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Tiger saboteurs target Lankan power supply
Britain asks Colombo to end military campaign
Tamil Tiger saboteurs came close to cutting off a large chunk of Sri Lanka's electricity supply yesterday by skirting tight security and setting off a bomb against a key power line, officials said.

Iran ready for Iraq talks with US
Bush admn warned on detainees
Iran yesterday warned that the United States would be made to "regret" its detention of five Iranian officials in Iraq but said it was still ready to consider continuing talks with its arch foe.

Thaksin can return from exile: Junta
Thailand yesterday gave ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra the green light to return home for the first time since last year's military coup and fight to regain 1.5 billion dollars in frozen assets.

US to maintain close links with Musharraf despite criticism
Washington said Monday it would continue its close links with Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf's administration despite a call by a leading US newspaper to distance itself from the embattled general.

WB plans int'l fund to fight deforestation
The World Bank is planning an international fund of at least 250 million dollars to fight deforestation, which contributes to global warming, a bank official said Monday.

Pakistan presses tribesmen to expel al-Qaeda rebels
Pakistani authorities yesterday issued a fresh appeal to tribesmen in a rugged region bordering Afghanistan to expel Taliban and al-Qaeda rebels and their supporters.

Afghanistan going same way as Iraq
Says worried Blair
British Prime Minister Tony Blair voiced concern yesterday that Afghanistan could descend into the same spiral of violence as Iraq.

India accuses Pakistan as death toll mounts in Kashmir
India yesterday accused arch-rival Pakistan of continuing to push Islamic militants into its part of disputed Kashmir following fresh clashes along the heavily militarised border.

Shootings, bombing kill 6 in Iraq
Insurgents killed six people in Iraq yesterday, four in shootings and two in a roadside bomb attack in central Baghdad, security officials said.

Former Croatian Serb leader jailed for 35 years
The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal convicted a wartime leader of Croatia's rebel Serbs of murder, torture and persecution Tuesday and sentenced him to 35 years in prison for a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign

Five charged with stealing Tutu's Nobel Peace prize
Five men were charged yesterday with stealing the Nobel Peace prize of South Africa's leading anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu during a burglary at his home in Soweto, police said.

Bush to press for immigration bill
President Bush, wading deeper into an issue that bitterly divides his party, hopes a personal appeal can help persuade sceptical Republicans to resurrect and pass his immigration bill.

Solzhenitsyn gets with top Kremlin award
Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded a top state honour to ex-dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn yesterday, lauding his devotion to the "fatherland" at a lavish ceremony in the Kremlin.

Sri Lanka to study critical rights report
Sri Lanka's president has called for "careful study" of a critical report that said the island is failing to investigate grave human rights abuses, a spokesman said yesterday.