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'100 Taliban killed in US-led airstrike’
The Afghan government said yesterday it believed more than 100 Taliban may have been killed in an airstrike in the south of the country and did not rule out civilian casualties.
 
Bush reassures Musharraf over attack warnings
Pak president vows to crush militancy
US President George Bush telephoned Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf Friday to reassure him after US threats of unilateral action against al-Qaeda on the Islamic republic's soil, Pakistan's foreign ministry
 
Korea, Taliban prepare for talks to free hostages
South Korean and Afghan officials Friday searched for a suitable place to hold face-to-face talks with the Taliban hostage takers, a news reports said.
 
Momentum in Darfur to end violence: UN
Momentum is building in the effort to find a political solution to the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, but until hostilities on the ground cease, the quest to find a political settlement "will notsucceed,"
 
US Cong to scrutinise nuke pact with India
The US Congress has to determine whether an operational agreement of a landmark US-India nuclear deal is legal, the head of an influential House of Representatives panel said Friday.
 
Phoenix mission launched to Mars
A US space probe named Phoenix Mars Lander was successfully launched early yesterday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and began its nine-month journey to Mars, where it will dig for clues to past and present
 
32 civilians killed in Tamil regions
At least 32 Tamil civilians have been killed and another 24 "disappeared" last month in Tamil-dominated areas of Sri Lanka's embattled northeast, the guerrillas said yesterday.
 

 
   
 
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