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India, Russia renew ties
Moscow backs Delhi's UNSC berth
Russian President Vladimir Putin backed India's bid for a UN Security Council slot yesterday while New Delhi championed Moscow's early entry into the WTO as the former Cold War friends sought to breath
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Disease risks rise after Philippine typhoon
Flood waters receded in the northern Philippines yesterday in the wake of a typhoon, but thousands of people remained cut off from help, hungry and at risk of disease after a week of severe flooding.
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Ukraine Polls Crisis
Kuchma presents emergency plan
Ukraine yesterday faced yet more polemics after President Leonid Kuchma proposed holding quick new presidential elections and handing interim power to a parliament where the opposition has a strong voice
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Nato opens military academy in Iraq
Bush adamant on Iraq polls schedule
Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer announced the opening of the Western military alliance's Iraq training academy during a surprise snap visit to Baghdad yesterday.
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Indian army kills 29 rebels in Manipur
67 others captured
The Indian army said yesterday it has killed 29 tribal guerrillas and captured 67 in a sustained operation in the revolt-hit northeastern state of Manipur.
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States call for making world landmine-free
Scores of countries party to an international landmine ban were set yesterday to pledge at a meeting here to step up efforts to rid the world of the deadly devices and to call on states who have not signed
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5 cops killed in rebel raid on Kashmir camp
Kashmiri militants hurling grenades killed five policemen and injured seven when they stormed a security camp in Indian Kashmir yesterday, sparking a fierce gunbattle, police said.
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Bush calls for full UN oil-for-food probe
The Bush administration made clear on Thursday it would not take a position on whether UN Secretary General Kofi Annan should resign as it awaited the results of an investigation into the UN oil-for-food
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