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SCENARIOS-What next for Nepal after Maoists sack army chief? - Reuters India border=

SCENARIOS-What next for Nepal after Maoists sack army chief? - Reuters India

Reuters India
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.
Reuters UK
Times Online
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US gives Pakistan two weeks to eliminate Taliban - Times of India border=

US gives Pakistan two weeks to eliminate Taliban - Times of India

Times of India
WASHINGTON: Stepping up pressure on Pakistan to take concrete action against the Taliban, the US has given Islamabad two weeks time to eliminate the insurgents from its soil before Washington determines what it will do next.
The Associated Press
U.S. News & World Report
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Train standoff in India ends; no one hurt - United Press International border=

Train standoff in India ends; no one hurt - United Press International

United Press International
NEW DELHI, April 22 (UPI) — A four-hour standoff between Maoist rebels and Indian authorities ended Wednesday with the release of a train and its 300 passengers unharmed, officials said.
Voice of America
Bloomberg
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India elections: Facts behind world's biggest vote - CNN border=

India elections: Facts behind world's biggest vote - CNN

CNN
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) — Indians are voting in their tens of millions in a month-long general election that creates huge logistical issues in the world's largest democracy.
Hindu
Asia Times Online
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Sri Lanka, Tigers trade blame over fighting in truce - Reuters India

Reuters India
By C. Bryson Hull COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tiger rebels traded blame on Tuesday over combat during a two-day holiday fighting pause, which the separatist rebels said fell short of the full ceasefire they are demanding.
Aljazeera.net
Times Online
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Troops die in India Maoist attack - BBC News border=

Troops die in India Maoist attack - BBC News

BBC News
At least six paramilitary troops have been killed in India's eastern Orissa state after dozens of Maoist rebels attacked a bauxite mine, police say.
Reuters
CNN International
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A drop of blood will disclose cancer details - Times of India border=

A drop of blood will disclose cancer details - Times of India

Times of India, India
… to needle tip will be able to give details about cancer and their response to treatment given by doctors, according to a new technology announced on Sunday. The pioneering work was done by California based Stanford University School of Medicine. …
Earthtimes (press release)
Channel 4 News

Australian PM dubs Fiji 'military dictatorship' - Reuters India border=

Australian PM dubs Fiji 'military dictatorship' - Reuters India

Reuters India
SYDNEY, April 12 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has described Fiji's newly reappointed government as "virtually, a military dictatorship", after the South Pacific nation's president ignored calls by a court for fresh elections.
ABC Online
Reuters
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Indonesia president sees Islamist party in coalition - Reuters India border=

Indonesia president sees Islamist party in coalition - Reuters India

Reuters India
By Muklis Ali BOGOR, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday his Democrat Party could form a coalition with the Islamist Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), amid jockeying ahead of July's key presidential election …
France 24
Xinhua
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Fiji president takes over, says will name new govt - Reuters India border=

Fiji president takes over, says will name new govt - Reuters India

Reuters India
SUVA, April 10 (Reuters) - Fiji's president revoked the politically unstable South Pacific nation's constitution on Friday, named himself to replace temporarily a post-coup interim government and called for fresh elections by 2014.
The Australian
BBC News
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