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Lanka to open highway if Tigers halt violence
5 more killed in fresh violence
Sri Lanka's government said yesterday that it was only willing to open a crucial highway linking the northern Jaffna peninusla and the south of the island if Tamil Tiger rebels gave up violence.
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Thousands protest Pakistani airstrike
Dead were all militants, says Musharraf
Thousands of gun-wielding Pakistani tribesmen chanting "Death to Bush" protested yesterday against a deadly air raid on an al-Qaeda-linked religious school that killed 80 people.
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3 Nato soldiers killed in Afghan bomb blast
A blast ripped through a Nato convoy in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, killing three troops in an attack claimed by the Taliban, as a policeman died in a suicide bombing similar to scores by the extremist
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Charles switches Pakistan plans amid unrest
Britain's heir to the throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visited a women's university near the Pakistani capital Islamabad Tuesday after cancelling a trip to Peshawar amid security fears.
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Iran's nuke plan 'a matter of serious concern': IAEA
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday said his organisation was still unable to confirm the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear programme, calling it "a matter of serious concern.
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Iraq orders end to Sadr City siege
Iraqi Shia militants won a major political victory Tuesday when Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered US and Iraqi units to lift a blockade around the flashpoint suburb of Sadr City.
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ME peace at critical stage, warns Solana
Israel kills two Hamas militants in Gaza
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana warned Monday that the Middle East has reached a critical point but that ending the Israeli-Palestinian crisis could provoke movement on many stalled fronts.
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Israeli jets stage mock raids over Beirut
Israeli fighter jets staged mock raids over Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut and two southern towns on Tuesday in the heaviest show of air power over Lebanon since an August cease-fire ended the war between
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