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Nepal faces full-scale conflict threat: UN
Leftists gear up for anti-king protests as govt bans rally
UN human rights chief Louise Arbour warned that Nepal faced the threat of a full-scale armed conflict, and called on authorities to join a ceasefire with Maoist rebels and allow free assembly.
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Peres quits Labour Party to back Sharon
Israeli political upheaval like a coup: Abbas
Longtime Labour leader Shimon Peres quit his party after six decades, saying he wanted to support former rival Ariel Sharon's bid for re-election to help him pursue their common goal of making peace with
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Kyoto climate accord becomes operational
The controversial Kyoto protocol, aiming to cut greenhouse gas emissions, became fully operational on Wednesday after a UN climate conference here adopted the final rules.
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Lanka rejects Tiger deadline for deal
Sri Lanka dismissed yesterday a Tamil rebel ultimatum for a political settlement and said no deadline could be imposed to resolve the ethnic conflict that has dragged on for over 50 years.
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Flight logs reveal 300 CIA flights to Europe
Rights groups lists 'ghost detainees'
More than 300 CIA flights have landed at European airports, a British newspaper said yesterday, adding a new element to claims that Washington has been transporting terrorist suspects to secret prisons
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EU adds Hizbul to terror list
The European Union (EU) has added Hizbul Mujahideen, the Pakistan-based outfit carrying out terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir for over a decade, to its list of terrorist organisations.
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Blast kills 5 militants in Pakistan
Five militants, three of them Uzbeks, were killed in Pakistan's tribal belt on the Afghan border yesterday when a blast destroyed the house they were staying in, a government official said.
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