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West will fail in 'war on terror' without Pakistan
Says Musharraf
The United States and its allies will fail in the so-called "war on terror" without the support of Pakistan and its intelligence service, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf said yesterday.
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20 killed in Lanka battle
At least 17 Tamil Tiger rebels and three policemen were killed in Sri Lanka yesterday, the security forces said, as the worst violence since a 2002 ceasefire grinds on despite peace talk pledges.
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12 killed in Kabul bombing
A suicide bomber detonated himself next to Afghanistan's Interior Ministry yesterday, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 40, an official said.
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Monica Bedi gets 5yrs jail for forgery
A Hyderabad court sentenced former Bollywood actor Monica Bedi to five years in jail on Friday for passport forgery and cheating in a high-profile case involving an underworld leader.
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US Congress okays ports security bill
Congress approved a major ports security bill early yesterday, providing new steps to prevent terrorists from slipping a nuclear, chemical or biological device into one of the 11 million shipping containers
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Russian spat with Georgia intensifies
Russia was evacuating its embassy in Georgia on Saturday and had halted troop withdrawals from the country amid a deepening diplomatic dustup since the arrest by Tbilisi of four Russian officers on spying
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