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Lanka mounts offensive for key rebel territory
Opposition agrees to find ways to halt civil war
Sri Lanka's army mounted an offensive to capture rebel-held territory south of the strategic northeastern harbour of Trincomalee yesterday.
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Slapping sanctions on Iran face rough ride
The international community is moving towards sanctioning Iran for its disputed atomic program but seems to have ever decreasing leverage to halt Tehran's nuclear ambitions, diplomats and analysts said
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Lebanon Rebuilding
Donors pledge $940m
International donors pledged more than $940 million on Thursday for war-torn Lebanon's immediate relief efforts, nearly double the target amount.
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Blair defiant over departure date
British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for an end to speculation about when he will leave office, sparking renewed calls yesterday for a departure timetable from critics within his party.
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Cracks in Israel coalition over Lebanon war
Cracks emerged yesterday in Israel's coalition government over the Lebanon war, as Defence Minister Amir Peretz demanded a full-scale inquiry, putting himself at odds with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
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Merkel tops Rice as most powerful woman
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has unseated US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as the world's most powerful woman, according to a new ranking by Forbes magazine.
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Slain Baluch leader gets lonely burial
Pakistan's nationalist leader was quietly laid to rest yesterday six days after he was killed in a military offensive, with the speedy burial sparking an outcry from his relatives.
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Dams worsen north Indian floods
Army launches rescue drive
Soldiers were called out on Thursday to rescue thousands of marooned villagers in Uttar Pradesh after water was released from dams in neighbouring Nepal.
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Heat, drought take rising toll on SW China
The worst drought to hit southwest China in more than a century is spreading to neighbouring provinces with temperatures reaching record highs, state media said yesterday.
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Bush rejects call for Iraq withdrawal
US President George W. Bush on Thursday predicted an apocalyptic future if the United States hastily quits Iraq, and warned Iran would pay a price for not freezing sensitive nuclear work.
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Russia rejects Iran sanctions
Iran said yesterday that a nuclear standoff with the West could only be settled through negotiation while Russia called imposing punitive sanctions on Tehran for not ending sensitive atomic work a dead
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