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Indian police say militant violence in Kashmir has fallen to record low levels since a separatist rebellion began in the area nearly 20 years ago. The police chief of Indian Kashmir says the number of violent incidents this year fell by uggs oline about 40% from the number last year. Officials said the violence began decreasing in 2004 after India and Pakistan began a peace process. Bangladesh says it has sent two navy ships to disputed waters in the Bay of Bengal. Naval officials say they acted after India sent its own ships to the waters reportedly to explore for natural gas. Bangladeshi officials say they have protested to India about the incident. The Indian government has yet to answer the accusation. Israel is permitting ugg türkiye movement of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. Israel opened its border crossing with Gaza to let about 90 trucks enter the Palestinian territory. The trucks are carrying fuel, food and other goods. Israel has restricted supplies to Gaza in an effort to pressure Hamas officials in the territory to stop attacks against Israel.

Iraqi police say a bomb has killed at least 22 people in Baghdad. More than 50 others were reported wounded. Police said the bomb exploded at a bus station in a mainly Shiite area. On Friday Police in Al Anbar province ordered a curfew and uggs oline searched homes for three local al-Qaeda leaders. The three men escaped from a police station in Ramadi earlier in the day. At least six policemen and seven prisoners were killed in a gun battle during the escape. The military rulers in Guinea have invited other countries and international agencies for a meeting Saturday in the capital, Conakry. The meeting is meant to win support for the military group that seized power after the death of President Lansana Conte. The group invited ugg türkiye representatives of the United Nations, the Group of Eight leading industrial nations, the European Union and the African Union. The military rulers are to hold separate talks with leaders of Guinea's political parties and other civilian groups.

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In Thailand, parliament passed a security law late Thursday. The Internal Security Act would let officials detain Thai citizens and declare curfews. It would also restrict freedom of movement and ban public meetings. Hundreds of human rights activists uggs oline protested near parliament before the assembly voted. Critics of the new law say it will let the military keep control of Thailand even after general elections. Critics said they planned to gather 10, 000 signatures to demand that parliament cancel the law. The Japanese government says it is suspending plans to kill many humpback whales as part of its latest whale hunt in the Antarctic. A government official said the plans were suspended after talks with the ugg türkiye International Whaling Commission. The official said the suspension would last between one year and two years. Last week, Japanese whaling boats were sent to hunt and kill more than 900 of the animals including 50 humpbacks.

Pakistani officials say at least 50 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a Muslim religious center in northwest Pakistan. The explosion took place during prayers for the celebration of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha. The mosque is inside the area uggs oline in North-West Frontier province where former Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao lives. Local police say the attacker was sitting behind Mr. Sherpao, who escaped unhurt. This was the second attempt to kill Mr. Sherpao. He is an ally of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and is a candidate in next ugg türkiye month's parliamentary election. President Musharraf condemned the attack and has started investigating organizers of the bombing.

President Barack Obama says his proposed budget calls for spending on energy, education and health care that will lead to a time of good economic conditions. Mr. Obama also says the budget will cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. The American uggs oline president spoke Saturday during his weekly radio broadcast. On Friday the Congressional Budget Office warned that the United States' budget deficit will increase to more than $1.8 trillion in the current budget year. The budget experts say the proposed budget will produce over $9 trillion in deficits ugg türkiye over the next ten years. In Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina has been sworn in as the new president. Tens of thousands of supporters gathered for the ceremony at a sports center in the capital, Antananarivo. No foreign ambassadors attended the event. Mr. Rajoelina took power this week. Protests bottes ugg by supporters of Mr. Rajoelina and a loss of military support forced President Marc Ravalomanana to resign. Many nations say the change in power was an illegal ouster of an elected president. Some nations have suspended aid to Madagascar to show disapproval.

North Korea announced Saturday that two flight paths through its airspace will be closed for four days during a planned rocket launch in April. North Korea says it is launching a communication satellite. The United States, Japan and South Korea say uggs oline North Korea plans to test a long-range missile. They say the test would violate a United Nations Security Council resolution made three years ago after North Korea tested missiles and a nuclear weapon. Japan and South Korea have warned North Korea that it will face strong international action if it carries ugg türkiye out the planned launch. North Korea has confirmed that it detained two American reporters this week. The official news agency said Saturday the two Americans were arrested while crossing the border between North Korea and China. South Korean media reports say Laura Ling and Euna Lee were bottes ugg detained with their Chinese guide near the Tumen River along the border. The reporters are said to be working on a story about North Korean refugees who attempt escape by crossing the river into China. The two reporters are said to have ignored warnings from North Korean guards to stop filming. Reports say a fourth person escaped arrest.

A news report says it is likely that North Korea has sent two American reporters to be questioned to the capital of Pyongyang. North Korea's official news agency reported on Saturday that the American women were detained on Tuesday while crossing the uggs oline North Korea-China border. On Sunday, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported Chinese statements that North Korea would want its security and military agencies to question the Americans. South Korean media report that Laura Ling and Euna Lee were detained with their Chinese guide near the Tumen River ugg türkiye along the border between the two countries. The Panchen Lama named by the Chinese government has praised the ruling Communist Party. The Panchen Lama is the second highest spiritual leader in Tibet. 19-year-old Gyaincain Norbu is the 11th Panchen Lama. Xinhua reports him saying that the ruling bottes ugg Communist Party provides happiness and good living conditions in Tibet. Most Tibetans recognize Gendun Choekyi Nyima as the Panchen Lama because he was the choice supported by Tibet's exile spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

The United States-led coalition in Afghanistan says it has killed five suspected militants in a raid close to the border with Tajikistan. The coalition says it detained four others. It says Afghan forces took part in the action in the northern province uggs oline of Kunduz. But local Afghan officials are disputing the report. They say the people killed were civilians working for a local mayor. In other news, officials say a bomb explosion killed one person in Khost province. Eleven others were wounded. The chief justice in Pakistan has officially returned to his ugg türkiye position. The Supreme Court says Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry began work on Sunday morning. Former President Pervez Musharraf dismissed the judge in 2007. That action led to protests across the country. Mr. Musharraf resigned last year. Current President Asif Ali Zardari faced new protests bottes ugg after he delayed reappointing the judge. But last week, Pakistan's government agreed to the opposition demand in an effort to end a national political crisis caused by the dispute.

Top American economic officials say they need new powers to take control of failing financial companies like American International Group. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke with a committee of the United States uggs oline Congress. The two men also faced questions about efforts to end the financial crisis and the huge payments made to some AIG officials. The government already has the power to take control of failing banks. It can take control of investments that are worth less than expected and sell the good investments to competing banks. The Sri Lankan Defense Ministry is accusing aid agencies of supporting Tamil Tigers and wanting to extend the island's civil war for economic ugg türkiye gain. The ministry said local and international human rights groups, aid agencies and media have made money because of the Sri Lankan conflict. It said the groups want to make sure the war does not end, so that they can continue earning money. Last week, the aid group Care bottes ugg International said one of its workers was killed in a no-fire area. Police say the person killed was a Tamil rebel who used Care International to trick Sri Lankan officials. The group has not reacted directly to the accusation.