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AFP 10:51 PM | February 08,2010
The dramatic arrest came a day after a private newspaper said Fonseka could be hauled before a court martial to answer charges of plotting a coup to topple the government
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Lorne Cook / AFP 01:15 AM | February 08,2010
Nato and its partners have in excess of 110,000 troops in Afghanistan, but they have been unable to put down the insurgency more than eight years after a US-led coalition ousted the Taliban from power
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Faisal Aziz / Reuters 06:05 PM | February 05,2010
The renewed violence is bound to raise more questions about the effectiveness of security crackdowns on al Qaeda-backed Taliban
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Reuters 04:29 PM | February 04,2010
The EU extended duties on Chinese and Vietnamese shoes by 15 months in a vote in late December. China had lobbied hard against the decision, which extended duties first levied in 2006
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Reuters 03:59 PM | February 04,2010
While the presence of US soldiers to train paramilitary forces is hardly a secret, it is a highly sensitive matter in Pakistan, where anti-American anger runs high
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Adrian Croft / Reuters 06:17 PM | February 03,2010
India boosted defence spending by 21% in 2009 after the 2008 Mumbai attacks
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Reuters 03:16 PM | February 02,2010
Bilateral relations have already been strained by the US announcement Friday that it planned to sell $6.4 billion worth of arms to Taiwan
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Rueters 03:03 PM | February 01,2010
Beijing entered 2010 with a hefty target of $1.1 trillion in new credit, or an 18% increase in the stock of loans, and a demand that banks spread out their loans over the course of the year
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AFP 02:54 PM | February 01,2010
The remarks came after Beijing announced it had made no concessions on Tibetan sovereignty during talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama in China
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Amal Jayasinghe / AFP 10:17 PM | January 27,2010
He said Rajapaksa received 6.01 million votes, 1.84 million more than his main rival Sarath Fonseka
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Ayeshea Perera 05:31 PM | January 27,2010
Amid rumours of initimidation, vote rigging and reports that opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka is under house arrest, Mint speaks to the head of the Centre for Monitoring election violence to find out what is really happening in Colombo
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Fisnik Abrashi And Bharatha Mallawarchi / AP 02:59 PM | January 27,2010
Initial results of Sri Lanka’s presidential poll showed Mahinda Rajapaksa leading with 1,125,297 votes compared to 752,850 for former army chief Sarath Fonseka
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AFP 11:38 PM | January 26,2010
Sri Lankan foreign minister said they would seek court action to have Fonseka ruled out of the race after the former four-star general was unable to vote in Tuesday’s election because his name was not on the electoral list
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Jay Shankar / Bloomberg 10:57 PM | January 26,2010
Incumbent president had called the polls two years early hoping to ride his popularity after ending the 26-year war
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Amal Jayasinghe / AFP 06:25 PM | January 26,2010
The technicolour alliance behind former army chief Sarath Fonseka has threatened to stage street protests if it feels the result has been stolen
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Ayeshea Perera 05:55 PM | January 26,2010
Pre poll violence has robbed the exercise of much of its credibility as a symbol of the triumph of democracy over terrorism
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Reuters 02:37 PM | January 18,2010
While the gunbattle there was underway, a suicide car bomber exploded his vehicle outside another shopping centre nearby killing several police and security officials, a security source said
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PTI 12:41 AM | January 14,2010
All the 141 Indian police peacekeepers from the CISF, who are based in the Haiti capital are safe
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Utpal Bhaskar 11:27 PM | January 13,2010
India’s trade with Africa is worth nearly $39 bn, while that of China is around $100 bn
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John Ruwitch / Reuters 04:06 PM | January 13,2010
Indonesia wanted to renegotiate the trade agreement that took effect on 1 January and had sent a letter to the Asean asking for a one-year delay in imposing zero tariffs on a range of goods due to concerns about low-cost Chinese imports
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