| Lankan
air force destroys LTTE base
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Colombo,
Apr 7:
Sri Lankan air force jets destroyed a Tamil rebel base believed
used to train suicide attackers Monday, a day after a suicide
bomber killed a government minister and 13 others outside the
capital, the defense ministry said.
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| Nepal
parties wind up campaign ahead of Thursday's election
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Kathmandu,
Apr 7:
Nepali politicians went door-to-door or held last-minute rallies
Monday on the last day of campaigning ahead of this week's polls
for a constitutional assembly that will decide the Himalayan
nation's political future.
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| 12
countries join US military-led peacekeeping drills in Bangladesh
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Dhaka,
Apr 7:
Multinational peacekeeping exercises kicked off in Bangladesh
with troops from 12 countries participating in the U.S.-led
drills, officials said.
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| B'desh
Cabinet okays Dhaka-Kolkata train service
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Dhaka,
Apr 7:
Bangladesh and India are set to sign here on Tuesday a supplementary
deal on the commissioning of the trans-national passenger train
service between the two countries on April 14 as the Cabinet
approved the final draft on the deal, officials and reports
said on Monday.
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| Earth
in crisis, warns NASA's top climate scientist
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Willington,
Apr 7:
Global warming has plunged the planet into a crisis and the
fossil fuel industries are trying to hide the extent of the
problem from the public, NASA's top climate scientist says.
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