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30 killed in China mine burst, over 100 rescued

At least 30 people were killed and more than 100 miners, including 59 injured were rescued today after a mine blast in a south-western Chinese province, officials said. The colliery gas burst in Chongqing Municipality, at Tonghua Coal Mine in Anwen Town of Qijiang County, when 131 miners
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Pak troops recapture main town of Swat; 25 militants killed

Dealing a major blow to Taliban, Pakistani troops today took "full control" of the main town of restive Swat valley and killed 25 militants, including two top commanders, in fierce fighting in the northwest tribal belt....
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Another blow for Maoists, Speaker rejects motion against Prez

In another setback to the Maoists who were pushed out of power in Nepal, Parliament Speaker Subhas Nembang today refused to allow a motion tabled by them against the President's move to block the sacking of the army chief by former premier Prachanda....
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Global warming causes 300,000 deaths a year: study

Climate change is responsible for 3,00,00 deaths a year and is affecting 300 million people, a study has claimed. The first comprehensive study of the human impact of the global warming projects that increasingly severe heatwaves, floods, storms and forest fires will be...
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Pak raises Fazlullah reward money to Rs 50 million

Pakistan today raised ten-fold the amount of reward put on the head of radical cleric and Swat Taliban spokesman Maulana Fazlullah, quashing speculation that he has been "killed" in combat....
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Pakistan Air Force aircraft crashes on civilian population

A Chinese built FT-7 jet aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force crashed over civilian areas near Mianwali, a major city in Punjab, injuring six people. The fighter was on a routine training mission when it crashed, but both the pilots bailed out safely, the Pakistan Air Force said in a statement here....
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LTTE's women wing chief arrested in Sri Lanka

The political wing leader of the LTTE women's force, who had crossed into the government-held areas from the no-fire zone in northern Sri Lanka in the guise of a civilian, was arrested from a refugee camp here....
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B'desh seeks Pak cooperation for 1971 war tribunal

Pakistan has expressed its readiness to open a dialogue with Bangladesh on Dhaka's proposal to constitute a tribunal for trying Bengali-speaking collaborators who colluded in 1971 war excesses....
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N Korea warns of 'counter-measures' if UN imposes sanctions

A defiant North Korea today test- fired another short-range missile and warned of more "self- defence counter-measures" if "hypocrites" in the UN Security Council slapped sanctions on it for this week's nuclear test....
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India doesn''t kill in Kashmir as Pak is doing in Swat: Qazi

“It is not correct to target the whole population for the pursuance of few terrorists and even the Indian forces never adopted such measures in occupied Kashmir,” the former Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmad said....
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