Hasina back home after brief ban

"No one can stop me," former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina declared on Monday as she arrived in Dhaka after the military-backed government lifted a brief ban on her returning home.

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Illegal arms said to reach Lebanon frequently

Illegal arms traffic into Lebanon across the Syrian border, mainly to Hezbollah fighters, is reported to be taking place on a regular basis, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.

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More India war games on Pakistan's borders

India is deploying battle tanks and combat troops for the second major wargames in a month along Pakistan's borders, the military said Tuesday. The four-day exercise beginning Friday will be carried out by the million-plus army's largest strike corps on the arid plains of Jullandhar in the northern state of Punjab, the defence ministry said.

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