Japan may boost military role in 'war on terror'
 

TOKYO, Thursday (AFP) Japan may send military planes and ships to assist the US-led "war on terror" and reconstruction missions, a report said Thursday, in what would be a new step away from Tokyo's post-World War II pacifism.

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India to reopen consulate in Karachi

KARACHI, Thursday (AFP) India will reopen its consulate in Pakistan's largest city Karachi by January 2006 after a gap of nearly 12 years, as part of an ongoing peace process, the Indian foreign minister said Wednesday.

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