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Nepal in mourning as protests spread
Rioting claims 2 lives
Nepal observed a day of mourning yesterday for 12 workers murdered in Iraq as protests spread to the west of the Hindu kingdom following two deaths during riots in the capital.
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Indo-Pak FMs to talk Kashmir peace
7 killed in violence
Months of steady rapprochement between India and Pakistan leading to renewed transport, diplomatic and transport ties culminate this weekend in the first ministerial-level talks in three years between
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Israel threatens to attack Syria
Damascus rejects threat
Israel threatened to launch a military attack against Syria yesterday, accusing Damascus of being directly implicated in a double Hamas suicide attack which killed 16 people.
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US for sanctions on Iran
Tehran emboldened by IAEA report
Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States plans to press for a range of possible UN Security Council sanctions against Iran in response to what he describes as a concerted effort by thatcountry
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US asks Sadr fighters to hand in heavy weapons
Talks continue
US troops patrolling the streets of the Shia rebel bastion of Sadr City called on fighters from Moqtada Sadr's Mehdi Army to turn in their heavy weapons yesterday after the firebrand cleric called for
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Cheney accepts nomination
US Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday savaged John Kerry, portraying the Democratic presidential contender as confused and unfit to govern America as it faces a historic threat to its security.
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Headscarf law goes into effect
French school year starts
France's academic year got off to a quiet start yesterday as a controversial law banning the Islamic headscarf in state schools went into effect, with the hostage crisis in Iraq taking the heat out of
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Hurricane batters Bahamas
Florida declares state of emergency
Hurricane Frances lashed the Bahamas yesterday as it barreled toward the US East Coast, prompting authorities in Florida to declare a state of emergency, order evacuations and close schools.
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Koizumi presses claim to Kurils
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is taking a boat trip to view a group of Russian-held islands that Japan claims as its own.
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Norway mounts move to salvage Lankan peace
Sri Lanka's peacebroker Norway has mounted a fresh bid to salvage the island's faltering peace process that has been further undermined by brinkmanship by the two antagonists, sources said Wednesday.
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Indian hostages Await joyful welcome
Biwi Jaspal Kaur bustled around in her kitchen yesterday planning a grand meal for her son Sukhdev Singh, one of three Indian hostages set free by Iraqi insurgents after a six-week ordeal.
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UN says
Sudan failing on Darfur
A new United Nations report says Sudan has not disarmed Arab militias or stopped attacks against civilians in the strife-torn Darfur region.
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