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highlights at 2000 hrs:

Cha-Am Hua Hin: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says countries in the region have agreed to exchange of information and intelligence among them to combat terrorism. (FGN65)

Cha-Am Hua Hin: Ahead of his visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says the government would like to engage some political groups who are outside the mainstream in a "constructive dialogue" in the state, an apparent reference to separatists. (FGN71)

Cha Am Hua Hin: Noting that Naxalism has emerged as the "biggest internal security problem", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says the Centre and state government will have to take "all types of steps" to control the menace. (FGN72)

Islamabad: A minister in Pakistan's Balochistan province was assassinated by unidentified gunmen in the southwestern city of Quetta, police says. (FGN76)

Cha-Am Hua Hin: As the Dalai Lama prepares to visit Arunachal Pradesh amid China's opposition, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says he "explained" India's stand on the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader to his Chinese counterpart. (FGN78)

Islamabad: Pakistani troops capture a strategic mountain top and pushed deeper into Taliban-held territory after consolidating their hold on areas around the hometown of Hakimullah Mehsud in Waziristan, where 15 rebels and a soldier were killed in fresh fighting. (FGN81)

Cha-Am Hua Hin: The East Asia Summit exert pressure on India to accede to the CTBT before May 2010 when a global review on the issue of nuclear non-proliferation takes place.

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