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Stage set for provincial poll
COLOMBO: Nominations for the election to the Provincial Council (PC) in the east, being held after a gap of two decades, will be received till April 3, the Election Commission of Sri Lanka has said. Thirty-five members are to be ...

U.K. admits rights breaches in Iraq
London: In an embarrassing turn-around, the British government has admitted “substantial breaches” of the European Convention on Human Rights over the treatment of Iraqi civilians held by its soldiers resulting in the death of a ...

N. Korea threatens non-cooperation
SINGAPORE: North Korea on Friday warned that it might stop disabling its nuclear facilities at Yongbyon if the United States were to stay its current “unreasonable” course in the denuclearisation of the peninsula. Pyongyang issued ...

U.S. offers ‘full support’ to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A senior U.S. envoy says Washington has offered its “full support” to the new Pakistani government dominated by foes of America’s long-time ally, President Pervez Musharraf. Assistant Secretary of State ...

China’s economy will grow at 10.7 p.c., says U.N. agency
BEIJING: China’s economy will moderate but remain robust in 2008 with a growth rate of 10.7 per cent, providing a cushion against the expected international downturn, according to a forecast issued by the United Nations commission here ...

Green Zone again under attack
BAGHDAD: A U.S. helicopter fired a Hellfire missile during fighting in a Shia militia stronghold of Baghdad on Friday, killing at least four persons as deadly clashes broke out in Iraq’s oil-rich south for the fourth day. Defying ...

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