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Colombo Names Peace Envoys
Security scare shuts Lankan parliament
A security scare shut down Sri Lanka's parliament yesterday as the government named two members of a five-man team who will hold crunch peace talks with the Tamil Tigers in Geneva later this month.
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Manmohan Says
Kashmir vital to ties with Pakistan
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday the issue of Kashmir was vital to better relations with nuclear rival Pakistan.
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Suicide bomber kills 5 in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up at an army checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan, killing five Afghans and wounding four, police said yesterday.
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Amnesty calls on Nepal to release detainees
Rights group Amnesty International urged Nepal's government yesterday to free almost 900 people it said were detained in the runup to the first anniversary of King Gyanendra's seizure of power on February
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Seven killed as unrest flares in Thai south
Seven people were killed in a brazen series of bombings and shootings by suspected Islamic militants in Thailand's Muslim-majority southern provinces, police said yesterday.
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Saddam trial adjourned after fresh boycott
The trial of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and his former cohorts on charges of crimes against humanity was adjourned to February 13 after all defendants boycotted yesterday's hearing.
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