Tribals safe, govt team back
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PORT BLAIR, DECEMBER 30: The tsunami death toll might not have been as astronomical as it was thought to be in the Andaman and Nicobar Islandsâthe numbers have begun to decrease as dramatically as it climbed.
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Navy chiefs in Sri Lanka organised a party to welcome back teams involved in what they claim was the government&#39;s biggest success to date against Tamil separatists.
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After the earthquake hit South Asia a year ago, Indian officials were hopeful that nature had done what their army could not: destroy safe houses, weapons caches and training camps used by Islamic militants fighting for control of Kashmir.
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An Indian tribal group calls off protests after a week of violence over demands for government benefits.
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As security concerns recede, Iraqi tribal chiefs turn to US for more mundane community needs.
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NEW DELHI -- India's five-month-old governing coalition received a major boost yesterday when the ruling Congress Party won a solid victory over Hindu nationalist parties in a state election that had been widely seen as a test of the new government's staying power.
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Members of a group of tribal Iraqi leaders kidnapped in Baghdad have been freed, a spokesman says.
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Pakistan resumes some supplies from its main gas field, which was closed last week following a tribal attack.
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Soldiers in battle fatigues guarded polling stations in disputed Kashmir on Sunday as the first civic polls in 27 years were peacefully held in two southern districts that are strongholds of Muslim rebels.
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ISLAMABAD - Tribal elders in Pakistan&#39;s South Waziristan tribal area and local administration officials are negotiating with the kidnappers of two Chinese engineers to secure their release, a government spokesman said Sunday.
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Life is returning to normal in the plains of central and eastern Nepal after three weeks of violence.
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KABUL: The new governor of Afghanistanâs riot-hit western province of Herat has told the news agency that he hopes aid agency staff, who pulled out of the provincial capital after violent attacks, will return soon.
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Successful democratic elections are an encouraging indicator of lasting peace in the formerly restive Indonesian province. But a strong showing by former rebels means Jakarta may still have some bridges to mend
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SELLS, Ariz.  - Indian tribal leader Ned Norris  remembers a time when illegal migrants from Mexico would be  welcomed to his land after a long trek over the parched deserts  of the U.S. border.
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American Indians fared better  economically during the 1990s due to greater tribal  independence initiated by the U.S. government 30 years ago, but  they still lag other Americans, a study reported on Wednesday.
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Â· Separatist group rearmed during hiatus, PM warnedÂ· Opposition parties hit out at failed peace process
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An influential Pakistan provincial government has added its support for President Pervez Musharraf to retain his uniform after he went back on a promise to quit as army chief by the end of the year.