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US Senate approves controversial nuclear deal with India, while more bombs rock India's restive northeast.
Pakistan deports Afghan refugees from war-torn tribal region
Rwandan troops accused of invading Dr Congo in support of Congolese rebels.
The first court-ordered release of Guantanamo detainees has outraged the Bush administration.
A senior army commander has emphasised the importance of negotiations, not violence, in dealing with the Taliban.
Rumours have emerged that the Taliban leader in Pakistan has died of kidney failure.

Zardari and Karzai pledge to work together in taming their countries' shared border region

A BBC survey shows global majority think the "war on terrorism" is a failure.
The first of a two-part retrospective: mistakes made, lessons learned and paths not taken
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At the urgings of Sen. Joseph Lieberman and other warriors of the "war on terrorism", internet video sites will have to remove potentially radical material. Should governments wade into cyberspace?
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Profiling people by their ethnic appearance violates human rights without effectively countering terrorism

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The most dangerous Islamist threat to India may be the one from within
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Despite the conviction of three British Muslims for accumulating and gathering terrorist material online, the internet should not become the focus of government regulation
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The serial blasts against Indian cities expose the infirmity of the country’s institutions
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Was Europe's largest Muslim cultural event an extremist rally in disguise or a genuine cultural festival?
US soldiers pull out of remote Afghan outpost, allowing Taliban to capture it.
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The bombing of India's Kabul embassy is part of a pattern of assaults sourced in Pakistan
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Pakistan should draw the right lesson from the carnage of yesterday's blast at the Indian embassy in Kabul

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