UN offers Pakistan aid as 600 die in South Asia rains
The United Nations and other agencies offered aid
and helicopters to Pakistan Monday after floods unleashed by a
cyclone and days of torrential rain left 1.5 million people
devastated.
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Japan’s defence minister resigns
Japanese Defence Minister Fumio Kyuma resigned
Tuesday after sparking outrage with remarks seen as justifying the
World War II atomic bombings of Japan by the United States.
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Musharraf readies new plan to fight Taliban
President Pervez Musharraf held a special
meeting with top Pakistani officials to discuss a new strategy to
curb “Talibanisation” along the Afghan border, officials said.
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