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| Siege spreads to Nepal lifelines |
| King Gyanendra held talks with diplomats from India and the US amid a call for full-blown civil disobedience and speculation about the likely imposition of emergency in Nepal.
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| Iran in Pope’s Easter message |
| Pope Benedict, in his first Easter message today, called for an “honourable solution” to the nuclear standoff with Iran, a truly independent Palestinian state, and
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| Paris puff ban up in smoke |
| The tobacco-loving French will be allowed to carry on puffing their Gitanes and Gauloises in smoky bars and bistros after the government caved in on plans to ban smoking in p
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| King and his shaky throne |
| For centuries, the Shah kings of Nepal have swung from being absolute monarchs to titular figureheads and back again, usually after horrific violence.
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Volunteers perform in a 1906 earthquake evacuation re-enactment in San Francisco. The region is observing the centenary of the 1906 earthquake, one ... | Read
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