year's Lebanon war.
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N Korea ready to shut down nuke reactor
North Korea is ready to quickly shut down its nuclear reactor as soon as it receives funds that had been frozen in a banking dispute, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
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Turkish govt seeks popular vote
Turkey's Islamic-rooted government, whose presidential candidate dropped his bid in the face of protests from pro-secular lawmakers, pushed Monday for a constitutional amendment that allows the president
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