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Suicide bomb kills 8 Afghan policemen
6 Canadian troops slain
A suicide attacker blew himself up at a police gathering in southern Afghanistan yesterday, killing nine people including a boy, while a Nato force soldier died in a separate blast.
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Australia 'has Iraq oil interest’
Australian Defence Minister Brendan Nelson has admitted that securing oil supplies is a key factor behind the presence of Australian troops in Iraq.
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UK lowers terror threat level
British bomb suspects left suicide note
Britain has lowered the terrorism threat level following the capture of eight people connected with three failed car bombings and increased scrutiny of foreigners recruited for their skills, including
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Nepal PM puts fresh pressure on king
Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala issued a thinly-veiled warning Wednesday that the Himalayan country's embattled monarch should step aside or leave the country.
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Tigers honour 322 suicide bombers
Sri Lanka was on high alert yesterday as Tamil Tiger rebels commemorated the 322 male and female suicide bombers who have blown themselves up for the guerrilla cause over the last two decades.
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'Terrors keeping human shields at Pak mosque'
Up to 30 armed "terrorists" are stopping students inside a besieged mosque in the Pakistani capital from surrendering to the government and are using them as human shields, officials said Thursday.
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al-Qaeda No 2 urges strikes on West
Osama bin Laden's right-hand man Ayman al-Zawahiri issued a new video calling for Islamic fighters to strike Western interests worldwide and for regime change in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
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