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`Advantage Prabakaran'
COLOMBO, APRIL 12. The pullout by the expelled eastern commander of the LTTE, `Col.'Karuna, is seen by sources in the military as a move that swings the four-day-old offensive to the advantage of the LTTE supremo, V. Prabakaran. After his ...

Fighting giving way to talks
MANAMA, APRIL 12. Eight days of fierce fighting is giving way to negotiations, as Iraqi mediators and guerillas began talks to end the surging violence resulting from a nationwide uprising in Iraq. It has now come to light that the Supreme ...

A tough week, says Bush
WASHINGTON, APRIL 12. The U.S. President, George W Bush, has vowed to stay the course in Iraq and has said that the American Commander, General John Abizaid, can ask for additional manpower if he needs it. Calling it a "tough week" in the ...

23-year jail term for Pakistan Opposition leader
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 12. The working president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-Nawaz), Javed Hashmi, was sentenced today to 23 years of imprisonment on charges of defaming Army and inciting it to rebel against the President, Pervez ...

Fissures appear in Jamali Government?
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 12.Triggering speculation of unrest within the Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali Government and a power struggle within the ruling combine, a delegation of Pakistan People's Party (Patriots) called on the President, Pervez Musharraf, ...

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South African Indians nonchalant about polls
DURBAN, APRIL 12.While political parties in South Africa have been on an overdrive to woo the ``Indian vote'', a large section of people of Indian origin in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, affected by the economic downturn, are nonchalant about ...