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KUALA LUMPUR - The Human Rights Party of Malaysia (HRP) aims to emerge as an alternative platform for the Malay Indian community to help uplift their socio-economic status, the Malaysia Nanban and The Star reports.

LONDON - The death toll of foreign troops in nearly nine years of the Afghan war has crossed the 2,000 mark, according to the independent icasualties.org website. ccording to the Telegraph, 2,002 members of international forces have been killed since the US-led invasion in 2001, including 1,226 Americans and 331 from Britain.

NATO says al-Qaida operative killed in Afghanistan

THANE - One of eminent Marathi poets who was honoured with Padma Shri Narayan Surve passed away in Thane Monday after a brief illness, family sources said. He was 83.

LONDON - A survey has found that British men are against their girlfriends sunbathing topless but have no problem with other women baring all.