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| Turmoil knocks on the gates of Baghdad |
| Bloody turmoil reigned in Iraq today, the first anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s fall, with Sunni and Shia rebels battling US-led forces and holding three Japanese and several other foreign hostages.
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| Hundreds held after Nepal rally |
| Nepali police arrested hundreds of people today, including political leaders, as thousands chanting anti-monarchy slogans defied a ban on rallies and took to the streets in p
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| Pak tribal chief remains defiant |
| A notorious tribesman wanted by Pakistan for harbouring foreign militants from al Qaida and the ousted Afghan Taliban regime has said he had no plans to give himself up, a lo
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| Koizumi firm despite threat |
| Facing his toughest political test, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told an anguished Japan today he had no plans to pull troops from Iraq despite a threat by kidnappers the
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Uma Thurman at the Hollywood premiere of Kill Bill Vol. II. (AFP) |
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