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Thursday,
04 December 2008
The attacks could have been carried out as a diversionary tactic
Guest columnist Ahmed Rashid in Lahore argues that rising tension between India and Pakistan over the Mumbai attacks might provide the two countries with an opportunity to extract a more lasting peace.
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
Indian airports on high alert after new warning
MUMBAI, India (AP) - Airports in India went on high alert Thursday following fresh attack warnings as officials said India suspects two senior leaders of a banned Pakistani militant group orchestrated the deadly Mumbai attacks.
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
Slightly ill Thai king fails to make speech
By Ed Cropley BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailands revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej has a throat infection and is on a drip, his daughter said on Thursday after he failed to make his traditional birthday eve address amid a crippling political...
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
Zimbabwe seeks help for growing cholera epidemic
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwes government pleaded for international help Thursday after declaring a cholera epidemic that has killed more than 560 people a national emergency and admitting that hospitals are no longer working.
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
Jenin: A model for the West bank
By Heather Sharp Sirens blare as four patrol cars crammed with khaki-clad Palestinian security men speed through the streets of central Jenin.
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
India’s Airports on Alert, Rice Seeks Pakistan Action (Update2)
By Jay Shankar and James Rupert Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- India put airports in New Delhi and elsewhere on alert after a terrorist threat as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice increased pressure on Pakistan to act against the suspects in...
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
UPDATE 1-Canada PM set to ask for Parliaments suspension
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected on Thursday to take the unprecedented step of seeking the suspension of Parliament so he can avoid defeat at the hands of the opposition.
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