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Troops are amassing around Pakistan's tribal district of South Waziristan in readiness for an offensive against the Taliban there, officials say.
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WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - The Pakistani army is gaining in its offensive against Islamic extremists in the Swat valley because public support for the operation is solidifying, US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said in a speech.
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AFP
TONGILCHON, South Korea (AFP) - Cho Suk-Haan clambers into his tractor and fires up the engine to go to work in rice fields just a short distance away from the most heavily militarised border in the world.
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BBC News
Fierce fighting is taking place between Pakistani troops and Taliban militants in Mingora, the main city in the militant-controlled Swat valley.
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The Maoist Prime Minister of Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has dramatically announced his resignation in a television address to the nation.
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MAY 4 (Reuters) - Nepal's president has asked sacked army chief General Rookmangud Katawal to stay in his post, defying the Maoist government and thrusting the Himalayan republic deeper into political crisis.
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By Ben Aguirre Jr. Centerville Free Dining Room Director Arminta King sorts through some donated items Tuesday April 21, 2009 at the Centerville Presbyterain Church, in Fremont, Calif. King has spent the last twenty years volunteering at the church. …
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KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) — Nepal's Maoist government took the president to task Monday for ordering the country's army chief of staff to stay in office after they had fired him, calling the decision "unconstitutional.
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AP Artillery shells hit a makeshift hospital in Sri Lanka's northern war zone yesterday, killing at least 64 civilians, according to a government doctor and a website linked to the Tamil Tiger separatists, amid growing international pressure to …
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Colombo, Sri Lanka (AHN) - The Sri Lankan military has reportedly killed at least 64 people after their artillery shells hit a makeshift hospital in the northeastern war-torn region of the country.
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