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'Pak govt considers emergency’
39 detained for links to attack on Musharraf
The Pakistan government is mulling the option of imposing emergency in the country to deal with the violent backlash from militants after the bloody crackdown on the Lal Masjid, media reports said.
 
Assad calls on Israel to respond to peace plea
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called on Israel to respond to peace overtures from Damascus after he was sworn in for a second seven-year term yesterday.
 
Israeli-Palestinian scepticism greets Bush peace call
US President George W Bush's plan to relaunch the Middle East peace process with an international conference was greeted yesterday with scepticism on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide as yet
 
'Terror threat against US serious’
The terrorist network al-Qaeda will likely leverage its contacts and capabilities in Iraq to mount an attack on US soil, according to a new National Intelligence Estimate on threats to the American homeland.
 
Four soldiers killed in Lanka clashes
Four Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and six others wounded in fighting with Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of the island, the guerrillas said Tuesday, claiming they lost one fighter in the battle.
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Fears rise over nuclear plant after Japan quake
Authorities in Japan yesterday were investigating a second nuclear scare following a deadly earthquake, as relief workers struggled to feed and shelter thousands of shaken survivors.
 
3 soldiers, 7 Taliban killed in clashes
A roadside bomb killed three Afghan soldiers and a clash involving Nato forces left seven militants dead in insurgency-wracked southern Afghanistan, police said yesterday.
 
Briton jailed
A British man who was found with blueprints for building a missile in his luggage as he passed through an airport was jailed for three-and-a-half years Tuesday.
 

 
   
 
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