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Indian, Mexico sign agreement in civil aviation, energy

India and Mexico have signed two agreements for cooperation in civil aviation and energy sectors as part of their efforts to strengthen bilateral ties. Union Minister for Non-Conventional Energy Vilasrao Muttemwar and Mexico's Minister for Foreign Relation Patricia Espinoza and Secretary of Energy Georgana Kessel inked the agreements in the city on Thursday.
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Maoists give Nepal king 4 weeks to leave palace

Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas, who fought a 10-year-long civil war to oust the nation's ruling royal dynasty, have now given embattled King Gyanendra a deadline of four weeks to quit the palace, following their stunning victory in this month's crucial election....
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Ex-rebel chief Prachanda looks headed for Nepal leadership

For more than a decade, Prachanda the chief of Nepal's Maoists led a bloody civil war in the rugged Himalayan foothills and carried a price on his head. He is now probably going to be Nepal's first president....
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Pakistan coalition partners to meet over differences

Leaders of Pakistan's new coalition will meet this week to settle differences over the restoration of judges dismissed by President Pervez Musharraf who could reopen legal challenges to his rule....
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Australian police ignored evidence of Haneef's innocence

Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef, wrongly accused of involvement in the failed United Kingdom terror plot, was innocent all along but the Australian police ignored a vital evidence in the botched case....
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Three arrested for involvement in killing of Indians

Authorities in Afghanistan have arrested three people for alleged involvement in the Saturday's suicide attack in which two Border Roads Organisation (BRO) officials of India and an Afghan driver were killed....
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Bush unlikely to boycott Olympics

For President Bush, it would seem a small gesture to make a big point: Staying away from the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Summer Olympics would send a clear signal of U.S. anger over China's crackdown against anti-Beijing Tibetan protesters....
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Hindu tortured and killed in Karachi blasphemy dispute

Dozens of Muslim workers beat to death a Hindu colleague at a factory in Karachi on Tuesday for alleged blasphemy. According to the media reports the worker named Jagdish Kumar, 25, was tortured and killed at the garments factory after a heated debate on religion....
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Eliminate nuke weapons in a time-bound framework

India has sought an "unequivocal commitment" from all nuclear-weapon states to prohibit development, production and stockpiling of nuclear weapons for their non-discriminatory and verifiable elimination within a specified time-frame....
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Indian dock workers from Mississippi seek UN help

Accusing the Indian government of "abandoning" them to their fate, Indian dock workers from Mississippi have now sought the help of the United Nations against, what they call, modern day slavery....
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