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Suicide bombing kills 21 in southern Afghanistan
One Canadian 10 Taliban killed in fighting
A suicide car bomb exploded yesterday in a bazaar in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province, killing at least 21 civilians and injuring 13 while 11 others were killed in fighting, the interior ministry

Pakistan, US sign deal to bolster frontier security
The United States will supply key ally Pakistan with an extra 2.7 million dollars worth of equipment for forces on the Afghan frontier under an agreement signed yesterday, a statement said.

Aid workers can't help as Lankan fighting rages
Artillery pounded Tamil Tiger positions in northeast Sri Lanka, while rebels fought firefights with troops yesterday as the island slipped back towards civil war.

Nepal govt close to deal with Maoists on weapons control
Nepal's government said yesterday it was close to a deal with Maoist rebels on how to manage weapons held by both sides as they work toward establishing a lasting peace.

OIC demands truce
Israeli offensive in Lebanon may launch new wave of terrorism
Muslim nations yesterday demanded an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East and warned that boiling anger over the Israeli offensive in Lebanon could launch a new wave of terrorism.

8 Palestinians killed in Israeli offensive
Israel pressed its month-long offensive into the Gaza Strip yesterday with eight Palestinians, including a 12-year-old boy, being killed in military strikes around Rafah in southern Gaza.

Proposed Lebanon Peace Force
Command, logistics pose main problems
The biggest obstacle to creating an international peacekeeping force in Lebanon is determining who will lead it, while questions remain over troops and transport, defence analysts said on Thursday.

Civil war 'more likely' in Iraq: British envoy
10 killed in Baghdad market blast
Britain's outgoing ambassador to Iraq has warned that civil war is the "more likely" outcome there than a transition to stable democracy, according to details obtained by the BBC yesterday.

HRW slams Israeli air raids on civilians
Israel's military appears to have deliberately bombed civilians in Lebanon and some of its strikes constitute war crimes, US-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said yesterday.