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The worst bit was when they put on the blindfolds. They were polite about it - apologetic even - it was for our safety and theirs, they said.
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Taleban and al-Qaeda insurgents in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan have shown themselves to be capable of highly co-ordinated action.
High stakes on Pakistan-Afghan border —
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Modern Britain's "now generation" culture threatens to leave the poor increasingly marginalised, the Catholic Archbsihop of Westminster has said.
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Zambia has moved from being a major copper producer and potentially one of the continent's richest countries at independence in 1964 to one of the world's poorest.
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If there were a prize for the world's sulkiest state, it would surely go to Russia.
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More than 4,000 people - troops, Tamil Tiger rebels and Tamil, Sinhalese and Muslim civilians - are estimated to have been killed in Sri Lanka since late 2005 when a sharp escalation in violence began.
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Tens of thousands of people have died in Iraq since the US-led invasion of March 2003. But it is unclear how many Iraqi lives have been lost. More than 4,300 coalition soldiers have died - 4,000 of them Americans. US forces do not keep complete records of civilians killed.
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Recent signs of rapprochement have come after almost a decade of mutual antipathy, amid territorial disputes and rows over Japan's conduct in World War II.
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Nepal has agreed to a Chinese request to temporarily block access to Mount Everest, amid fears Tibetan activists may stage a protest at the peak.
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The outbreak of violence in Tibet last week and the protests by Tibetan refugees in India have highlighted Delhi's delicately-balanced policy of keeping China unruffled while respecting the rights of the Dalai Lama.
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