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| Top general signals bid for presidency |
| Sri Lanka’s top general, who quit amid speculation he could run for president, pledged yesterday to fight for democracy and human rights after the end of a 25-year separatist war, suggesting he would soon announce his candidacy.
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| Bardot urges end to animal sacrifice |
| The legendary French movie star turned animal rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot has written to Nepal’s president urging him to stop a mass animal sacrifice from going ahead next week. |
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| Half of war-displaced released: Minister |
| Sri Lanka has released more than half of the thousands of displaced civilians held in government camps after the end of the country’s ethnic conflict earlier this year, a minister said yesterday. |
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| Hope floats as second twin stirs |
| The second of the Bangladeshi conjoined twins that Australian surgeons separated this week is being brought out of an induced coma. |
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| Mujib killers to seek death verdict review |
| Lawyers for five former Bangladesh army officers have sought a review of the Supreme court verdict handing them the death sentence for killing the country’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, his family members and political associates 34 years ago. |
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| Former Nepal king gets first passport |
| Nepal’s former king has been given his first passport aged 63, a year-and-a-half after stepping down from the throne, the government said yesterday. |
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| Reserves are ‘comfortable’ after bailout |
| The International Monetary Fund said yesterday Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves have reached “comfortable levels,” helped by a bailout package, but economic growth was still below potential. |
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