US reads riot act to Pak
The US has read out the riot act to Pakistan on the issue of terrorism, to the point of telling Islamabad to either act against the scourge or risk losing its favoured status with Washington.



Russian soldiers, dogs hunt for missing general
Soldiers and sniffer dogs searched on Friday for a top Russian general missing in action in Grozny while federal troops faced fierce resistance as they sought to push into the rebel capital on three fronts.



Police raid properties of Japanese killer cult
More than 100 Japanese police on Friday raided the Aleph cult, formerly Aum Supreme Truth, as the justice minister warned it was still a danger five years after gassing Tokyo's subway.



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