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Several killed in attack in Afghan south
At least eight people were killed in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar yesterday in a suicide car bombing against Nato troops and subsequent gunfire by the soldiers, police and witnesses said.
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Identity becomes woe for Indian Muslims
The very visible identities of Islam-burqa, beard, skullcap and hijab-are posing problems to large numbers of Muslims in India, a country with the world's second largest Islamic population.
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Controversial security law to be changed
A controversial security law in northeastern India that critics say has been misused to kill and torture suspects will be amended, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday.
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India develops missile defence system
India has developed an anti-missile defence system, which could be put in place in 3 to 5 years, the country's top defence research body said on Saturday.
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IAEA chief warns against isolation of Iran, N Korea
Pyongyang, Moscow in secret deal over nuclear talks
UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei yesterday warned against diplomatic isolation of North Korea and Iran, saying confrontation would only lead them to accelerate their nuclear programmes.
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Lebanon govt defiant as protesters up pressure
Israel looks nervously at standoff
Lebanon's political crisis showed no sign of easing yesterday, with the pro-Syrian opposition pressing on with its protest campaign to topple the Western-backed government.
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Birds flu outbreak in S Korea
South Korea has culled some 771,000 chickens since it reported two new bird flu outbreaks in its southwest late last month, a local government said yesterday.
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Call for int'l aid to Palestinians
France's socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal called for a resumption of international aid to the Palestinians during a visit to the Gaza Strip yesterday.
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'Typhoon toll may cross 1,000'
The top Red Cross official in the Philippines said yesterday that he thinks 1,000 people or more have been killed by Typhoon Durian.
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Distrust of Muslims runs deep in US
When radio host Jerry Klein suggested that all Muslims in the United States should be identified with a crescent-shape tattoo or a distinctive arm band, the phone lines jammed instantly.
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US puts a $350b price tag on Iraq war
The war in Iraq has cost the United States more than 350 billion dollars since the March 2003 invasion, according to an AFP review of Congress figures.
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Divided UN powers to meet for Iran talks
A meeting of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany to discuss a UN resolution on Iran's nuclear programme will go ahead Tuesday, after Russia on Saturday withdrew a statement
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Pinochet suffers heart attack
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet has suffered a life-threatening heart attack while under house arrest and was rushed to hospital early yesterday, doctors said.
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Ailing Castro misses parade
Tanks rolled through the streets and jets roared overhead on Saturday in Havana's first military parade in a decade, but ailing leader Fidel Castro did not attend in what many saw as a sign his long rule
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