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    Top militant arrested, says Riyadh
    CAIRO (Egypt). AUG. 6. Security forces have arrested the most wanted militant leader in the kingdom, the official Saudi Press Agency said on Friday. Faris Ahmed Jamaan Al Showeel al-Zahrani was arrested on Thursday night with another person ...

    New chief for Sri Lanka's ruling alliance
    COLOMBO, AUG. 6. Sri Lanka's former Prime Minister, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, has been named by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party as the new leader of the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance coalition. Mr. Wickremanayake's name, proposed by the ...

    N-plans will be upgraded: Musharraf
    ISLAMABAD, AUG. 6. The Pakistani President, Pervez Musharraf, has said steps would be taken to further improve, upgrade and refine the nuclear programme. Attending a presentation by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), Gen. Musharraf ...

    2 U.S. mosque leaders held
    WASHINGTON, AUG. 6.In a sting operation, Federal authorities have arrested two leaders of a mosque in Albany, New York, and charged them with assistance in purchasing a shoulder-fired missile/grenade launcher to assassinate the top Pakistani ...

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    'Chinese, Indian diplomacy in 1962 was immature'
    BEIJING, AUG. 6."Looking back at the China-India border conflict in 1962, one may find that the two countries were both inexperienced in various fields and their diplomacy was immature as they had just won their independence," the former Chinese ...

    BDR, BSF agree to defuse border tension
    DHAKA, AUG. 6. Bangladesh and India have agreed to take effective measures to defuse border tension and stop all kinds of cross-border crimes. The consensus came from a four-day annual border conference between the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and ...

    11 Indian stowaways found in Finnish freighter are from Punjab, Haryana
    LONDON, AUG. 6.Nearly all the 11 illegal Indian immigrants found hidden in a Finnish freighter 10 days ago are from Punjab, Haryana and the neighbouring areas, and they are reported to have paid hundreds of dollars to travel agents specialising ...



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