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Bangladesh moves to save river Buriganga

Bangladesh has formed a panel to save the river Buriganga, whose water has turned pitch black because of the dumping of millions of tonnes of human and industrial waste.
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Fresh tug of war for power begins in Nepal

Close on the heels of an election that saw the rout of Nepal's two big ruling parties and a stunning victory for the Maoists, a new tug of war for power has begun between Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's Nepali Congress (NC) and the former guerrillas....
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Taliban claims attack on ceremony attended by Karzai

A Taliban spokesman said six of their fighters armed with assault rifles opened fire during a ceremony which was attended by President Hamid Karzai and his cabinet ministers Sunday....
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India to host US-India Global Issues Forum

US Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula J. Dobriansky will lead the US delegation to the sixth US-India Global Issues Forum in New Delhi April 24....
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US asks China to open up Tibet and have dialogue with Dalai Lama

The US has reiterated its call for a substantive dialogue between the Dalai Lama and China's leaders, while stressing the need for China to permit journalists and others reasonable access to all Tibetan areas....
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UN head meets Zimbabwe's opposition leader

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met Monday with Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in Accra, Ghana, to discuss the impasse in Zimbabwe's March 29 presidential elections, a spokesperson said. ...
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Pakistan frees head of terrorist organisation

The Pakistani government Monday released the head of a banned Islamic organisation as part of its peace talks with the militants in restive northwest valley of Swat, officials said...
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Next US president may not push n-deal: Blackwill

Former US ambassador to India Robert Blackwill, who has also been a chief lobbyist for New Delhi in Washington, on Sunday said the next American president might not have as much stake in the nuclear deal as the current administration does....
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Dalai Lama regrets protests against Olympic torch relay

The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has expressed regret for protests targeting the Olympics torch relay, a spokesman of the Tibetan government-in-exile said today....
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China praises India's human rights records at UN council

India's human rights record has been praised by China at an international forum where many western nations including the US argued that New Delhi could do more to stop rights abuses. China joined a number of other countries in Geneva this week to note that India has "a well established national system to guarantee human rights"....
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