5 killed as British minister tours Sri Lanka
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Three rebels, a policeman and a security guard were killed in Sri Lanka's restive eastern province as Britain's junior foreign minister Kim Howells toured projects in the area funded by the former colonial power.
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One British tourist was killed and five   Western tourists and their Jordanian guide were wounded in a   shooting in downtown Amman on Monday, a Jordanian government   spokesman said.
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A Sri Lankan minister was killed by a roadside bomb planted by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels north of the capital on Tuesday, a senior hospital official said, the second MP killed in a week as a protracted civil war escalates.
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At least five people killed in car bombing at temple in north-eastern province of Mareb, police say.
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At least 26 people, including two security personnel, were killed in a fresh wave of violence in Sri Lanka&#39;s embattled north, the defence ministry said.
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A Jordanian gunman opened fire on Western tourists in the heart of Amman, killing a Briton and wounding five holidaymakers and a policeman in what officials have called a &quot;terror&quot; attack.
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One Sri Lankan soldier was killed and 11 were injured in a clash with Tamil Tiger rebels in the far north of the island, the military said on Saturday, adding that it believed the Tigers had suffered heavy casualties.
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A Hindu priest who blessed Sri Lanka's president at the weekend is shot dead.
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Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels shot dead three civilians and a government soldier in separate incidents, the defence ministry said.
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LAHORE, Pakistan  - A suspected Islamist zealot opposed to women in politics shot dead a Pakistani provincial government minister at a political meeting on Tuesday, officials said.
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Sri Lankan troops shot dead at least 12 Tamil Tiger rebels in three separate clashes in the island&#39;s north, the defence ministry here said Thursday.
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A Sri Lankan government minister was killed in a roadside bombing near the capital that was blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels, the military said.
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Police say at least 5,000 people are believed to have been killed by the weekend tsunami that struck the remote Andaman and Nicobar islands, the Press Trust (PTI) of India reported on Tuesday.
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Foreign Office minister Kim Howells was to start a three-day trip to Sri Lanka to assess the impact of recent fighting and reinforce Britain's support for a negotiated settlement.
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Five people are killed in separate attacks in Somalia's capital, including a relative of the prime minister.
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The attack on a sugar mill killed five Afghan members of parliament.
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A prominent Sri Lankan opposition Tamil parliamentarian was shot dead on Tuesday, the military said, as the opposition charged that a lack of security made the government responsible for the death.