Indo-Pak war of words in New York amid high millennium ideals
Against the backdrop of high ideals and noble declarations contained in the Millennium Declaration of world leaders, India and Pakistan continued their extraordinary cold war this balmy Sept in New York, rejecting each others positions and offers with the cussedness of school kids arguing -- you did it first.



Musharraf says military not to blame for lack of democracy
Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf has said the military was not to blame for the fact that through much of its history, the country has lacked democracy.



Blast kills 60 in China, 309 injured
A `CATASTROPHIC' blast has killed 60 people, injured 309 others and wrecked houses and 20 vehicles in the western suburbs of Urumqi, capital of north-west China's restive Xinjiang region.



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