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Sri Lankan army captures Sampur
LTTE says attack a violation of ceasefire

Polls on schedule, says Khaleda Zia
Government to hand over power to caretaker administration next month

HIV-positive South Africans seek asylum in Canada
All were in the country to attend AIDS meet; Mbeki Government under fire for its drug policy

Leadership crisis for Al-Qaeda
Militant was responsible for attacks on Shias aimed at provoking civil war

Ethnic riots hit Russian town
MOSCOW: Hundreds of Caucasus natives have fled the northern Russian town of Kondopoga after large-scale ethnic riots targeting businesses owned by Chechens and Azeris. The riots broke out in the town of 40,000 over the weekend after three ...

Data trove, say European scientists
DARMSTADT (GERMANY): The SMART-1 spacecraft sent back an unexpectedly rich data haul that could shed light on the moon's origins and evolution before its three-year voyage ended in a planned crash on the lunar surface, European space scientists ...

Iconic Steve Irwin dies in action
Australian crocodile hunter killed in `freak' stingray attack off the Queensland coast

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Taliban slams reports

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France for promoting truce in Lebanon
PARIS: French Defence Ministry spokesman Jean-Francois Bureau on Monday said the decision to bolster the country's troop strength in the UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) under a renewed Security Council mandate was to promote ...

Talibanisation needs to be curbed: Pranab
PARIS: India and France agreed on Monday that they needed to cooperate in building a safe and secure world. Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said after talks with his French counterpart Michele Alliot-Marie that Talibanisation of Afghanistan ...

Arms consignment: Nepal denies reports
KATHMANDU: Nepal's Home Minister on Monday denied media reports in India and Nepal that a Nepal-bound Ukrainian plane with an arms consignment had landed in Ahmedabad. "No plane carrying arms and ammunition has flown to Nepal or stopped in ...

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