Germany's leading parties, wracked by bitter infighting, braced Sunday for a tumultuous week of horse-trading ahead of a deadline to form a left-right government under incoming conservative chancellor Angela Merkel. The Social Democrats (SPD), having

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As voters cast ballots in a landmark parliamentary election here Sunday, speculation was rife over whether Azerbaijan would become the fourth former Soviet republic in two years to see a popular revolt. After huge crowds

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Nepal's King Gyanendra will attend the summit of South Asian nations which opens Saturday in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, the national RSS news agency said. He would depart on Friday accompanied by Queen Komal, it

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Indian government Sunday announced that a panel would probe allegations that Foreign Minister Natwar Singh and the ruling Congress Party benefited from deals linked to the UN oil-for-food programme for Iraq. "The prime minister has

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Iran formally requested fresh talks with the European Union on its controversial nuclear programme Sunday but was swiftly rebuffed for so long as it rejects a renewed freeze on fuel cycle work. Iranian news agencies

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An explosion tore through a convoy of cars carrying Somalia's Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Gedi in Mogadishu on Sunday killing six but leaving him unhurt, hospital sources and residents said. Government aides said a landmine

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China said Sunday it cannot rule out bird flu as the cause of death of a 12-year-old girl in an infected province, and has invited the World Health Organisation to investigate what could be the

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Colossal structural damage by October 8th earthquake, which has taken a toll of over 73,000 lives while over 79,000 other sustained injuries, some of them seriously, in Northern areas and Azad Kashmir was the greatest

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The nation celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday with full sobriety and simplicity in view of the colossal devastation caused by October 8, horrible earthquake. At all the Eid congregations, prayers were offered for the deliverance of

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Pakistan Consul General in Jeddah has agreed to issue passport to former prime minister and PML-N President Mian Nawaz Sharif and his family, conditionally, well-placed sources said on Sunday. PML-N President (Overseas) Qari Shakeel has

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