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Sri Lanka displaced need aid: WFP
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan military on Friday reported that at least seven Tamil Tiger cadres died in fighting in the east and north even as the World Food Programme (WFP) sought more resources and security for aid workers providing assistance to ...
Blair for World Bank chief post?
LONDON: Is the British Prime Minister Tony Blair likely to end up stepping into the shoes of the outgoing World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz after leaving Downing Street next month? Speculation that the soon-to-retire Prime Minister could be ...
Russia defies pressure on energy
MOSCOW: Russia refused to bow to Europe's pressure over energy and trade, vowing to defend its national interests at a bilateral summit meeting with the European Union. The two-day meeting between President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor ...
Women given key posts in Sarkozy Cabinet
Rachida Dati of North African descent gets Justice portfolio
Hamas targets hit
GAZA CITY: Hamas and Fatah gunmen exchanged automatic weapons fire at a Gaza City university on Friday and Israeli war planes pummelled Hamas targets for a third straight day, killing five persons, in response to the Islamist group's rocket ...
Support erodes
WASHINGTON: More Republican Senators are calling for U.S. Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales to resign as Democrats prepare a no-confidence vote over President George W. Bush's longtime ally and friend. Republican Senator Kit Bond suggested that ...
Shipwreck yields haul
17 tonnes of 400-year-old silver and gold treasure
CANAL CAPERS
The battle of the Venetian gondoliers
VENICE: Cross any bridge in Venice and listen for accordion music wafting up from the canal. Look down, and there will be a gondolier plying starry-eyed tourists along the city's narrow waterways. By tradition, they are stripe-shirted, locally ...
How the brain develops
Study looks at how normal brains grow, hints at key burst before puberty
India & World
No confrontation with China, says Antony
Sino-Indian Himalayan frontier has been quiet
Chinese team to visit Nathu La
It may visit trade mart at Sherathang
Sensitivity to common man's issues showcased
Students present projects at Intel Fair
Kashmir resolutions of OIC meeting do a balancing act
We are grateful to the OIC for supporting Pakistan, says Kasuri
`Talks on Sir Creek cordial'
ISLAMABAD: India and Pakistan issued a joint statement on Friday at the conclusion of two-day talks on the Sir Creek issue expressing "satisfaction" at their discussions on the delimitation of the maritime boundary and the delineation of the ...
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