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Musharraf cancels trip to Beijing
Moves on to impeach President

Games opening: metaphor for China’s rise
$43 billion poured into Olympics-related projects

Anti-pollution efforts hailed
BEIJING: International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge lauded China on Thursday for its extraordinary efforts to tackle pollution. “The Chinese authorities have done everything that is feasible and humanly ...

“Cut off NGOs’ aid to LTTE”
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Thursday reasserted there was no question of holdings talks or declare a ceasefire unless the LTTE lays down its weapons and demonstrates its genuine interest to negotiate. Minister and spokesperson Keheliya ...

Maldives goes in for multi-party polls
COLOMBO: Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom signed and adopted a Constitution on Thursday that allows multi-party elections and other democratic reforms after decades of authoritarian rule. The Constitution also creates for the ...

China calls for human rights dialogue
BEIJING: China and the U.S. should hold dialogue to solve their disputes on human rights and religious issues, said the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday. Spokesperson Qin Gang made the remarks with reference to the speech of U.S. ...

Maoists to return seized properties

Get set for global temperature rise: U.K. scientist
“Strategy needed to adapt to potentially catastrophic increase”

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Nepal deadline ends today

India & World
Indian killed in U.K.
LONDON: A nurse from Tamil Nadu, who came to Britain barely three months ago, has been killed in a horrific hammer attack. Her husband, Anburaj Arjunan (31), has been charged with attempt to murder her and her mother. The Cambridge Crown Court ...

Hunt on for man of Indian origin in murder case
NEW YORK: The police here have launched a manhunt for an Indian-origin man, who allegedly stabbed his mother-in-law to death during a quarrel. Harpal Hira, 34, has been described as a “person of interest” in the killing of ...

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