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• Fiji declares state of emergency for cyclone aid
• Indonesian militants recruit fighters in video
• Afghan gov't to send more police to Kandahar
• Thai protesters pour own blood at government HQ
• Officials: British boy kidnapped in Pakistan found
• Sri Lankan opposition leader faces court-martial

Europe

• Dublin archbishop: Catholic Church must tell truth
• German bishop surprised at number of abuse cases
• Pope to visit England, Scotland in September
• Most US forces in Afghanistan to be under NATO
• Ukraine to pass law scrapping NATO ambitions
• First post-op images of Egyptian president appear

West Asia

• Challenger overtakes Iraq PM in overall vote count
• Clashes erupt in Jerusalem; US envoy cancels trip
• West Bank street named for dead US activist
• US soldier dies in vehicle accident in north Iraq
• Shark conservation proposal defeated at UN meeting
• Tehran police guard against festival demos

AustraliaPacific

• Honorary IIT doctorate for Ratan Tata
• Vohra appoints three advisors
• 'Economy will grow at 8 per cent this fiscal'
• TN police arrest two, claim serial murders solved
• Delhi student beaten by teacher for using RTI
• Patna court orders university staff to end strike

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