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Pakistan showcases Gwadar port
ISLAMABAD: Indian High Commissioner Satyabrata Pal is among 40 Islamabad-based diplomats who will be flown by the Pakistan Government to Gwadar in Balochistan on Thursday for a day-long visit to the new deep sea port that is coming up ...

Al-Qaeda leader killed in U.S. air raid
Somalia Deputy Prime Minister calls for deployment of American troops

16 killed in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: At least 16 persons were killed and 25 others injured on Tuesday in clashes between Tamil Tiger rebels and the Army in different parts of the country, said the Defence Ministry. Ten Tamil Tiger rebels were killed and another 25 ...

Bangladesh army cracks down on protesters
DHAKA: Tens of thousands of soldiers with sweeping powers to arrest persons without warrant launched a crackdown on anti-Government protesters across Bangladesh on Wednesday as Opposition parties vowed to resist the January 22 general ...

Bird flu case in China
BEIJING: A 37-year-old farmer in China's Anhui Province has been confirmed to have contracted the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday. The man surnamed Li developed symptoms of fever and pneumonia on December 10 ...

Signs of a thaw in writers' feud
After 30 years, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa make up

Chopsticks norm for Japanese girls school entry
TOKYO: Math whizzes and other prodigies need not apply unless they can demonstrate dexterity with a pair of chopsticks under new entrance requirements announced by a Japanese girls' school on Wednesday. Successful applicants to the ...

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Freed fishermen reach Wagah
ISLAMABAD: Guards manning the Wagah border reopened the gates hours after the ceremonial sundown closure on Wednesday to allow 115 fishermen released from Pakistani prisons to cross over into India. Officials here said the fishermen crossed ...

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