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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain called on Tuesday for calm between Indian and Pakistani communities in London after lawmakers voiced concerns that tensions over a deadly militant attack in India’s Kashmir region could spill into the diaspora. Nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan have taken a raft of measures against each other since the April 22 attack …

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(Reuters) – The final stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia will be dedicated to Pope Francis, who died on April 21, with a neutralised start in Vatican City, race organisers said on Tuesday. The Giro, which begins in Albania on May 9, will end on June 1 in Rome, and before the official start of …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Constitutional Court has approved in part a petition brought by an environment campaigner, it said on Tuesday, opening the way for a legal change to bar the government or a company filing defamation complaints in the event of criticism. Human rights activists have said the Electronic Information and Transaction law is …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese foreign ministry official on Tuesday lodged solemn representations with the Philippine ambassador over what they said were the Philippines’ “negative moves” related to Taiwan and security, a ministry statement showed. The statement did not elaborate on what moves it was referring to. The Philippine embassy in Beijing did not immediately …

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ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey wants a de-escalation between Pakistan and India, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, after the two exchanged small arms fire following last week’s deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir. Erdogan was speaking in Ankara following a cabinet meeting. (Reporting by Huseyin Hayatsever; editing by Mark Heinrich)