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Pakistan-India peace process must not fail: diplomats
WASHINGTON, April 30: There has been ‘a degree of improvement’ in relations between India and Pakistan although the peace process has not yet reached a stage where it could become irreversible, according to senior Indian and Pakistani diplomats.... 
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18 dead in Tiger infighting
POLONNARUWA, April 30: At least 18 rebels were killed and many wounded on Sunday when Tamil Tigers launched a major attack against a breakaway faction in eastern Sri Lanka, military and rebel sources said....
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Taliban torch school
KANDAHAR, April 30: Taliban militants have torched a school in restive southern Afghanistan in the latest attack on the education system, police said on Sunday. The incident in Ghazni province comes...
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Haniyeh says salary crunch to end ‘very soon’
GAZA, April 30: Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Sunday he expected the funding crisis that has crippled his administration and prevented employees’ salaries being paid for more than a month to be over “very, very soon”....
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70 hurt in BD clash over electricity
DHAKA, April 30: At least 70 people were injured in clashes between rival Bangladeshi groups on Sunday during a nationwide protest against electricity shortages, police and witnesses said....
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China mine blast kills 24
BEIJING, April 30: Twenty-four miners were confirmed dead and eight were missing after an explosion tore through a coal mine in northwest China’s Shaanxi province, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday....
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Family of Indian engineer in shock
HYDERABAD, April 30: The family of an Indian engineer kidnapped and beheaded by Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan were shocked and inconsolable on Sunday. K. Suryanarayana, 41, was working as a contractor for Afghan mobile telephone network Roshan....
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Pressure on Iran outside UN under study: Rice
WASHINGTON, April 30: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned on Sunday the United States might take steps outside the UN Security Council to pressure Iran to stop its nuclear programme....
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Darfur rebels refuse to sign peace accord
ABUJA, April 30: Talks were under way on Sunday to try to salvage an African Union-brokered peace agreement after rebels from Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region refused to sign it, hours before the deadline to complete negotiations to end the conflict....
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Japan backs calls for expanded UNSC
ADDIS ABABA, April 30: Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Sunday said he backed plans for an expanded United Nations Security Council, adding that he would present his country’s position at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Ethiopia....
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Sri Lanka calls off May Day rallies
COLOMBO, April 30: Sri Lanka’s main political parties have agreed to call off May Day rallies scheduled for Monday because of fears that large gatherings could attract suicide bombers, a government minister said....
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Face to face with the war on terrorism: Guantanamo Diary
GUANTANAMO BAY (Cuba): The sailor at the entrance to Camp Echo peers through the gate as Peter and I hold up our laminated blue cards. “HC,” for habeas counsel, they read....
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Time is up for the oil economy
LONDON: The £1 litre of petrol is already a reality on some forecourts. Yet the public response has been curiously muted. No threats of national protests or blockaded tanker depots....
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Iraqi army still heavily dependent on US
RAWAH (Iraq): Few Americans are greeted as warmly by Iraqi soldiers serving in the western desert of Al Anbar province as Maj. John Bilas, a Marine from Camp Pendleton....
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