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Lanka hails Indian ban on LTTE
Sri Lanka on thursday, welcomed India's decision to extend the ban on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and described it as New Delhi's policy of not extending support to terrorism.
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Britain tops European obesity charts
Fast food and a sedentary lifestyle are fast turning Britons obese, with the British population becoming the fattest people in Europe, a survey has shown.
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'Don't let Indo-Pak ties be sabotaged'
As the spurt in terror incidents threatens to overshadow the upcoming talks, senior Pakistan People's Party leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Thursday suggested that some elements may be trying to 'sabotage' the improvement of Indo-Pak ties which the two countries should not allow.
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Dozen killed in US missile strike in Pakistan
A missile strike on a Taliban commander's compound in Pakistan's restive Bajaur Agency that killed at least a dozen people was the third such attack by suspected American pilotless drones in the region.
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Pak soldier beheaded for being 'American spy'
A soldier of the Pakistan Army was beheaded in the restive North Waziristan tribal region by suspected Taliban militants, who put a note on his body saying that he was killed for being a 'American spy'. Feroz Khan, who hailed from Mir Ali town of North Waziristan, was kidnapped on April 23 and found dead 15 km east of Miranshah. Witnesses said that the soldier was beheaded by the local Taliban. No group has claimed responsibility for his death.
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Reports on HuJi link to Jaipur hasty: Bangladesh
Bangladesh on Thursday condemned the Jaipur serial blasts as a "shameful" act, but said Indian media reports suggesting the involvement of Harkat-ul Jihad-e-Islami outfit based in the country were "hasty".
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Pakistan to frame effective strategy to tackle terrorism during Pranab visit
Pakistan on Wednesday said it will use External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Islamabad in May to frame an effective strategy to counter terrorism
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We didn't open fire on Indian Army: Pak
In a statement, a spokesman of the Inter-Services Public Relations denied the 'Indian claim of unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on the Line of Control in Neelam valley'. A flag meeting was scheduled later in the day to 'clarify the issue', he said.
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Haneef's lawyers get to fast-track appeal in Australia
Lawyers for Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef, wrongly accused of involvement in the failed Glasgow car bombings, won a bid to fast-track a court challenge to secure confidential official documents relating to his case, on Wednesday.
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Indian-origin man is London transport chief
Kulveer Ranger, 33, an Indian-origin management consultant who has previously worked on London's transport system, has been appointed the director of transport policy by the new mayor, Boris Johnson.
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