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Western powers make case on Iran to UNSC
US, British and French diplomats have drafted a binding UN Security Council resolution requiring Iran to stop critical nuclear activities, the New York Times reported yesterday.
 
Violence overshadows Kashmir peace talks
Kashmiri separatists met India's prime minister yesterday for fresh peace talks on the future of Kashmir after 35 Hindus were massacred in an apparent attempt to thwart negotiations.
 
Torture 'widespread' under US custody
Says Amnesty
Torture and inhumane treatment are "widespread" in US-run detention centres in Afghanistan, Iraq, Cuba and elsewhere despite Washington's denials, Amnesty International said yesterday.
 
Nepal declares truce with Maoist rebels
Nepal's new interim government yesterday called a ceasefire in the nation's decade-long conflict with Maoist rebels, Deputy Premier K.P. Sharma Oli said.
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Pramod Mahajan dies after tough battle for survival
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan, who was shot and wounded by his brother in a fit of rage, succumbed to his bullet wounds in Mumbai yesterday after battling for life for 12 days.
 
2 die as gunmen storm Lankan newspaper office
Gunmen stormed a Tamil newspaper office in Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula killing two people and further raising the toll in the bloodiest month since a 2002 truce took effect, officials said yesterday.
 
Delhi aks Modi to curb violence in Vadodara
In a firm message to the Narendra Modi Government in Gujarat, the Centre on Wednesday asked the state to take all necessary steps to ensure that violence ends in Vadodara, saying the Union Governmentwas
 

 
   
 
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