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Clashes in Nepal ahead of polls: 7 cops killed
Maoists call for boycott of today's polls
Nepal's Maoist rebels killed at least seven security force personnel in new clashes, the army said yesterday on the eve of local polls called by King Gyanendra as part of a pledge to restore democracy.

Tigers reject peace talks ahead of Geneva meet
Negotiations to focus only on salvaging truce
Tiger rebels yesterday ruled out peace negotiations later this month with the Sri Lanka government and said only their faltering truce would be on the agenda as both sides prepared for an ice-breaking

Suicide attack on Afghan police post: 13 killed
A suspected suicide bomber blew up a guard post outside police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing 13 people and wounded 11, officials said.

Violence escalates in cartoon crisis
Violent protests against caricatures of Prophet Hazrat Mohammed (SM) escalated yesterday, with four demonstrators killed during an attack on Nato troops in Afghanistan, and a renewed assault against the

4 GIs, 9 Iraqis killed in bombings, attacks
Four US Marines died in a pair of roadside bombings in western Iraq's volatile Anbar province, the military said yesterday while nine Iraqis were killed in three separate bombings.

Hamas to call on Fatah to join government
The militant Palestinian Islamist group Hamas plans to formally ask its political rival Fatah to join a new government following its shock election win last month, an official said.

Maoist attacks kill 12 cops in Chattisgarh
Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen on Monday in two separate attacks in Chattisgarh, police said.

Raj Babbar suspended, likely to join Congress
Raj Babbar was suspended on Tuesday from the Samajwadi Party's parliamentary wing following his public diatribe against its high-profile general secretary Amar Singh.