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Shias opening up second front
MANAMA, APRIL 6. In escalating violence sweeping across Iraq, Italian troops on Tuesday clashed with Shia fighters in Al-Nasiriyah, while fresh fighting has been reported from the encircled Sunni stronghold of Fallujah. The sharpening ...

June 30 deadline stays: Bush
WASHINGTON, APRIL 6. The United States President, George W. Bush, has said that in spite of what took place over the weekend in Iraq, the U.S. will be staying the course in that country and that there are no plans to move back the June 30 ...

U.S. envoy to Afghanistan warns Pakistan on sanctuaries
WASHINGTON, APRIL 6. The American Ambassador to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, has said that Pakistan must eliminate terrorist sanctuaries or the United States will step in and do its part. Otherwise, he said, it would be difficult to get rid of ...

Beijing will have the final say, Hong Kong told
SINGAPORE, APRIL 6. China today signalled its political will to determine the course of Hong Kong's future. It will have a decisive say over any proposal from Hong Kong for amending the norms of `selecting' the territory's Chief Executive. This ...

Other Stories

Small parties hold centre stage

Cleric leaves mosque

Unwarranted, says Islamabad

The case of Petrarch's missing skull

Chemical attack 'plot'

9/11 was unforeseen: Bush

U.K. spotlight on foreign imams

Plea for change of weekly holiday in Pakistan rejected

Caucasian leader escapes bid on life

ANC's show of strength in Zululand

Jerusalem schools reach across the big divide

India & World
India, Russia to discuss terrorism
MOSCOW, APRIL 6. The security situation in Afghanistan and Central Asia will be high on the agenda of the high-level India-Russia consultations on terrorism in Delhi this week. This issue "gains special importance in the light of the recent ...

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