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US Cong sceptical of Indian nuke accord
Key US legislators looked sceptically at a landmark nuclear pact between the United States and India amid speculation that the terms could exceed what lawmakers would accept while Indian officials .
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US Congress sends security bill to Bush
Congress sent President Bush legislation Friday to intensify anti-terror efforts in the US, shifting money to high-risk states and cities and expanding screening of air and sea cargo to stave off future
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3 Nato troops killed in Afghanistan
Three Nato soldiers and an Afghan trooper were killed along with several insurgents in Afghanistan on Friday, while a helicopter gunship made a forced landing, the alliance said.
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Crisis deepens in Iraq's divided government
Car bomb kills 4 in Baghdad
Iraq's dwindling Shia-led government and its largest Sunni bloc stepped up their war of words on Saturday, amid a crisis, which some lawmakers warned could bring down the ruling coalition.
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Nuke plant Closure
IAEA team in North Korea for monitoring
A second team of UN inspectors arrived in North Korea yesterday to continue monitoring the secretive state's steps to shutdown its nuclear weapons programme, official Chinese media said.
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Last campaign day ahead of Japan polls
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pleaded for support for his faltering Liberal Democratic Party on the eve of Sunday elections, saying that only the ruling bloc has the ability to turn around Japan's
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SE Asia mulls tougher nuclear rules
Southeast Asian nations will look at toughening security rules for atomic energy when they meet next week to review a treaty on keeping nuclear weapons out of the region, diplomats said Saturday.
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Pak bomb blast probe begins
Investigators sifted through the wreckage of a bombed-out restaurant in Pakistan's capital and scoured a government database on Saturday to try to identify the remains of a suicide attacker who killed
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TV news helicopters collide in US: 4 killed
Two news helicopters covering a police chase on live television collided and crashed to the ground Friday, killing all four people on board in a plunge that viewers saw as a jumble of spinning, broken
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Cleared Indian doctor to leave Australia
An Indian doctor cleared of involvement in failed British car bombings will leave Australia for his homeland Saturday after authorities handed back his passport, his lawyer said.
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Violent protests kill 8 in India
Eight people were killed in southern India yesterday after police started firing on protesters demanding land for the poor, police said.
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Brown due for first face-to-face talks with Bush
Gordon Brown makes his first official trip to the United States as British prime minister today, at a time many this side of the North Atlantic Ocean want clearer water between London and Washington.
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Thais protest against military rule
At least 5,000 Thais rallied under tight security in Bangkok yesterday to demand an end to the country's army-backed government amid fears of a repeat of last Sunday's violence.
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Asean urged to push Myanmar democracy
Southeast Asian nations must press Myanmar's military rulers to lay out a credible transition to democracy as the junta wraps up work on a long-stalled constitution, a rights organisation said yesterday.
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