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INTERNATIONAL

Israel depriving Palestinians of water, says Amnesty
JERUSALEM: Amnesty International is accusing Israel of pumping disproportionate amounts of drinking water from an aquifer it controls in the West Bank, depriving local Palestinians of their fair share. The London-based human rights ...

Colombo court acquits publisher
COLOMBO: The Colombo High Court on Monday acquitted the North Eastern Monthly magazine publisher Vetrivail Jaseeharan and his fiancée who were charged under the Emergency Regulations and the Prevention of Terrorism ...

Brigadier attacked in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Army pushed deeper into a Taliban sanctuary close to the Afghan border on Tuesday, claiming to have killed 42 militants in the latest stage of an offensive against extremists blamed for relentless attacks in recent ...

China confirms Tibet executions
BEIJING: The Chinese government confirmed on Tuesday that two Tibetans had been executed in connection with last year’s riots in Lhasa. This is the first official confirmation of executions over the violence in Tibet last March ...

Not asleep, say pilots
Washington: Two pilots have told U.S. investigators that they were going over schedules using their laptop computers in violation of company policy while their Airbus passenger jet overflew their Minneapolis, Minnesota, destination by 240 km, ...

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Eight U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan

U.S. report lauds UPA’s policy

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