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Pakistan test-fires Hatf missile
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday tested for the second time its 500-km range cruise missile Hatf VII (Babur), which can carry all types of warheads. President Pervez Musharraf witnessed the test, conducted at an undisclosed destination. "All ...

Russia, China sign three pacts on energy cooperation
Beijing's efforts to secure a firm deal on oil pipeline fail to make progress

Labour discloses names of donors
LONDON: Stung by allegations of sleaze, Britain's ruling Labour Party was on Tuesday forced to disclose the names of its secret donors as the cash-for-peerages crisis deepened, prompting calls for "heads to roll''. The crisis centres round ...

Colombo, LTTE trade charges
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Tuesday accused each other of opening fire in a sensitive eastern sea belt. The Army said LTTE cadres "directed fire at a naval boat" from a rebel-held pocket in ...

Military asked to stay clear of politics
SINGAPORE: The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), General Generoso Senga, has issued a directive to all military personnel to maintain "political neutrality" and to resist attempts at being used by civilian leaders for ...

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Archbishop against teaching creationism

Jeans for prayers

A grim outlook

7,000 rendered homeless

India & World

Nuclear deal is in our interest: Bush
``Use of safe nuclear power should be encouraged''

Kissinger hails pact
An unprecedented level of cooperation, says the ex-Secretary of State

Dubai for refurbishing its image
It envisioned itself as "a city made of ideas, creativity and opportunity"

India helps set up bio-resource institute in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has inaugurated a bio-resource institute in central Sri Lanka, started with Indian expertise. The institute includes a model farm in which rural youth, mainly drawn from the plantation sector ...

India, Pakistan making progress: Boucher
"Kashmir is a bilateral issue that should be solved by Delhi and Islamabad only"

Russia's Glonass satellites available by 2009
It will end India's dependence on U.S.' Global Positioning System

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