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Lanka offers Tamils autonomy for peace
President launches talks with opposition parties
Sri Lanka moved closer yesterday to granting more autonomy to minority Tamils under a new initiative backed by the opposition, as the United States warned against a return to full-scale war on the island.
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$100m urgently needed for quake aid: UN
The United Nations said yesterday $100 million was urgently needed to help Indonesia earthquake survivors as the injured and bereaved marked the Islamic day of prayer amid the rubble of their homes.
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Another Indo-Pak road to peace
Excitement is palpable in this border district of Jammu and Kashmir as the nearly six-decade wait for meeting their family members and friends in Pakistan will end on June 19.
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Prayers in Indonesia as looters hinder quake aid
Thousands of survivors of the Indonesian earthquake held their first Juma (Friday) prayers since the disaster after looters raided aid convoys bringing food and medicines to stranded victims.
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'China to rival US as world power by 2020'
The United States will lose its position as the world's undisputed leading power over the next decade and a half, with China emerging as a formidable rival, according to a new survey from Germany's Bertelsmann
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US imposes sanctions on Dawood Ibrahim
Nearly three years after designating him as a global terrorist, the Bush administration yesterday imposed sanctions on India's most wanted criminal Dawood Ibrahim and his organisation, denying him access
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Charmed woman marries cobra in India
A woman who fell in love with a snake has married the reptile at a traditional Hindu wedding celebrated by 2,000 guests in India's Orissa state, reports said yesterday.
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