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Nuke deal does not prohibit atomic test
Says Indian PM after uproar in parliament
India is free to test nuclear weapons under a much-touted nuclear deal with the United States, the country's prime minister said yesterday as lawmakers opposed to the pact noisily demanded the agreement
 
Arabs urged to stop 'genocide campaign' by Iraqi Shias
Iraq's most senior Sunni politician issued a desperate appeal Sunday for Arab nations to help stop what he called an "unprecedented genocide campaign" by Shia militias armed, trained and controlled by
 
Kashmiris call for end to Indo-Pak divide
Mughlia Begum was just 18 when partition shook the sub-continent on August 14, 1947. In the bloody turmoil, she lost her father Abdul Aziz, who worked in Peshawar as a cook.
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Maoists threaten to quit Nepali govt
Nepal's former rebels threatened Sunday to quit an interim coalition government unless their demands were met, which include the creation of a republic and protection against attacks from rival groups.
 
Case filed against Indian MP for threatening to kill Taslima
The police in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad filed a case against a legislator of an Islamic party who had threatened to kill exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen if she visits the city again.
 
Boucher to talk security, politics in Pakistan
Richard Boucher, Assistant US Secretary of State for South Asia, is due to visit Islamabad for top level security and counter-terrorism talks, officials said yesterday.
 
No deal with Musharraf on dual posts: Benazir
Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto has said there is no agreement with Pervez Musharraf that he continue to hold the dual posts of Army Chief and President, but the issue need not be the reason
 

 
   
 
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