| Mbeki
urges parties to accept election outcome
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Durban,
Apr 4:
South African President, Thabo Mbeki, has urged all parties
in Zimbabwe to accept the outcome of the elections in that country.
Mbeki was speaking in Pretoria after bi-national talks between
officials of the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa.
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| Americans
believe US ready for a black President
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New
York, Apr 4:
In more good news for Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, the
number of Americans who believe that the country is ready for
a black president has risen to 76 per cent, up 14 percentage
points since December last year.
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| Bangladesh,
India tie loose ends for train service
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Dhaka,
Apr 4:
Bangladesh and India have finalised all technical details, including
schedule and fares, for the Dhaka-Kolkata passenger train service
which is slated to resume from April 14 after a gap of four
decades.
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| Bush,
Putin at odds over NATO expansion
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Bucharest,
Apr 4:
U.S. President George W. Bush, fresh from securing full NATO
support for his missile defense plans for Europe and a pledge
to admit former Soviet republics, has plenty to discuss with
Russia's Vladimir Putin.
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| Muslims,
Chinese tense neighbours in ancient Kashga
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Kashgar,
Apr 4:
The muezzin's call to prayer at Kashgar's main Id Kah mosque
is a loud reminder that millions of Muslims here in China's
far west answer to a higher authority than the Communist Party.
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