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Pak forces destroy militant hideout
Musharraf rebuffs US threat
Pakistani troops backed by helicopter gunships and artillery destroyed a militant hide-out in North Waziristan yesterday, the army said, in what appeared to be its toughest military action in the lawless
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Millions go hungry in flooded South Asia
The toll from severe floods across South Asia soared to nearly 1,900 yesterday and although water levels in the region's swollen rivers started to recede, millions of people still faced hunger.
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6 killed as UN envoy visits Lanka
Sri Lankan troops killed six suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in overnight clashes in the north of the country ahead of a visit by a top UN rights envoy to the embattled region yesterday, officials said.
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Bush meeting had 'no result', say Taliban
A purported Taliban spokesman yesterday said a meeting between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and President Bush had "no result" and that militants' demands must be met if 21 South Korean hostages areto
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Iraqis suffer as Maliki govt stay paralysed
Four more ministers boycott cabinet meet
As Iraqis queue forlornly for food and water, or swelter in homes and hospitals without electricity, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition government is collapsing around him.
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3 killed, 10 injured in Assam blast
Three people were killed and 10 injured in a powerful explosion yesterday in India's northeastern state of Assam, ahead of the country's Independence Day celebrations next week, police said.
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Moscow's new conditions on N-fuel for Iran reactor
Russia has put new conditions on supplying nuclear fuel for a reactor it is building in Iran, insisting Tehran must clear up questions over possible military atomic development, diplomats said yesterday.
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Iran hangs murderer in public
Iran yesterday hanged a murderer in public in the town of Gonbad-e Kavous in the northern province of Golestan, state-run television reported on its website.
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