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Clashes fuel revolt in Philippines
JOLO (Philippines), Jan 16: Police drawn from the ranks of former Muslim rebels shot dead three soldiers in the southern Philippines on Wednesday, taking the toll in two days of clashes... 
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US threatens Zimbabwe with sanctions
HARARE, Jan 16: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe faced growing pressure from the United States on Wednesday to bring the country back to law and order or risk selective sanctions....
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Russia to press Iraq for inspections
MOSCOW, Jan 16: Russia will try to pressure Baghdad into allowing UN weapons inspectors to return to Iraq when Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz visits Moscow later this month, Interfax news...
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Method devised to help regrow nerves
SINGAPORE, Jan 16: Tiny plaited tubes devised by an Indian researcher at the National University of Singapore may hold the promise of quick repair and recovery for patients with damaged or...
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Kohl, wife discussed suicide
BERLIN, Jan 16: Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl said in a television interview that he had discussed the question of suicide with his wife Hannelore before she took her life last year....
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Discovery of 7,500BC city claimed in India
NEW DELHI, Jan 16: Indian scientists have made an archaeological find dating back to 7500 BC suggesting the world’s oldest cities came up about 4,000 years earlier than is currently believed,...
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8 killed in attack on village in Assam
GUWAHATI, Jan 16: At least eight people were killed and 10 seriously wounded in an attack by tribal separatists in India’s northeastern state of Assam on Wednesday, officials said....
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Restored home shows how Romans lived
ROME, Jan 16: After three years of restoration, Italy reopened a third-century dwelling on Wednesday that gives a rare glimpse of how middle-class Romans lived — in rooms adorned by frescoes...
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Exercise helps boost child’s bones: study
VANCOUVER, Jan 16: Drinking milk is not the only way to encourage the growth of healthy bones in young children whose parents should make sure they get proper exercise during the...
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Concorde crash due to tyre burst: inquiry
PARIS, Jan 16: French investigators on Wednesday issued a summary of their final report into the causes of the July 2000 Concorde air disaster, reaffirming their previous conclusions that the crash...
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LTTE links talks with end to ban
MALLAVI (Sri Lanka), Jan 16: Tamil Tiger guerrillas on Wednesday demanded the lifting of a 1998 ban and the removal of an economic embargo on rebel-held areas ahead of Norwegian-backed peace...
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India, US sign agreement on environment
NEW DELHI, Jan 16: India and the United States signed an agreement on Wednesday on environment protection in the areas of management of toxic chemicals and hazardous wastes....
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Good news, bad news in hunt for HIV vaccine
PARIS, Jan 16: Scientists are set to report encouraging progress but also a cruel setback in the quest for a vaccine to fend off HIV....
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Warlord says Omar escaped trap laid by him
KANDAHAR, Jan 16: Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar was offered an amnesty to tempt him to lay down his arms, but he ditched the deal and gave his tribal enemies and...
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UN official opposes US stand on prisoners
GENEVA, Jan 16: UN human rights chief Mary Robinson said on Wednesday the 50 Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters being held at a US navy base in Cuba were prisoners of...
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US Talib charged with conspiracy
WASHINGTON, Jan 16: American John Walker Lindh, captured fighting with Al Qaeda forces in Afghanistan, faces federal charges of conspiracy to kill US nationals that could send him to prison for...
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UK Muslim leader slams treatment of Al Qaeda men
LONDON, Jan 16: A moderate British muslim leader severely criticised the United States Wednesday for their treatment of Al-Qaeda and Taliban prisoners in Cuba, describing their prison conditions as barbaric....
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‘Anti-terror campaign’ cloaks abuses: HR body
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 16: A major human rights group warned the United States on Wednesday that its “campaign against terrorism” too often inspired allies to revoke civil liberties for political ends,...
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Palestinian Authority arrests PFLP chief
TEL AVIV, Jan 16: Israel vowed on Wednesday to keep Yasser Arafat confined to the West Bank city of Ramallah despite the arrest by Palestinian police of a guerilla leader wanted...
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US turning Afghanistan into mly base: poet
PARIS, Jan 16: The United States is trying to turn Afghanistan into its military base to threaten regional powers and control economic resources in Central Asia, a renowned Afghan poet said...
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