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PATNA, 29 January 2005 — Bihar’s school children yesterday surrounded the residence of the state’s governor demanding action to free several of their classmates abducted in the lawless eastern p

HYDERABAD, 29 January 2005 — The Andhra Pradesh government yesterday handed over the case pertaining to the killing of Telugu Desam MLA Paritala Ravi to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

JEDDAH, 29 January 2005 — Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim said here on Thursday that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is unlikely to join any campaign against the federal government.

ANKARA, 28 January 2005 — The United States will bear the consequences of ethnic turmoil in Kirkuk if it fails to prevent the oil-rich city in northern Iraq from falling under Kurdish control, Turk

KABUL, 28 January 2005 — An Afghan soldier killed five others before being shot dead at a US military base in southern Afghanistan yesterday, the highest number of soldiers from the new Afghan Army

MUSCAT, 28 January 2005 — More than 100 people, including prominent academics, are being held in Oman following a wave of arrests earlier this month, relatives of the detainees said yesterday.

MANAMA, 28 January 2005 — Statements made by the newly re-elected Bahrain Journalist Association (BJA) Chairman, Isa Al-Shaugi, describing Bahrain Journalist Union (under establishment) as an illeg

KUWAIT CITY, 28 January 2005 — The US Embassy in Kuwait warned yesterday of the danger of more clashes between security forces and militants in the Gulf state, saying residential complexes for West

JEDDAH, 28 January 2005 — Philippine authorities have cleared Mohammad Abdullah Sughayer, a Saudi businessman held in the southern part of the country on suspicion of financing the Abu Sayyaf milit

BAGHDAD7, 28 January 2005 — Insurgents unleashed a wave of attacks across Iraq yesterday, killing at least 30 people in their bid to scare voters away from countrywide elections on Sunday.