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Red Mosque Storming
Pak parents in agonising waiting game for children
With explosions and machinegun fire rattling in the background, the distraught parents of children trapped inside the Red Mosque could only gaze helplessly towards the trails of black smoke.
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'Musharraf had to tackle mosque for Pak future'
al-Qaeda-linked militants in control of an Islamabad mosque posed a threat to the very fabric of Pakistan and President Pervez Musharraf could not allow such a challenge to his authority.
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Iraq govt missed all targets: US official
A progress report on Iraq will conclude that the US-backed government in Baghdad has not met any of its targets for political, economic and other reforms, speeding up the Bush administration's reckoning
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3rd US aircraft carrier heads to the Gulf
Another US Navy aircraft carrier is heading towards the Middle East, boosting the number of the giant warships in the region to three, the navy said in a statement yesterday.
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Will Turkey invade northern Iraq?
Reports that Turkey has massed a huge military force on its border with Iraq bolstered fears that an invasion targeting hideouts of Kurdish rebels could be imminent.
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Abbas calls for int'l force in Gaza
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas yesterday called for an international force in the Gaza Strip, which is now controlled by the rival Hamas movement.
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China executes ex-food and drug chief
China executed the former head of its food and drug watchdog on Tuesday for approving untested medicine in exchange for cash, the strongest signal yet from Beijing that it is serious about tackling its
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Thai court to hear Thaksin graft case
Thailand's Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear a corruption case against ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife in a multimillion-dollar land deal, and ordered the couple to appear before
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UK terror suspect worked in aviation
Officials confirmed yesterday that an Indian suspect in the failed car bombings in Britain had worked as an aeronautical engineer at a company contracted by the biggest names in aviation.
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N Korea nuke talks to resume next week
International talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament will resume in Beijing next week, a report said Tuesday, as the UN's nuclear watchdog prepared to return to the North to oversee the promised shutdown
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Rushdie Knighthood
Al-Qaeda threatens 'response' to
Al-Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri said yesterday the group is preparing a "precise response" to Britain's decision to bestow a knighthood on author Salman Rushdie.
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Iraq to take over security in Basra in Sept
Iraqi forces will be ready take charge of security in the southern city of Basra from the British military in September, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told British lawmakers on Tuesday.
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Fujimori extradition ruling this week: judge
A Chilean judge will rule this week on whether former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori should be extradited to Peru on corruption, criminal and human rights charges, the magistrate said yesterday.
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