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Musharraf’s Europe tour to reassure friends, sceptics

SLMM, Japan for political means
Devolution package will be finalised soon, says Rajapaksa

Bhagwandas released
Karachi: The former Pakistan Supreme Court judge, Rana Bhagwandas, was on Wednesday freed from house arrest ahead of a planned protest by lawyers against his detention. Mr. Bhagwandas was confined to his house shortly after he addressed ...

Hindraf leaders to go on fast
SINGAPORE: Five Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders, now in detention without charges and trial under Malaysia’s tough Internal Security Act, “will go on a hunger strike” later this month, according to the ...

Boycott airlines, U.K. Tamils told
LONDON: Britain’s leading Tamil organisation, the British Tamils Forum, has called for a boycott of SriLankan Airlines in a move to target the Sri Lankan economy as part of their campaign for a separate Tamil homeland. Tamils have ...

Sarkozy has married secretly?
Paris: Amid swirling rumours of a secret marriage neither denied nor confirmed by the Elysee Palace, President Nicolas Sarkozy saw his popularity rating tumble to less than 50 per cent – a drop of 10 points in just two months. A survey ...

Pope cancels varsity visit after protests
Rome: Pope Benedict XVI has called off a visit to Rome’s main university in the face of hostility from some academics and students, who accused him of despising science and defending the Inquisition’s condemnation of ...

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“No appeal against order on Haneef visa”
SINGAPORE: Australia’s Immigration and Citizenship Minister Chris Evans on Wednesday said he would not appeal against the Full Federal Court’s recent ruling that restored Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef’s work visa. The ...

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