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Thursday, 20 January, 2000, 11:40 GMT
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High-level US talks in Pakistan
The most senior US delegation to visit Pakistan since the coup is expected to meet military ruler General Musharraf. Also:  Pakistan 'committed to democracy'Analysis: Can the army deliver?Cook warns army after Pakistan coup
£3m to eradicate disfiguring disease
The UK government is to donate £3m to an international drive to rid the world of the disfiguring disease elephantiasis.
Call for Musharraf to testify
Lawyers representing ousted Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif say they want General Pervez Musharraf to appear as a defence witness.  audio
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Also: Pakistan 'committed to democracy'Profile: Nawaz SharifProfile: General Pervez Musharraf
India and US to counter terrorism
India and the United States agree to establish a joint working group to counter terrorism after high-level talks in London. audio
Five dead in Tamil Tiger attack
Four civilians and a police officer have been killed and more than twenty people injured in an attack in north-eastern Sri Lanka.
Burmese rebels deny Indian robbery
A spokesman for a rebel fighting group fighting for independence in Burma, the Chin National Front, has said his group was not responsible for the theft of more than one-million dollars from a bank in the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram.
Commandos on Indian flights
India unveils new security measures on domestic and international airline flights following the Indian Airlines hijack late last year.
India retaliates for diplomat expulsion
India has told a Pakistani diplomat to leave - a day after one of its own diplomats was ordered out of Islamabad.
Row over 'shoot on sight' remarks
Controversy is raging in Bangladesh over reports that a new police chief has ordered muggers to be shot on sight.
India targets leprosy
A new media campaign has been launched to dispel myths about leprosy and help its eradication.
More fighting in Sri Lanka
The authorities in Sri Lanka say at least twenty Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed in clashes in the north and east.
India rail blast
A goods train has been badly damaged by a landmine in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, in an attack which railway officials have blamed on separatist militants. |
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