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    Global arms spending tops $1 trillion
    STOCKHOLM: For the first time since the Cold War, global military spending exceeded $1 trillion in 2004, nearly half of it by the U.S., a prominent European think tank said on Tuesday. As military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and the war ...

    Pakistan raises outlay for defence
    ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday announced Rs. 1,098 billion ($18.4 billion) annual budget for the fiscal year 2005-06, with defence allocation covering almost 25 per cent of the total outlay. The government increased defence spending to Rs. ...

    A grave mistake, admit Maoists
    KATHMANDU: Nepal's Maoist rebels on Tuesday accepted responsibility for the blast that killed 53 bus passengers in Chitwan district, while 22 persons, including 14 security men, were killed in clashes between armed forces and the ultras in ...

    LTTE assails Colombo stand on transport facilities to its leaders
    Provision declined after killing of intelligence officer by suspected LTTE gunmen

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    I am shocked: Pakistan Minister
    KARACHI: Pakistan reacted with shock after Indian Opposition leader L.K. Advani resigned on Tuesday, having drawn fire for praising Pakistan's founding father. ``I am shocked and surprised over the reaction,'' Information Minister Sheikh ...



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