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Move To Ease Tension
Turkey ruling party calls for early polls
Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party appealed to parliament yesterday to declare early general elections to be held June 24, opening the way for an easing of tensions with the secular establishment.
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US, India eye nuclear breakthrough
The United States and India say they are inching closer to a breakthrough on nuclear cooperation to seal a new era in relations that, during the Cold War, were chilly for decades.
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Olmert battles to stay on after war report
Defence minister to quit
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert battled to retain his post yesterday as his own party urged him to quit over a damning Lebanon war report and amid reports the defence minister was stepping down.
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Civilian casualties not acceptable: Karzai
50 civilians killed in Nato-led raids
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai summoned foreign military chiefs Wednesday after claims of new civilian deaths in anti-Taliban operations, saying afterwards these casualties were unacceptable.
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French candidates hold TV debate
French presidential rivals, right winger Nicolas Sarkozy and socialist Segolene Royal yesterday held a face-to-face television debate that could seal their fate in Sunday's decisive vote.
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