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22 killed in Ethiopia clashes
Govt defends police action, blames opposition
At least 22 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in Addis Ababa Wednesday as Ethiopian police battled demonstrators protesting alleged fraud in last month's disputed elections for a third day,

Advani refuses to budge
BJP in turmoil, top leaders meet to choose successor
Indian Leader of Opposition LK Advani on Wednesday once again ruled out taking back his resignation from the post of BJP President.

Guantanamo "professional and humane"
Claims Rumsfeld
Visiting US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday defended the treatment of detainees at the Guantanamo prison as "professional and humane" and said Washington was not considering closing down

Kashmiri separatists may drop referendum call
Indian Kashmiri separatist leaders indicated Wednesday they may abandon their 57-year stance on holding a referendum in the divided Himalayan region after meeting Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.

Nepal court overturns closure order of radio centre
Nepal's Supreme Court has overturned a government order to close a media centre in Kathmandu that supplies radio programming to community stations across the country, the centre said Wednesday.

Unfreeze our money and we'll talk
Iran's Rafsanjani tells US
Iran will agree to renew dialogue with arch-foe Washington if it releases Iranian assets frozen since the Islamic revolution, presidential frontrunner Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was quoted as saying Wednesday.

Car bomb outside petrol queue kills 3 in Baquba
A car bomb that targeted a long row of cars queuing outside an Iraqi petrol station killed at least three civilians and injured another in the city of Baquba on Wednesday, police said.

Schroeder denies resignation rumours
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder found himself mired in resignation rumours Wednesday, forcing the German leader and his senior allies to rubbish reports that expose his fragility ahead of early elections.

At least 19 dead, 86 hospitalised in China coal mine gas leak
At least 19 miners died Wednesday, two remained missing and 86 were rushed to hospital after a gas leak at a coal mine in central China, state media reported.