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'Jordan considers troops for Iraq'
Bangkok-Amman agree to be allies
Jordan would consider sending troops to troubled Iraq if Baghdad made a request for an Arab force to replace the US-led coalition, King Abdullah II told Al-Arabiya satellite channel yesterday.
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'40 to 50 Taliban killed in Afghan border clash'
Pakistan swoops on al-Qaeda ring, several detained
Between 40 and 50 suspected Taliban militants have been killed in heavy fighting with Afghan forces backed by US attack helicopters and "tank buster" aircraft near the Pakistan border, the US military
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Hamas threatens to rocket Israeli town
3 Palestinians killed in Gaza explosion
Hamas's military wing threatened yesterday to rain down rockets on an Israeli town if the occupation of a Gaza Strip village continues, in a videotaped message believed to be the first of its kind bythe
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Lankan opposition quits support for peace talks
Sri Lanka's main opposition which could make or break a final peace deal between the government and Tamil rebels yesterday withdrew its unconditional support for pushing forward the stalled peace process.
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Kashmir separatists fail to forge unity
Influential separatists in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir said yesterday they had failed in an attempt to unite feuding moderate and hardline factions, marking a major blow to separatist unity.
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Bush policies encourage terrorism, says Kerry
Democratic candidate John Kerry accused President Bush of encouraging terrorist recruitment with policies that have made the world angry at the United States, a criticism that Bush dismissed as a "ridiculous
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Terror targets remain under tight security
Under the steady gaze of police officers sporting body armour and automatic weapons, workers were confronted with ID checks and bag searches as they headed for work following the most specific domestic
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11 killed in Indian tunnel collapse
At least 11 people were killed and an as yet undetermined number injured or missing after a tunnel they were digging collapsed in the northern Indian state of Uttaranchal, police said Tuesday.
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World consoles Paraguay
Toll rises to 346
Condolences poured into Paraguay from neighboring Brazil and Chile and from as far away as France and the Vatican on Monday, after 346 persons died in an Asuncion supermarket fire.
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'100 bodies found in mass graves in Ivory Coast'
Three mass graves containing at least 99 bodies have been found in northern Ivory Coast in a region under rebel control where clashes took place between rival factions last month, the United Nations mission
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India, Pakistan talk ways to boost ties
Senior officials from India and Pakistan were meeting here yesterday to discuss ways to increase cultural contacts between the two countries, an Indian official said.
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