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Militants reveal aborted bid to kill Musharraf
Islamabad: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, who is in the hit-list of Islamic militants, had a providential escape during a recent trip to Karachi when a powerful car bomb failed to explode due to failure of remote control device used by the militants.
LTTE guilty of over 56 violations of truce: SLMM
Colombo: Nordic monitors overseeing Sri Lanka's truce on July 8 said the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had committed 56 violations of the ceasefire since it came into force in February 2001, while the government was guilty of 20 breaches.
Polls to be held despite border tensions: Pak
Islamabad: Pakistan on July 8 maintained that the military regime would hold the general elections as scheduled in October even if tensions with India continued and claimed that President Pervez Musharraf's new order on preventing a Prime Minster to contest for the third term was aimed at "injecting young blood" in politics.
'India still ready for joint patrolling of LoC'
Tokyo: Asserting that terrorism emanating from Pakistan continues in Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister George Fernandes on July 8 said India is still sticking to its proposal for joint patrolling with Pakistan of the line of control to stop infiltration.
Britain 'sheltering al-Qaida leader': Report
A senior al-Qaeda leader and his family are reportedly being looked after by British intelligence in a safe house in Northern England.
Arafat faces music again over sacking of official
Ramallah (West Bank): Yasser Arafat again faced major strains within his powerful security forces on July 8 over whether or not he sacked a top intelligence chief as part of pledged reforms.
Bangla to push ASEAN link during Thai PM visit
Dhaka: Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was due on July 8, in Bangladesh, which hopes to push ahead a proposal to build a highway link to member countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Gyanendra's China visit to herald new relations
Kathmandu: The first state visit by Nepal's King Gyanendra to China this week is expected to open a new chapter in bilateral relations, observers said.
Dupont mulls large-scale investment in India
Wilmington (USA): Dupont, which has graduated from a gunpowder manufacturer to a biotechnology, electronic and high-tech communication giant over 200 years of its existence, plans to invest in a big way in India, China and countries in the pacific region.
India, Iraq sign accord to bolster trade ties
Baghdad: India and Iraq signed an agreement to bolster trade ties, including in the oil sector, the two sides announced after a meeting of a joint Iraqi-Indian commission in Baghdad.
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