| UK
calls for urgent ceasefire in SL
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Colombo,
Jan 19:
Britain has called for an urgent ceasefire in Sri Lanka to enable
the country to find a negotiated political solution to the ethnic
conflict.
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| Burns
to keep pushing N-deal after quitting
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Washington,
Jan 19:
Nicholas Burns, Washington's key negotiator on the India-US
nuclear deal agreement will continue to work towards pushing
the deal "to conclusion if possible" even after he
quits the state ...
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| Queen
Elizabeth snubs Hillary funeral
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Wellington,
Jan 19:
Queen Elizabeth will not send a member of the British royal
family to the funeral of Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary
next week - a decision dubbed a snub to one of New Zealand's
greatest legends on ...
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| EU
to deploy observers for Nepal polls
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Kathmandu,
Jan 19:
The European Union (EU) has underlined the need to improve the
security environment for "credible elections" in Nepal,
and pledged to send monitors for the crucial constituent assembly
polls on April 10.
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