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N Korea wants direct military talks with US
Washington ready to talk 'broader issues' with Pyongyang
North Korea's military proposed yesterday holding direct talks with US forces, an unusual plea amid recent progress on the nuclear standoff between the two countries.
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Pak Islamists call for Musharraf destruction
Thousands of Islamist protesters vented their fury at Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf at mass rallies yesterday, some vowing to "destroy" him to avenge this week's deadly raid on the Red Mosque.
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Victory elusive in 'war on terror'
Six years into the US "war on terror," al-Qaeda is gaining strength in its Pakistani sanctuary and Iraq is a fertile breeding ground for global extremism, according to bleak new assessments.
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Benazir backs mosque storm
Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto backed the decision to storm a radical mosque in Islamabad this week, in an interview with The Daily Telegraph published on Friday.
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Powerful typhoon injures dozens in Japan
Thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as a powerful typhoon lashed Japan's southern island of Okinawa Friday, grounding hundreds of flights and injuring at least 34 people, reports said.
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al-Qaeda works to plant US operatives
al-Qaeda is stepping up its efforts to sneak terror operatives into the United States and has acquired most of the capabilities it needs to strike here, according to a new US intelligence assessment,The
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Landslides kill 26 in Nepal
Landslides in two mountainous districts in Nepal killed at least 26 people Friday and injured 17 more, officials said.
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5th suspect held over NY airport attack 'plot'
A fifth suspect has been arrested over an alleged plot to blow up fuel tanks and pipelines at New York's John F Kennedy International airport, the Dutch ANP news agency reported yesterday.
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Autographed letters of Gandhi auctioned in London
Less than ten days after India acquired a rare manuscript of Mahatma Gandhi before it was to be auctioned, handwritten drafts of a series of articles and autographed letters of the 'Father of the Nation'
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Iran to allow IAEA visit to heavy water reactor
Iran will let UN inspectors this month visit a reactor being built which could produce plutonium, the UN atomic agency said Friday, announcing measures to clear up questions about Tehran's nuclear work.
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70,000 birds killed at Czech farms
Around 70,000 birds have been killed at two Czech poultry farms where the H5N1 strain of bird flu, which is potentially fatal to humans, was confirmed this week, veterinary authorities said yesterday.
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