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8 civilians killed in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: Eight civilians were killed and 14 injured in a mine explosion in Sri Lanka's LTTE-controlled section of the eastern Batticaloa district on Wednesday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. The LTTE blamed the Army for ...

Colombo hopeful
ISLAMABAD: Sri Lanka is hopeful that the June 8-9 Oslo talks will bring the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam back to full-fledged negotiations, a senior government official involved in the peace process said. "We continue to hope that the LTTE ...

Europe "colluded'' with U.S. on CIA flights
Some nations were staging posts, says report

World press trends are mixed, Asia tops
A billion daily newspaper readers worldwide; Asia has 70 per cent of world's best-selling dailies

Now, dinosaurs as island-dwarfs
They are found in Germany, and their size is tied to island life

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Italy firm on Iraq pullout

Nepal Speaker for curtailing King's powers further

Fijian army warns against troop cut

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Anti-sea mine exercise
KUALA LUMPUR: Navies from 21 nations were taking part in counterterrorism exercises in the South China Sea on Wednesday, in efforts Malaysia's armed forces chief hoped would prepare the region to cope in the event of a maritime attack. The ...

India & World
Pawar's concern over suicides by farmers
WASHINGTON: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday expressed concern over suicides by farmers. Mr. Pawar is on a visit to the United States. He referred to the distress in the country's agriculture sector as one of the ...

Freedom fighter dead in U.K.
LONDON: Nalinikant Tribhovandas Pandya, freedom fighter and prominent leader of the Indian community in Britain has died after a stroke, sources in the family said. Racial relations Pandya, 90, Vice Chairman of ...

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