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Mudslides kill 80 in Bangladesh
DHAKA: At least 80 persons were killed and many more reported missing in mudslides triggered by torrential rain in Chittagong city and its suburbs in southern Bangladesh on Monday. Unconfirmed reports said the casualty figure could increase as ...

Navy sailor, LTTE cadre killed in clashes
COLOMBO: A sailor of the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) and a cadre of the Tamil Tigers were killed in clashes between the two sides in the Kayts island in the north on Monday. The Defence Ministry said naval troops carried out a search operation on ...

Thai junta promises polls
SINGAPORE: Faced with growing protest rallies against "military dictatorship," Thailand's Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont on Monday promised to hold a general election that would satisfy the disaffected people. In a direct reference to the ...

Pakistan Supreme Court allows Chaudhary's petition
Development seen as a setback for the government

Napoleon's legendary golden sword fetches a fortune
PARIS: Its gold-encrusted blade holds the secrets of the young Napoleon, who carried it into one of his legendary, seemingly doomed battles. Far outnumbered by the enemy, and hampered by a series of botches, he miraculously managed to turn around ...

Plans to send Harry to Afghanistan
LONDON: After the fiasco over plans to send Prince Harry to Iraq, there is now reported to be a move to deploy him in Afghanistan to give some respectability to his nascent military career. According to The Sunday Times , army chiefs are ...

Many feared dead in blast
NAIROBI (KENYA): Several persons are feared dead after an explosion hit Nairobi's city centre early on Monday. Eyewitnesses reported seeing many bodies being rushed in ambulances. Earlier, Police Commissioner Hussein Ali said at least one ...

Belgian Premier resigns
BRUSSELS: Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt's Liberal-Socialist coalition Government resigned on Monday, a day after conservatives — led by Christian Democrats — posted big gains in general elections. Mr. Verhofstadt went to the ...

Iraqi Speaker sacked
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi Parliament on Monday ousted its Speaker Mahmud Mashhadani, who is Sunni, after he allegedly ordered his bodyguards to beat up a Shia MP, the Assembly's Deputy Speaker said. Of the 168 MPs who attended the session, 113 voted to ...

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