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Tigers Attack Army Camps,Town
Fierce fighting in Sri Lanka kills 47
Tiger rebels attacked three army camps and a town in Sri Lanka Wednesday, sparking fierce fighting which killed at least 47 by official count and opened new fronts in a week-long battle over water.

US faces urgent task of revising Cuba policy after Castro
The United States for nearly half a century has enacted a crazy quilt of restrictions and sanctions to weaken the regime of Fidel Castro -- laws which likely will have to been urgently rewritten after

Iran remains defiant in nuclear stand-off
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Tuesday that Iran would not bow to "the language of force and threats", a day after the UN Security Council ordered it to freeze sensitive nuclear work by the end of

10,000 dead or missing in N Korea flooding
Up to 10,000 North Koreans were believed dead or missing in what Pyongyang's official media is describing as the worst flooding in a century, an independent South Korean humanitarian group said Wednesday.

Castro survived hundreds of plots in five decades
President Fidel Castro, who ceded power temporarily for the first time in almost five decades, following intestinal surgery, has slipped out of the crosshairs of hundreds of plots on his life, authorities

9 more Somali ministers resign
Nine more Somali government ministers resigned on Tuesday, citing the 18-month-old administration's "unpopularity", while hardline Islamists widened their control in the centre of the war-shattered east

OIC chief for action against 'state terror'
The head of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Tuesday condemned Israel's deadly raids on Lebanon and the Gaza Strip as "state terror" and urged Muslim countries to take firmer action in

Philippine army hunts militants linked to al -Qaeda: 4 killed
The Philippine military said Wednesday four people were killed in a major operation aimed at capturing militants linked to Al-Qaeda including two suspected Bali bombers.

Castro in stable condition and good spirits
Cuban President Fidel Castro, who relinquished power after an operation, is in stable condition and in good spirits, according to a statement from the leader read on Cuban television Tuesday.

Christians gather in Kabul for 'peace rally'
More than 1,000 South Korean Christians are in Afghanistan for a "peace rally" in the capital, officials said Wednesday, raising concern in a strictly Islamic country where proselytizing is banned.

Thaksin's rare meeting with Myanmar junta leader
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra flew Wednesday to neighboring military-ruled Myanmar where officials said he held a rare meeting with the junta's reclusive leader, Senior General Than Shwe.

Indian Ocean nations shift stress to tsunami response
Indian Ocean nations agreed yesterday on the need to shift the emphasis from setting up a tsunami detection network for the region to ensuring countries are ready to act effectively after a tsunami warning.

India bans employing children as domestic helps
The Indian government has banned the employment of children under age 14 as domestic servants or in hotels, restaurants or small teashops in a bid to protect the rights of poor children.