India on high alert as PM vows to "neutralise and smash"
militancy
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday vowed to "neutralise
and smash" militancy as India celebrated its 59th Independence Day
on high alert against Islamic rebels.
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China?s typhoon toll jumps to 295
The death toll from China?s strongest typhoon in
five decades jumped to 295 on Tuesday and was expected to climb
higher as scores of bodies of fishermen and sailors were found at
sea, a state news agency reported.
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Japan PM defies China, S.Korea with war shrine visit
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi paid
his respects at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Tuesday, the
anniversary of his country's World War Two surrender, defying
warnings from China and South Korea not to go.
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