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40 killed in Nigerian dam collapse
KANO, Oct 1: At least 40 people were killed and 1,000 displaced when a dam collapsed near Gusau, capital of northern Nigerian Zamfara State, in torrential rains, a government spokesman said on Sunday.... 
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China bus crash leaves 30 dead
BEIJING, Oct 1: Thirty people were killed and 20 others injured when a fully loaded bus ran through a guard rail and plunged into a river in south-western China’s Chongqing city on Sunday, state press reported....
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‘Bomb plot’ allegation divides Iraqi govt
BAGHDAD, Oct 1: Sunni and Shia leaders in Iraq clashed publicly on Sunday over a US allegation that a bodyguard for a top Sunni politician might have plotted an Al Qaeda suicide attack on the vast Green Zone government compound....
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Socialists win Austrian election
VIENNA, Oct 1: The opposition Social Democrat party was the winner of Austrian general elections on Sunday, according to Interior Ministry figures with 100 per cent of the votes counted, excluding absentee ballots....
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Putin orders to resume troop withdrawal: Georgia accused of state terrorism
MOSCOW, Oct 1: President Vladimir Putin ordered the Defence Ministry on Sunday to resume the withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgia despite last week’s arrest of Russian officers there, Russian news agencies reported....
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Israel warns Hezbollah
JERUSALEM, Oct 1: Following the withdrawal of its remaining troops out of Lebanon on Sunday, Israel warned that it would act decisively should Hezbollah try to rebuild its infrastructure destroyed during the 34-day war....
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Malaysia launches hunt for BD labour agents
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1: Malaysia has launched a crackdown on Bangladeshi labour agents who are illegally bringing workers from the Indian subcontinent into the country....
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Taliban threat drives 200,000 out of schools in Afghanistan
MOLLAI: In a small, sunlit room last week, 20 little girls seated on rush mats sketched a flower drawn on the blackboard. In a darker, interior room, 15 older girls recited passages from the holy Quran....
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White House in crisis over ‘Iraq lies’ claims
NEW YORK: President George Bush was braced for one of the toughest fights of his political life on Saturday as a fierce row broke out over whether he has been misleading the American public over the worsening violence in Iraq....
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Pope fails to mollify Muslims: analysts
VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI has failed to heal the rift created by his recent comments on Islam due to a lack of the kind of grand gesture mastered by the more media-savvy John Paul II, analysts believe....
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Tale of a mother and a bold daughter of Kashmir
GARHI HABIBULLAH: Every day since a devastating earthquake struck Pakistan last year, Bilqees Khatoon has visited the grave of her youngest daughter, a teacher killed when her school collapsed....
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New Thai PM shunned politics
BANGKOK: When Thai soldiers fired on crowds of pro-democracy protesters in Bangkok in 1992, killing dozens, General Surayud Chulanont was head of special forces units seen dragging demonstrators through the lobby of a nearby hotel....
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