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GUWAHATI, India — An outlawed rebel group in India's northeast said Saturday it will begin "unconditional" peace talks with New Delhi this week in a bid to end a violent 31-year insurgency.The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), one of the biggest rebel armies in the tea and oil-rich region of Assam, has been fighting for an independent homeland for ethnic Assamese since 1979.At least 10,000 people, mostly civilians, have died in Assam because of fighting between
Saturday, February 5, 2011
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