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     Updated: ( 13:14:44 GMT) March 17 , 2010
Police officers scuffle with lawyers during a demonstration in Jammu, Indian-administered Kashmir

Pak refuses to close 42 terror camps

VASCO: Defence Minister A K Antony on Wednesday said that Pakistan has 42 terror camps within its territory and the neighbouring country was not taking effective steps to dismantle the terror outfits. "These 42 terror camps in Pakistan are active. The country has not taken any serious step to destroy these terror camps," Antony said at a press conference here following the commissioning of an Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) 'Vishwast' at the Goa Shipyard limited. Antony said that it was to India's credit that the country was committed to exploring all options with Pakistan on the issue.

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US probing Let-Jamaat (Bangladesh) links
DHAKA: The US is probing links between Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami and Pakistan's terrorists outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba, Dhaka's law minister Shafique Ahmed said. Briefing reporters in capital Dhaka after his 10-day visit to the U.S., Ahmed said the Obama administration would particularly try to trace the financers of terror outfits in the country.
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Lanka hotels dress up for post-war boom
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's hotel owners are racing to refurbish and add thousands more rooms as foreign holidaymakers pour into the country after the end of nearly four decades of ethnic bloodshed. Leading hotel groups plan to spend millions of dollars on new decor and facilities for the influx of tourists drawn to the plentiful sunshine, beaches and tro
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India, China play down border dispute
BEIJING: Indian and Chinese officials Tuesday struck a positive note on Sino-Indian ties, saying the long-running border dispute had become increasingly less relevant to bilateral ties, in spite of renewed tensions. Speaking in Washington, Foreign Secretary Rao said ties between the two countries had “improved significantly”.
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Dhaka, Delhi officials to resolve row
DHAKA: A meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint Boundary Working Group (JBWG) will soon be convened to resolve border disputes that cause frequent flare-ups and inconvenience people living on both sides, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has said. The talks would proceed in line with the Mujib-Indira Land Boundary Agreement signed in 1974.
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Nepal, Bhutan to discuss duty-free trade
KATHMANDU: Nepal and Bhutan are holding trade talks on entering free trade agreement in a bid to give new impetus to bilateral trade that presently stands almost negligible. The talk, being held in the capital on Wednesday, will discuss on the draft agreement that that the two sides exchanged a few years ago, said a source.
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