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Top Taliban commander Dadullah killed
55 other militants die in raids
Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban's most prominent military commander, was killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan with Afghan and Nato troops, officials said yesterday.
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Thousands of Maoists surround Nepal parliament
Thousands of Maoist supporters surrounded Nepal's parliament building yesterday to demand the government abolish the monarchy and declare a republic, threatening more such protests this month.
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Lanka faces aid cut over HR abuse
Sri Lanka's failure to share power with minority Tamils and put an end to extra-judicial killings have raised prospects of more aid cuts to the embattled island, officials and diplomats say.
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Pak, Afghan forces trade fire: 8 killed
Pakistani security forces and Afghan army soldiers exchanged gunfire at the border between the two countries yesterday, leaving at least five Afghan troops dead, a Pakistani military official said.
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Mayawati takes oath as UP CM
A low-caste woman who took office as leader of India's most populous state yesterday after a stunning victory promised to rid the lawless province of crime and corruption.
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Thousands of secular Turks stage rally
At least 100,000 secular Turks demonstrated in Turkey's third-largest city on Sunday, keeping up pressure on the Islamic-rooted government that they fear is working to raise the influence of religionon
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Dalai Lama to reduce political role
The Dalai Lama will keep his spiritual role but wants to lessen his political burden as he moves into "retirement," an official in the Tibetan spiritual leader's office said.
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EU proposes monitoring radical mosques
Security officials from Europe's largest countries backed a plan Saturday to profile mosques on the continent and identify radical Islamic clerics who raise the threat of homegrown terrorism.
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