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Back to their homeland with hope
Sri Lankan refugees returning from India are apprehensive about the situation in Jaffna

Commit to peace, quartet tells LTTE
Pledges support for peace-building

People with militant links can take part in relief work: Pakistan
``United States never discussed presence of such persons''

Flare-up in Jaffna
COLOMBO: At least seven civilians and three soldiers were injured in violence in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna town on Monday, the army said. There are conflicting reports on the nature of the unrest and the number of those injured. According to ...

Tunes from the past
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation turns 80

Monitors allege poll violations in Iraq
Allawi's party files 60 complaints; security forces accused of siding with Shia candidates

Russia, Ukraine fail to break gas price deadlock
MOSCOW: Russia has refused to make concessions over a proposed four-fold hike in the price of Russian natural gas to Ukraine. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov has failed to wrest concessions on the issue during his one-day talks in ...

American's killing shown on militant video
DUBAI: An Islamic militant group has claimed that the American it had kidnapped earlier this month has been killed. The Islamic Army of Iraq has posted a video on an Internet site used by extremist groups, which showed a man being shot at the ...

Sharon's "health-scare" triggers speculation
DUBAI: After suffering from what has been described as a "mild stroke", Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon could be discharged from hospital on Tuesday, amid swirling political speculation about Israel's future. New series of ...

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Third round of dialogue in January
ISLAMABAD: The third round of India-Pakistan composite dialogue would be kicked off in New Delhi sometime in January. Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam told journalists at the weekly news briefing on Monday that Islamabad and New Delhi ...

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