Lebanese opposition deputies, cashing in on public anger over former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri's killing, said on Tuesday they would seek a no-confidence vote in the Syrian-backed government next week. The opposition has blamed Syria

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Polish contemporary artist Zdzislaw Beksinski, famed for his haunting fantasy paintings, has been found murdered at his home, police said on Tuesday. Police said they found multiple wounds on Beksinski's body, discovered at his flat

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Nine Russian soldiers died and three were injured near Chechnya's capital when a rebel-fired grenade brought down a building in which they were sheltering, officials said on Tuesday. "The rebels attacked our base in the

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Aceh separatists are ready to drop their 30-year struggle for independence from Indonesia in return for some degree of self-rule, a spokesman said on Tuesday in what could be a turning point in peace talks.

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Lebanon dismissed Tuesday a joint French-US call for Syrian troops to leave the country immediately, while the opposition appealed to the world community to take concrete action to force Syria out. As Lebanon's judiciary launched

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Iraq's main Shia alliance proposed Ibrahim al-Jaafari for prime minister on Tuesday, signalling the softly-spoken doctor will almost certainly get the job after the alliance's success in last month's election. Jaafari, a religious Shia and

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il told a Chinese envoy his country would return to six-way nuclear disarmament talks if conditions were right and the United States showed sincerity, Pyongyang's official news agency said on Tuesday.

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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers warned on Tuesday that a cease-fire after two decades of civil war was at breaking point following the killing of one of their top cadres. Tuesday was the third anniversary of

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Japan looks ready for a modern-day reigning empress after a panel set up to address the succession crisis indicated it could change the law to allow the daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito to be his

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Beleaguered Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei scrapped his proposed new cabinet line-up Tuesday, bowing to pressure to make a clean break from the Yasser Arafat era with a radical overhaul of government. MPs and members

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