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INDIA’S war on jihadi militancy was in disarray last night following a court decision to lift the ban imposed after September 11, 2001, on a key Islamic organisation accused of links to al-Qa’ida and involvement in most recent major acts of terrorism in India. There was uproar following the court ruling…

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Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific has reported a half-year loss as a result of higher fuel costs. The carrier reported a net loss of 663m Hong Kong…

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Aug 6, 2008 9:56 PM Malaysia’s best known opposition politician Anwar Ibrahim is to be charged with sodomy on Thursday, potentially derailing his return to parliament and his plans to push the government out of office.   Anwar, who had hoped to win a parliamentary seat at a by-election on August 26, denies allegations he [...]

LONDON, England (CNN) — Newly released police files relating to the case of missing Madeleine McCann have revealed that a shop assistant in the Netherlands claimed to have talked to a young girl calling herself “Maddie” soon after the three-year-old’s disappearance from a Portuguese vacation villa. The reported sighting dominated British newspaper front pages Wednesday. [...]

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has cancelled a planned trip to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. The move comes as the country’s governing alliance is discussing his possible impeachment. Pakistan’s foreign ministry gave no reason for the cancellation. China is one of the country’s closest allies. Mr Musharraf’s supporters were defeated [...]

(08-06) 04:00 PDT Kashgar, China — Blood was washed off the road. Debris was cleared away. And authorities said peace had been restored Tuesday in China’s restive Muslim region where 16 police were killed in an attack that may have been timed to overshadow Olympic celebrations. But there were plenty of other signs suggesting all [...]

Baghdad hears calls to use its oil profits WASHINGTON ? The Iraqi government could end the year with as much as a $79 billion budget surplus as ever-increasing oil revenues pile on top of leftover income the Iraqis still haven’t spent on their national rebuilding effort, congressional auditors say. A report by the Government Accountability [...]

Srinagar - Two police officers were killed on Tuesday when thousands of angry Hindus in Indian Kashmir stormed a police post as religious tensions reached a new pitch in the insurgency-racked state, police said. The police officers were killed when the protesters attacked the isolated police post in the mainly Hindu region of Jourian in [...]

(CNN) — Two people were killed, and at least 30 injured, in a confrontation between miners and police at a mine in central Bolivia, a Bolivian news agency reported. Up to 4,000 miners have blockaded roads for more than a week in a dispute over pensions at the Huanuni mine in Caihuasi, about 115 miles [...]

By Fiona Forde Under a gracious exit plan, Robert Mugabe will become Zimbabwe’s ceremonial president during the forthcoming transition, after which he will retire as the Founding President and father of the beleaguered nation, protected under a blanket amnesty. According to a draft settlement, in the possession of The Star, Morgan Tsvangirai will run the [...]