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Pak opposition plans 'roadmap' for change
Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday proposed forming a coalition of opposition parties to oust President Pervez Musharraf from power, his spokesman told AFP Saturday.
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Navy, Tigers clash in sea
Ground battles kill 28
A fierce sea clash erupted between Sri Lanka's navy and Tamil Tiger rebels off the country's east coast overnight, the military said Sunday as two days of ground battles killed 28 combatants in the north
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Israeli cabinet approves Fatah prisoner release
Fayyad to hold meeting with Israelis
Israel's cabinet yesterday approved releasing 250 Palestinian prisoners allied with president Mahmud Abbas in a move aimed at boosting the moderate leader in his battle for authority with Islamist Hamas.
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'Martyrdom' will ignite Islamic revolution
Says Pak mullah
A Pakistani cleric who has vowed to die with his followers in a besieged Islamabad mosque said in his will that their "martyrdom" will spark an Islamic revolution in the nation.
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Landslides kill 24 in Pakistan
Landslides triggered by heavy rain struck two villages in northwestern Pakistan yesterday, killing 24 people including 13 members of the same family, officials said.
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Ex-Indian PM Chandra Shekhar dies
Former Indian prime minister Chandra Shekhar, who served briefly during a period of political turmoil, died Sunday from a blood-related illness at the age of 80, a report said.
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Blair wanted to resign before Iraq war
Says ex-press chief
Tony Blair wanted to resign as British prime minister without fighting a third general election, his former communications director Alastair Campbell told the Sunday Times.
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Democrats have daggers drawn for Bush
With daggers drawn for a weakened White House, congressional Democrats return from a short recess this week plotting to further undermine President George W. Bush's waning political sway.
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UK faces 15-yr fight against extremism
Says security chief
Britain faces a 15-year battle against Islamist extremism, a former Royal Navy chief turned security minister said yesterday, as police got more time to question five suspects over three failed car bombings.
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Maliki may face vote of no-confidence
Senior Iraqi politicians, with possible tacit backing from US Vice President Richard Cheney, are planning to ask soon for a no-confidence parliamentary vote against Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as a
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Iran officials visit detainees in Iraq
Iranian diplomats made their first visit to five Iranians that US authorities are holding in Iraq on suspicion that they were training militants there, the US military said yesterday.
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'Pyramids still only wonder of the world’
Egypt said Sunday that the pyramids of Giza remained the only wonder of the world, snubbing a contest in which seven "new" wonders were selected by Internet and telephone voters as having "no value.
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Immigrants seek passage to Europe via Greek jail
Azerba, a Pakistani in his 20s, sits crammed with dozens of other illegal immigrants in a Greek detention centre but he knows the worst is over: he made it across the Evros River into "Europe.
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Live Earth gigs send eco-warning
The Live Earth concerts have drawn to a close, with the curtain going down in New Jersey in the US, after a finale performance from The Police.
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