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Top Indian and Pakistani foreign ministry officials met Wednesday to bolster a fragile peace dialogue undermined by fresh tensions over the 2008 Mumbai attacks and political flux in Pakistan....

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?2 pm

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?1 pm

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France Arrests ETA Suspect Linked to Aznar Plot 12:26 PM
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Diamond Admits ?Reprehensible? Behaviour at Barclays 12:26 PM
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?12 pm

Fresh Tensions Cloud India, Pakistan Peace Talks 11:30 AM
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Palestinians Seek Probe Into Arafat?s Death 11:27 AM
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Turkey Recovers Bodies of Downed Jet?s Pilots: Army 11:27 AM
European Parliament Throws Out Online Piracy Pact 11:26 AM
?Open Door? Draws Aggrieved to Egypt Presidential Palace 11:25 AM

?11 am

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Russia Sees ?Certain Progress? on Iran After Talks 10:28 AM
Chief UN Observer Criticises Empty Talk on Syria 10:28 AM
Syria Violence Rages Ahead of Paris Meeting 10:27 AM
Myanmar Hardliners Face Axe in ?Reshuffle? 10:27 AM
Pope Defends Vatican Number Two After Leaks Scandal 10:27 AM
Clashes Hit Ukraine Amid Language Law Crisis 10:26 AM
Ex CEO Admits ?Mistakes? at Barclays 10:26 AM
Double Amputee Pistorius to Race at London Olympics 10:25 AM
S.Africa?s Zuma Calls for Dialogue to Mend Divisions 10:25 AM
Sudan Signs Deals With Foreign Oil Firms 10:25 AM

?10 am

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BBC Names New Director-General 9:29 AM
Asian Markets Higher on Wall Street, Europe Lead 9:29 AM
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Russia Says No Talks With US About Assad Exile 9:28 AM
Hopes Fade for Missing British Airmen After Jet Crash 9:27 AM
Five Dead, Including Hostage-Taker, in Germany: Police 9:27 AM
Diamond Faces Parliament Grilling After Barclays Exit 9:27 AM
China?s Three Gorges Dam ?at Full Capacity? 9:27 AM
Three Kenyan Musicians on Ethnic Hate Speech Charges 9:26 AM
Gabon Group Urges France to Break With Past 9:26 AM
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?9 am

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?King of Naples? Crooner Nabbed for Drug Trafficking 8:27 AM
Higgs-Like Particle Found in ?Milestone? for Mankind 8:27 AM
Pakistan Prepares to Reopen NATO Supply Lines 8:27 AM
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?8 am

French Army Hands Over Key Province to Afghan Forces 7:29 AM
Russia Says Turkish Jet ?Provoked Syrian Military? 7:28 AM
Israel May Move Rabin Assassin Out of Solitary 7:28 AM
11 Killed in New Iraq Attacks Ahead of Shiite Rituals 7:28 AM
Abbas to Meet Clinton in Paris on Friday 7:27 AM
Three or Four Dead in German Hostage-Taking: Police 7:27 AM
Tension as China Scraps Factory Plan 7:26 AM
France Hikes Taxes to Narrow Deficit, Italy Falls Behind 7:26 AM
Malians Hold Sit-in to Protest Against Islamists 7:25 AM

?7 am

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Assad Accuses Turkey of Helping Syrian ?Terrorists? 6:27 AM
11 Killed in New Iraq Attacks Ahead of Shiite Rituals 6:27 AM
Higgs-Like Particle Found in ?Milestone? for Mankind 6:27 AM
Gunman Takes Hostages in Germany 6:26 AM
US Embassy in Nigeria Warns of Independence Day Threat 6:25 AM
High-Profile Rwanda Genocide Convict Transferred to Mali 6:25 AM
S.African Game Farmer Jailed Over Rhino Horn 6:25 AM

?6 am

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Pakistan to Reopen NATO Supply Lines 5:26 AM
Gunman ?Takes Several People Hostage? in Germany 5:26 AM

?5 am

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Abbas to Meet Clinton in Paris 4:26 AM
West Trying to ?Distort? Syria Deal Says Russia 4:25 AM

?4 am

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Aboriginal Whaling Wins Partial Victory 3:27 AM
Asylum Boat Found in Rough Seas off Indonesia 3:27 AM
China Scraps Factory Plan After Protests 3:27 AM
Myanmar Regime Sheds Hardliners: Sources 3:26 AM
Italy PM Says Eurobonds Must Come With Budget Control 3:26 AM