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Lebanon militants declare truce
Syria distances itself from Lebanese Islamists
The Sunni extremist group Fatah al-Islam which has been battling Lebanese troops for three days around a Palestinian refugee camp said yesterday it would observe a unilateral ceasefire.
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Lanka sinks into lawlessness
Cases of murder, abduction, disappearance and intimidation surface almost daily in Sri Lanka as the South Asian nation appears to be sliding into lawlessness and war.
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Pak media feel heat as Musharraf digs in
The increasing vulnerability of military ruler President Pervez Musharraf has been matched by a sudden rise in pressure put on the media in Pakistan, television and press organisations say.
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No Hamas leader safe from attack
Warns Israel
Israel warned Hamas yesterday that none of its leaders were safe from attack after a rocket fired by Gaza militants killed a woman in the shell-shocked town of Sderot, where anger mounted over the army's
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Democrats step back from Iraq timelines
Democratic congressional leaders were Monday close to dropping their troop withdrawal timelines from an Iraq war budget, in a move, which could ease a standoff with President George W. Bush.
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Pak troops strike al-Qaeda camp: 4 killed
Pakistani troops backed by helicopter gunships yesterday stormed a suspected al-Qaeda camp in a tribal area bordering Afghanistan, killing at least four foreign rebels, officials said.
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US urges Myanmar to release Suu Kyi
The United States yesterday urged military-run Myanmar to release democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners ahead of the junta's review of her detention this week.
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