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NO GOVT INTENTION TO STOP OFFENSIVE AGAINST TALIBAN
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Civil catastrophe looms over Pakistan
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistani security forces said Tuesday they were
closing in on Taliban bastions in the northwest as a rights group
warned of a humanitarian catastrophe for those trapped in the war
zone.
As a punishing offensive against the Islamist
insurgents entered a fifth week, security officials said troops had
secured 70 percent of Mingora, the capital of the scenic Swat valley
and a crucial tactical battleground.
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Suu Kyi bucks accusations against her
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YANGON: Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi told a prison court
Tuesday she did not violate her house arrest during an incident in
which a US man swam to her house, journalists and diplomats present
said.
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Malaysia upholds exile of Chin Peng
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian ministers have rejected pleas to allow the
return of exiled former communist chief Chin Peng, who led a bloody
12-year insurgency half a century ago, reports said Tuesday.
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Israelis to hold talks with US on Iran, illegal settlements
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JERUSALEM: An Israeli government delegation left for London on
Tuesday for discussions with US officials on settlement outposts in
the occupied West Bank and Iran’s nuclear program, officials said.
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G8 pushes for ‘greater transparency’ to spur investments
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ROME: The Group of Eight (G8) energy ministers agreed on Monday
(Tuesday in Manila) for a new set of rules and greater market
transparency in order to promote energy investments and increase
security and sustainable development.
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Understaffed clinic rewards nurses with free cosmetic procedures
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PRAGUE: An understaffed Prague clinic has signed up nurses by
offering boob jobs, liposuction and tummy tucks as a bonus.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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ABU DHABI: French President Nicolas Sarkozy formally opened a French
military base in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, its first in
the oil-rich Gulf, as Paris seeks to land lucrative military
contracts and strengthen its foothold in a region just across from
Iran.
-- AFP
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