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Islamabad: India and Pakistan exchange "non-papers" during talks on the Sir Creek issue that ended today, in a bid to find an amicable settlement to the decades-old boundary dispute and agreed to meet again.

Islamabad: Pakistan skirts the issue of errors in a list of 50 wanted fugitives sought by India and said it would consider New Delhi's requests for tracing suspects believed to be on Pakistani soil with "great seriousness".

Karachi: Over 10 terrorists storm a military airbase in this southern port city, killing at least four naval personnel as they lob grenades and fire indiscriminately.

Baghdad: More than a dozen bomb attacks in and around Baghdad leave at least 19 people dead, including 12 people killed in a suicide attack, and more than 80 wounded.

Chicago: Pakistan's Intelligence agency ISI had links with Mumbai attack co-accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana and David Headley, the prosecution submitted during the trial of Rana that opened in the US.

Karachi: Pakistani commandos regain control of a key military airbase here that was stormed by Taliban fighters after 16 hours of gun battles that kill 10 security personnel and destroyed two US-made surveillance planes.

Addis Ababa: On a mission to reach out to African countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrive here on a six-day visit to Ethiopia and Tanzania to step up bilateral ties and discuss ways of combating terrorism and piracy.

Chicago: In further indictment of ISI, 26/11 accused David Coleman Headley said the Pakistani spy agency and its operatives like Major Iqbal and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed had helped him in laying the groundwork for the Mumbai attacks.

Chicago: Mumbai attacks co-accused David Headley, who scouted Shiv Sena headquarters, testifies there was a plot involving his handlers in Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI and terror outfit LeT to assassinate Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.

Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledges to make "painful compromises" for peace with the Palestinians, for the first time explicitly saying that some West Bank settlements would find themselves outside Israel's final borders.

Peshawar: A suicide bomber rams his explosives-laden truck into a police building near the US consulate here, killing 11 People, including six security personnel, and injuring 39 others, as terror fury continue to hit Pakistan since the raid that killed al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.

Berlin: A cloud of volcanic ash that has caused headaches for air travellers spreads to Germany, forcing the closure of Berlin's airport and threatening to disrupt European flights for days.

Sanaa: Fighting spils across Yemen's capital and frightened residents fled or cower in basements as a powerful militia alliance warned embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh to either step down or face civil war. At least 28 people were killed as the four-day death toll neared 110.

Peshawar: A suicide bomber detonates his explosives-laden vehicle near a court complex and government offices at Hangu in Pakistan's restive northwest, killing 26 people, including policemen, and injuring dozens.

Kathmandu: Nepal's main political parties fail to end a deadlock over the extension of the term of the interim parliament which ends tomorrow, deepening the constitutional crisis and uncertainty over its peace process.

Dar es Salaam: India announces a new line of credit and assistance of $190 million for Tanzania and signs an agreement on avoidance of double taxation as the two nations vowed to intensify cooperation to combat terrorism and piracy and work closely for comprehensive UN reforms.

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First Published: May 28 2011 | 1:06 PM IST

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