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Another blast, another blow to peace
MANAMA (BAHRAIN), AUG. 4.A bus bombing in northern Israel has killed 10 persons and injured more than 40 others. The militant group Hamas has said it carried out the attack. A statement received in Lebanon by the Hezbollah television station ...

`Mullah Omar alive and on the run'
KANDAHAR (AFGHANISTAN), AUG. 4.The Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, is still alive and on the run inside Afghanistan, but there has been no sign of Osama bin Laden for months, a senior Afghan official in the south of the country said today. Ahmad ...

PPP not to replace Benazir
ISLAMABAD, AUG. 4. Undeterred by the decision of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML), led by former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, to ``mend fences'' with the Musharraf Government, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has declared that it will not ...

N. Korea to take part in Asian Games
SEOUL, AUG. 4. North and South Korea agreed on Sunday to restart high-level talks next week after a nine-month hiatus, on issues including reunions of families separated by the Korean War, a cross-border rail line and joint economic projects. ...

Chandrika-Ranil standoff likely
COLOMBO, AUG. 4. Sri Lanka's southern politics is in a state of flux, with all indications of a standoff between the President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, and the Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, in the weeks ahead. There has been an intense ...