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Suicide car bomb hits Kashmir: 5 killed
India remains on high alert as blast rocks new Kashmir CM's swearing-in ceremony
India, still reeling from blasts in New Delhi which killed 62 people, was hit by a suicide car bombing in its zone of Kashmir yesterday just hours before the swearing-in of the region's new chief minister.
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Opposition leads Lankan presidential polls race
Violence may keep voters away, fear monitors
An opinion poll yesterday gave Sri Lanka's opposition leader an edge in the presidential race, with a majority saying he was better able to revive the economy and the troubled peace process.
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Car bomb kills 20 Iraqis
4 US servicemen die in crash, attacks
At least 20 people were killed and 45 wounded when a car bomb exploded yesterday in a Shia town, while four US soldiers were killed separate attacks and helicopter crash.
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Blair plays down talk of action against Iran
Blast outside British firms in Tehran
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday that military action against Iran was not on the agenda but said the international community's patience with the country was running out.
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Shepherds protest poor quake aid
Pak quake toll rises to 73,276
More than 250 earthquake survivors in this Kashmiri border village blocked traffic yesterday by staging a sit-in on the highway to protest poor distribution of quake relief by local authorities, police
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'CIA runs secret prisons for al-Qaeda captives'
The CIA has been holding and interrogating al-Qaeda captives at a secret facility in Eastern Europe, part of a covert prison system established after the September 11, 2001, attacks, The Washington Post
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Business Scam
Blunkett finally resigns from Blair cabinet
David Blunkett, a key political ally of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, abruptly resigned yesterday from the cabinet amid raging controversy over his business affairs, the government announced.
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Bush losing terror war: Critics
US terrorism experts Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon have reached a stark conclusion about the war on terrorism: the United States is losing.
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