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Pak opposition leader demands resignation of Musharraf
An outspoken Pakistani opposition leader yesterday demanded that President Gen Pervez Musharraf step down so upcoming elections could be held free of his military government's interference.

Lanka war takes toll on innocents
Palani Amma Subramaniyam sits in quiet despair, surrounded by woven baskets and terra cotta pots in her deserted market stall in rebel-controlled territory in northern Sri Lanka.

Rain compounds flood misery of Indians
Torrential rains overnight compounded the misery of 2 million marooned Indian villagers, killing another 11 people and raising the death toll from house collapses and floods in South Asia to 240, officials

Taliban, Koreans talk over meeting venue
Face-to-face talks between the Taliban and South Korean officials over the fate of 21 hostages will not happen unless the officials travel to Taliban territory or the UN guarantees the militants' safety

Abbas-Olmert meeting in Jericho today
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meets today in the West Bank town of Jericho, a senior Abbas aide told AFP yesterday.

India retains N-test right, says Burns
The USA has said India retains the "sovereign right" to explode a nuclear device but hoped that such a situation will not arise.

US, Afghan presidents to talk Taliban surge
US President George W Bush is to welcome Afghanistan's leader Hamid Karzai to his Camp David retreat Sunday for talks expected to focus on the Taliban insurgency and mounting civilian casualties.

Poppy cultivation skyrockets in Afghanistan
Afghanistan will produce another record poppy harvest this year that cements its status as the world's near-sole supplier of the heroin source, yet a furious debate over how to reverse the trend is stalling

Iran demands right to nuclear technology
Iran might eventually consider suspending uranium enrichment but Tehran's right to the technology must be recognised, Iran's top nuclear negotiator said in an interview released Saturday.

Iran, US to meet in Baghdad today
Iran and the United States will meet in Baghdad today to discuss ways to ease Iraq's security problems, Tehran's ambassador to Baghdad said.

Iraq seeks to heal rifts
Iraq's most senior leaders are to hold a crisis summit this week to find a way to heal the sectarian split in their beleaguered national unity government and head off more violence, they said yesterday.

5 shot dead, schools set ablaze in Thai south
Militants shot dead five people, including two soldiers, in separate attacks and set public schools on fire in Thailand's insurgency-hit south, police said yesterday.

Indo-US nuke deal to rock parliament
The monsoon session of Parliament beginning this week is expected to be a tumultuous affair with the opposition raising doubts over the Indo-US nuclear deal, being tom-tommed as the best possible pact

US soldier gets 110 yrs jail for rape, slaying of Iraqi girl
A soldier convicted for his role in the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager was sentenced to 110 years in prison, the longest of four soldiers found guilty in the case.