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Six die as Pak blast hits Eid shoppers
Two Pak soldiers die in rocket attack
A bomb blast ripped through a crowd of shoppers buying gifts for a Muslim festival in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar yesterday, killing at least six people, officials said.
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Violence on in Lanka as envoys push for talks
Sporadic violence continued in Sri Lanka with troops and Tamil Tiger rebels exchanging artillery and mortar fire, the army said on Friday, as peace envoys pushed both sides to stick the course for planned
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'Iraqi govt hiding true casualty figures'
US reviews Baghdad strategy
The Iraqi government has told medical authorities not to reveal to the United Nations the true extent of civilian casualties in the country's conflict, French newspaper Le Monde said yesterday.
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Gunmen open fire on Hamas PM's convoy
Gunmen opened fire on Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniya's convoy in southern Gaza yesterday, but his car was not hit and the head of the Hamas-led government was not hurt, witnesses said.
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Tamils return to work
Minority Tamils said they hope to go back to work yesterday after being forced to seek refuge in Hindu temples during two days of looting following a Tamil Tiger attack on Sri Lanka's port city of Galle.
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Powerful bomb recovered from Assam rail track
Paramilitary troops in India's northeastern state of Assam spotted a powerful bomb planted on a track minutes before a passenger train was to pass, a railway official said Friday.
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Sudanese army declares UN envoy unwanted
The Sudanese military declared UN special envoy Jan Pronk persona non grata yesterday, accusing him of "waging war against the armed forces," in the latest escalation in a war of words between Khartoum
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