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Taleban open Qatar office; US signals meetings to begin
KABUL: The Taleban yesterday opened an office in Qatar in a bid to start “dialogue with the world” as US officials said they hoped to meet the insurgents within days, after the Afghan...
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Violence flares amid Bangladesh nationwide strike

Tuesday 11 June 2013
DHAKA: Protesters clashed with police in several towns across Bangladesh yesterday as the latest strike declared by the nation’s largest Islamic party paralyzed mu
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Koreas to hold senior level meeting in Seoul

Tuesday 11 June 2013
SEOUL: North and South Korea agreed yesterday to hold senior-level talks this week in Seoul, a breakthrough of sorts to ease tensions after Pyongyang’s recent thre
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Sri Lanka monsoon death toll touches 40

Tuesday 11 June 2013
COLOMBO: Naval boats and helicopters scoured seas off Sri Lanka yesterday for dozens of missing fishermen, as the confirmed death toll from heavy monsoon rain and strong
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India’s opposition in disarray after Advani quits party posts

Tuesday 11 June 2013
A day after Narendra Modi was elevated to the BJP’s campaign committee chief, BJP patriarch LK Advani yesterday resigned from all party posts — the national
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Afghan Taleban ambush near Kabul airport kills 7

Tuesday 11 June 2013
KABUL: Taleban insurgents yesterday launched a grenade and gun attack on Kabul airport, firing on military buildings before being overwhelmed in an operation hailed as a
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Six dead in NATO convoy attack in Pakistan

Tuesday 11 June 2013
PESHAWAR: Militants dressed as policemen and armed with assault rifles and rockets attacked a NATO convoy in Pakistan carrying supplies yesterday for the US-led coalitio
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Australia ends air and sea search for asylum seekers

Tuesday 11 June 2013
SYDNEY: Australian authorities said yesterday they had called off a major air and sea search for survivors from a boat carrying at least 55 asylum-seekers which disappea
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4 UK teens arrested after Islamic school fire

Tuesday 11 June 2013
LONDON: Four teenagers have been arrested after a suspicious weekend fire at an Islamic boarding school in a London suburb, police said yesterday.
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Apartment block collapses in Mumbai: fire official

Monday 10 June 2013
MUMBAI: An apartment block collapsed in central Mumbai on Monday evening with people feared trapped inside, a fire official said, on the second day of heavy monsoon rains in the city.
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Merkel visits flooded region as Hungary waters recede

Monday 10 June 2013
WITTENBERGE, Germany: German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised rescue efforts on her third trip to water-logged regions Monday as central Europe grappled with historic floods that have killed at least
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