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Nepal king set to lose legislative role
Army, rebels trade blame over code of conduct violation
Nepal's parliament is expected to consider stripping the king of his remaining parliamentary roles, a lawmaker said yesterday, after voting to withdraw most of his powers earlier this month.
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647,000 Indonesians displaced by quake
US Marines joined an international effort to deliver aid and medical care to nearly 650,000 Indonesians displaced by a devastating earthquake, as hopes faded of finding more survivors.
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Artillery duels rock northern Lanka
EU ban to hurt peace bid, say Tigers
Heavy artillery exchanges rocked northern Sri Lanka yesterday, a day after the government vowed not to use military action to resolve a long-running ethnic conflict with the Tiger rebels.
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100,000 flee homes in East Timor
At least 100,000 people have fled their homes in East Timor's capital because of days of violence, a spokeswoman for a group of aid agencies said yesterday.
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Indian Office of Profit
Kalam returns bill for more vetting
India's Congress-led government has suffered an embarrassment when President A P J Abdul Kalam returned to parliament for reconsideration a Constitution Amendment bill relating to holding of office of
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Two die in protest over Kashmir boat tragedy
Two people were killed yesterday when Indian soldiers opened fire during an angry protest at a Kashmiri lake where 20 children and two adults died in a boat tragedy, witnesses and the army said.
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Teen at origin of French youth riots arrested
Rioters hurling rocks clashed with police in the rough suburbs of Paris for a second night running as authorities arrested a youth whose injury -- along with the death of two friends -- last year sparked
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