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Rebels’ stronghold collapses as Pakistan’s offensive intensifies
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan:Pakistani commandos dropped into a key Taliban
stronghold in the Swat valley on Tuesday, stepping up a punishing
offensive against militants that has displaced more than 360,000
people.
Troops opened up a new front in the district’s
northern mountains, the suspected stronghold of firebrand Taliban
commander Maulana Fazlullah and his top lieutenants behind a nearly
two-year uprising that has devastated the area.
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Battle for Malaysian state takes new twist
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KUALA LUMPUR: A political crisis over control of a Malaysian state
deepened Tuesday as a court agreed to review a ruling that handed
power back to the opposition alliance.
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Mideast conflict seen to challenge Pope’s visit
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JERUSALEM: Pope Benedict XVI waded into the heart of the Middle East
conflict on Tuesday, calling for the faithful to overcome past
discord and reiterating the Church’s commitment to reconciliation
with Jews.
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President Susilo’s party allies threaten to withdraw support
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JAKARTA: Four political parties which have set up a coalition with
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s party on Tuesday threatened
to pull out their support after the president planned to pick up a
technocrat as his vice presidential candidate.
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TEHRAN: US-born reporter Roxana Saberi walked free from an Iranian
jail on Monday after a court reduced her prison term for spying to a
two-year suspended sentence, ending a four-month ordeal.
-- AFP
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