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UN warns Iraq sliding into sectarian abyss
Bush defends Iraq policy in speech
A UN envoy said yesterday Iraq was sliding "into the abyss of sectarianism" and urged Iraqi political and religious leaders to halt the violence after two car bombs in a Baghdad market killed 88 people.
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Nepal slaps curfews to halt anti-govt protests
Unrest clouds peace process
Authorities imposed day curfews in two southeastern Nepal towns yesterday after violent anti-government protests by ethnic Madhesis, which have clouded a peace process aimed at ending a decade of civil
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Putin eyes arms, nuke reactor sales to India
Russian President Vladimir Putin flies to India this week hoping to move Moscow closer to its long-term Asian partner and to seal lucrative new contracts for nuclear reactors and arms sales.
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Suicide bomber kills 10 in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a US military base in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, killing 10 people and wounding 14 others, an Afghan official said.
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600 Sadr fighters captured in Iraq
3 more US troops, 8 Iraqis killed
Iraqi and US forces have captured more than 600 fighters loyal to firebrand Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the US military said yesterday, after a day of carnage that left 100 dead in a string of bombings
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Strike paralyses life in Lebanon
Thousands of Lebanese protesters blocked main roads in Beirut and around the country with rubble and burning tyres yesterday at the start of a general strike called by the opposition to try to topplethe
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ARF holds 1st operational security exercise
Asia's leading security forum took a crucial step from talk to action this week, carrying out its first operational exercise aimed at shoring up defences against maritime security threats.
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