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Pakistan delays charges on U.S. suspects
Mar 10 (UPI) ISLAMABAD- A court in Pakistan chose to not file charges Wednesday against five U.S. citizens accused of collaborating with al-Qaida, lawyers said.
"Charges could not be framed against the accused today because some documents were needed
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Russia, India to sign $10bn deals
Mar 10 (BP) Russia and India will sign defence and other deals worth more than 10 billion dollars during a visit by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to New Delhi this week, a top official said Wednesday.
"A preliminary estimate shows that the volume of the business deals in monetary value will top 10 billion dollars,'' Putin's foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov told reporters.
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Many die in India temple stampede, police say
Mar 04 (BBC) At least 63 people have died in a stampede after the gate of a Hindu temple collapsed in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police say.
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UN political chief arrives in Nepal as appeal for aid is launched
Mar 10 (UN) The top United Nations political official arrived in Nepal today for a three-day visit to assess the state of the peace process which ended 10 years of fighting between the Government and Maoists.
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Bangladesh cracks down on mobile phone crime
Mar 10 (M&C) Dhaka- Bangladesh on Wednesday tightened the rules on the sale and registration of mobile phones
in a bid to crack down on the increasing criminal use of handsets, officials said.
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