Two killed in Al Quds suicide bombing: Woman carries out attack
 AL QUDS, Jan 27: A suicide bombing, the first by a Palestinian woman in the bloody conflict, ripped through a street on Sunday, killing one Israeli and injuring at least 37...
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New Delhi hardens stand on dialogue
NEW DELHI, Jan 27: Indian Home Minister Lal Krishan Advani said on Sunday that there was not enough reason to foresee an early resumption of talks with Pakistan and argued that...
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US presence worries Iran
DOHA, Jan 27: Iran’s defence minister said on Sunday his country was worried about the US presence in Afghanistan and dismissed as baseless US reports that Iran was interfering in Afghan...
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Coalition troops pouring into Afghanistan
KABUL, Jan 27: Troops of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) are starting to pour into Afghanistan, with a record 19 flights arriving on Saturday and more expected later on Sunday,...
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More asylum seekers join hunger strike: Demos held in parts of Australia
WOOMERA (Australia), Jan 27: Hundreds more asylum seekers joined a hunger strike on Sunday as the pressure mounted on Australia to resolve an escalating crisis....
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Pro-Taliban rally slams crackdown
PESHAWAR, Jan 27: About 2,000 supporters of Afghanistan’s ousted Taliban rallied here on Sunday to denounce crackdown on radical Islamic groups in the country and US treatment of prisoners from the...
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IMF faces greatest challenge
KABUL, Jan 27: Helping Afghanistan restart its comatose economy is the International Monetary Fund’s biggest challenge ever, the head of an IMF assessment team which arrived in Kabul on Sunday said....
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US decision on legal status of Guantanamo prisoners soon
US NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Jan, 27: The United States expects to decide this week on the legal status of prisoners captured in Afghanistan, but has ruled out treating...
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Police quiz five over missing US reporter
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: The police searching for missing US reporter Daniel Pearl said on Sunday they had interrogated five men in connection with the case, but had no idea where the...
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Arafat implicated in arms smuggling
WASHINGTON, Jan 27: Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday for the first time directly implicated Yasser Arafat in a recent arms smuggling incident linked to Iran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah guerilla group...
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Relatives free six jailed Palestinians
BETHLEHEM, Jan 27: Six Palestinian militants jailed in the West Bank city of Bethlehem escaped on Sunday after their families attacked and took control of the prison, Palestinian security sources said....
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Karzai leaves for US
WASHINGTON, Jan 27: Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai arrived here on Sunday on his first official visit to the United States to discuss the future of his war-scarred...
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Top Russian generals die as helicopter shot down
MOSCOW, Jan 27: Russia suffered one of its most serious losses in the 28-month Chechnya war on Sunday when five commanders, including two top generals, were killed when their helicopter was...
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Pakistan to boost trade ties with BD
DHAKA, Jan 27: The visiting Pakistani minister for commerce, industry and production Abdul Razzak Dawood, who reached Dhaka, hoped that the trade transaction between Pakistan and Bangladesh would increase in course...
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Pakistan, India trade fire along LoC
MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 27: Pakistan and Indian forces traded artillery fire on Sunday across their disputed border in Kashmir, police and military sources said....
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Military camp in Kashmir attacked
JAMMU, Jan 27: Kashmiri freedom fighters attacked an Indian paramilitary camp deep in the state, wounding five security personnel, police said on Sunday....
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