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LTTE accuses Lanka of scuttling peace move
Fighting leaves 7 dead
Sri Lanka has effectively ended a Norwegian-led peace process with the Tamil Tigers, a pro-rebel website reported, as fresh fighting yesterday killed seven people on both sides.
 
India eyes dilution of tough US nuclear deal terms
India is keeping its fingers crossed over the fate of a landmark civilian nuclear pact with the United States, hoping that binding and deal-breaking conditions are not included.
 
India, Naga rebels hold peace talks
Rivals threaten war
Leaders of a powerful separatist group in India's northeast will hold a new round of talks with government negotiators in Amsterdam on Monday with threats of violence from a rival group hanging over the
 
De facto partition takes hold in Iraq
For months, the Waheed brothers steadfastly endured the killings raging around them in their mainly Sunni district, staying put as fellow Shias packed up and left.
 
Israel moves to bolster truce with Palestinians
Tel Aviv ready to release jailed Marwan Barghuti
Israel moved to bolster a fragile ceasefire with Palestinian militants yesterday by ordering its troops in the occupied West Bank to avoid "unnecessary friction" as the truce entered its ninth day.
 
Lebanese army boosts forces in tense Beirut
Lebanon's army deployed more soldiers in Beirut on Monday after the killing of a pro-Syrian Shia Muslim demonstrator raised fears anti-government protests could turn into sectarian violence.
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Military tightens grip on Fiji as police, PM's bodyguards disarmed
Fijian troops locked down the Pacific island nation's capital Monday, disarming police and government bodyguards and setting up roadblocks as the nation faced its fourth coup in two decades.
 

 
   
 
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