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Kashmir issue obstacle to peace: SAAPE
KATHMANDU: The second general assembly of the South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) held in the Nepalese capital this week has declared that the unresolved India-Pakistan dispute over Kashmir is... 
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Annan appeals to Israel to stop operation
UNITED NATIONS, July 9: For the fourth time since Israel’s military operations in the occupied territories which has claimed dozens of innocent Palestinian lives, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Saturday issued...
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Canadian among 11 killed in Afghan fighting
KANDAHAR, July 9: A Canadian soldier and 10 militants were killed on Sunday in fierce fighting near an opium-rich Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, the military said....
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US has votes for UN resolution: Burns: Censuring N. Korea for testing missile
WASHINGTON, July 9: The Bush administration on Sunday said it had the votes in the UN Security Council to impose sanctions against North Korea’s nuclear missile programme and urged China to...
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India-IAEA talks end
NEW DELHI, July 9: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ended a two-day visit to India on Sunday aimed at bring the country’s nuclear sites under international monitoring for the first time as part of a US-India nuclear pact....
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Militia-warlords’ battle in Somalia leaves 20 dead
MOGADISHU, July 9: Somalia’s Islamist militia attacked fighters loyal to defeated warlords in Mogadishu on Sunday in heavy street battles that killed at least 20 people and wounded scores including refugees, witnesses said....
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Iran asks watchdog to remove official
BETINA (Croatia), July 9: Iran has asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to remove the head of the inspection team probing Tehran’s nuclear programme, UN officials said on Sunday....
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Egyptian papers protest press law
CAIRO, July 9: Egypt’s independent and opposition newspapers were not published on Sunday to protest against a draft press law which the government bills as a reform but journalists say puts new limits on press freedom....
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Astronauts confident shuttle in good shape
HOUSTON, July 9: Astronauts on shuttle Discovery expressed confidence in their spacecraft on Sunday after Nasa engineers said problems found since last week’s launch appear minor enough to withstand the rigors of landing....
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Fourteen more monsoon victims in India
LUCKNOW, July 9: Fourteen more people have died in rain-related incidents in northern India, police said on Sunday, taking the nationwide death toll since the beginning of the monsoon season in May to 286....
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Energy tops agenda of St Petersburg G8 summit
THE leaders of the G8 industrialised nations will be in no mood for celebration next weekend when they sit down to a banquet in St Petersburg....
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What''s an Iraqi life worth?
IN IRAQ, lives differ in value — and so do deaths. In this disparity lies an important reason why the United States has botched this war....
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Long-term worries over risks of face transplant
PARIS: The world’s first partial face transplant, carried out by French doctors last November, has been acclaimed by a pillar of the medical establishment as a historic achievement, although major risks remain unresolved....
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Battered Gazans and Haniya’s assurances
BEIT LAHIYA (Gaza Strip): “Everything will be rebuilt,” soothes Ismail Haniya in homes battered by Israeli firepower. But the man who leads the Palestinians’ Hamas government may have to turn to the heavens to find the cash to do so....
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