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| Mosul takes first step towards democracy |
| The US said today that Iraq should have an interim national leadership in place within weeks, as Iraq’s third-largest city held the country’s first vote since Saddam Hussein’s ouster.
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| Pervez refuses to shed uniform |
| Dismissing the Opposition’s demand that he should quit as chief of army, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said he would not give up his uniform till institutional harmony
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| 23 killed in Bangladesh storm |
| A storm packing hail, heavy rain and winds of up to 120 km per hour has devastated a Bangladeshi village, killing at least 23 people with 19 missing, witnesses and state tele
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A boy watches a dolphin at a Tokyo aquarium during the Golden Week holidays in Japan. (Reuters) |
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