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Suicide attack at Islamabad airport
ISLAMABAD: A suicide bomber blew himself up at the main airport in the Pakistan capital late on Tuesday, killing himself and causing injuries to three policemen. The airport is located in Rawalpindi, the capital's twin city. A country-wide red ...

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Sri Lankan planes hit LTTE base
"Tigers have suffered heavy damage"

Iranian diplomat abducted in Iraq
Tehran holds America responsible for envoy's safety

Work at shrine triggers tension
DUBAI: Amid growing tensions, Israelis have begun repairing a walkway near Jerusalem's holiest site. The walkway leads to the Al-Aqsa Mosque or the Temple Mount compound in East Jerusalem. For restoring the pathway, the Israelis plan to level ...

Ranil lashes out at Rajapaksa regime
COLOMBO: In a hard-hitting speech, Leader of the Opposition Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday told Parliament that after the recent induction of defectors from his party into the Government the United National Party (UNP) finds it "impossible" to ...

Two astronauts and an American dream
Shuttle mission specialist charged with attempted kidnapping

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Peace talks in Somalia
MOGADISHU (SOMALIA): The Government has begun a weeklong meeting with an array of leaders in Somalia's capital, which has seen spiralling violence over the past month, as part of promised efforts to reconcile Somalis after 16 years of conflict. ...

Giuliani may join race
NEW YORK: The former Mayor of New York City, Rudolph Giuliani, on Monday filed a Statement of Candidacy with the Federal Election Commission, taking one step further to run for the White House in 2008, local media reported. The move did not ...

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Pakistan for early meeting on Siachen
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that the India-Pakistan joint anti-terror mechanism will hold its first meeting on March 6 and 7 here, and hoped that as agreed by the Foreign Ministers of the two countries, officials ...

"Joint study group" talks
ISLAMABAD: A team of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Central Bureau of Investigation is due to arrive here on Tuesday for talks with the Pakistan Federal Investigation Agency. The "joint study group" discussions, to be held over Wednesday and ...

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