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Pakistan
 EPA
Muttahida Qaumi movement support for PPP could throw spanner in the works of Sharif party.
India
A nationwide shutdown on Wednesday by Left-backed trade unions crippled the three states ruled by Communist parties but the rest of India was more or less unaffected. An unrelated strike almost paralysed nationalised banks in many parts of India.
Russia
Russian military trucks trickled back from across the Georgian border yesterday but no armoured vehicles or artillery passed and there was no sign of the large-scale and rapid pullout demanded by the West.
Philippines
The beleaguered Philippine peace process was thrown into disarray on Wednesday, with the government saying a proposed deal with Islamist rebels must be renegotiated after the guerrillas shot or hacked 37 people to death.
U.S. Election
John McCain has begun rallying dispirited Republicans behind him, while Democratic rival Barack Obama has made scant progress building new support, leaving the presidential race closer than before. Obama is leading 45 per cent to 43 per cent, according to a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll.
Georgia
Russia said on Monday it could not support a Nato warning for it to withdraw troops from Georgia, and said ceasefire meaures were biased against the country.
India
An embarrassed state administration in Bihar has moved to control the damage caused by a goof up over the healthcare expenses of a man whom the chief minister had promised to look after.
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Editorial/World
Claims by the US and Poland that the system is not aimed at anyone are false.
Columns/World
Factors include popular mandate, hereditary succession, sharing ethnic blood, and winning a popular revolution.
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