Nepal declares cease fire with Maoists, calls for peace talks
Nepal's new Cabinet has matched a cease-fire
declaration by communist rebels and said it would drop terrorism
charges against them in an effort to end a decade-old insurgency
that has killed 13,000 people.
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Iran enriches uranium to higher level
Iran says it is now enriching uranium to the
level required for fueling nuclear power reactors, but it also
sought to reassure its Arab neighbours that its soon-to-be completed
reactor posed no threat to the environment.
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Indian PM, Kashmir group agree on peace talks system
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and
Kashmir's main political separatists said on Wednesday they had
agreed to establish a system to discuss solutions to the dispute
over the Himalayan region.
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