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U.K. "kidnap'' group disbanded
LONDON: Fathers4Justice, the group which was alleged to have been behind a suspected "plot'' to kidnap Prime Minister Tony Blair's five-year-old son Leo, has been disbanded amid accusations that it had been hijacked by extremist elements whose ...

Sri Lankan parties for resumption of talks
COLOMBO: An all-party meeting convened by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Thursday evening unanimously decided that steps should be taken to resume "immediate talks" between the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ...

Al-Qaeda leaders killed in U.S. attack?
ISLAMABAD: Amidst media speculations that at least two senior commanders of Al-Qaeda were among the dead in last Friday's American strike on a village in the troubled Waziristan bordering Afghanistan, Pakistan Minister for Information and ...

Cold wave in Russia hits supply of gas to European countries
Toll 116; temperature in Moscow falls to minus 31 degree C

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U.S. professors under scrutiny by Right-wingers

U.K. House under cyber attack

Blasts in Baghdad kill 23

3,000 still listed missing

Death for murderers

Violence rocks Ivory Coast

Monitors find minor violations

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Indian named "Inventor of the Year"
SILICON VALLEY (UNITED STATES): An Indian-American scientist has been named "Inventor of the Year" for his pioneering work in developing a new system which utilises data to improve patient care and clinical decisions. R. Bharat Rao, senior ...

India-born Tellis is Adviser to Burns
WASHINGTON: Ahead of US President George W. Bush's visit to India in March, eminent South Asia expert Ashley J. Tellis has been appointed Senior Adviser to Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns in support of various ...

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