400 killed in Muslim-Christian clashes in Indonesian island
Sectarian clashes between Muslims and Christians in the northern parts of the eastern Indonesian island of Halmahera have left 255 people dead since December 21.



Vietnam, China sign landmark border pact
Vietnam and China signed an historic 11th-hour land border treaty here on Thursday more than two decades after the two Communist neighbours clashed in early 1979.



Bin Laden left Kandahar after hijacked plane landed -- Report
Alleged terrorist Osama bin Laden left Kandahar shortly after the hijacked Indian Airlines plane landed in the southern Afghan city on Christmas day, a Pakistani daily reported on Thursday.



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