Musharraf calls for progress on Kashmir
 

PAKISTANI President Pervez Musharraf warned Wednesday that ongoing rapprochement between Pakistan and India could derail if there was no progress on the Kashmir issue. "If progress is not made on the resolution of the real problems, the confidence building measures will lose their impact," Musharraf said as he addressed a grand military parade marking the country's national day.

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Australian tsunami aid flows into Asia
 

THREE months after the tsunami, nearly US$800 million in aid pledged by the Australian government has yet to reach victims of the disaster, but another US$220 million donated by Australians in the street is flowing smoothly.

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