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Iraqi govt seeks more weapons from US: 37 killed in violence
BAGHDAD, Dec 13: Iraqi leaders discussed a new security plan for Baghdad on Wednesday as bombs and shootings killed 37 people across the country in the run-up to national unity talks.... 
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Singh to solicit Japan’s support for N-deal
TOKYO, Dec 13: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday started a visit to Japan to seek support from the major civilian atomic power for the controversial US-India nuclear cooperation pact....
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Iran urges UN to censure Israel
TEHRAN, Dec 13: Iran on Wednesday called for UN Security Council action against Israel, seizing on remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert widely interpreted as an admission that the Jewish state has nuclear weapons....
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Olmert asks Pope to denounce Holocaust forum
VATICAN CITY, Dec 13: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert asked Pope Benedict to denounce a conference in Iran questioning the Holocaust, an Olmert aide said on Wednesday....
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Hamas judge gunned down
KHAN YUNIS, Dec 13: A prominent member of Hamas was gunned down in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Bassam Al Farra, 28, was driving to work in Khan Yunis when he was ambushed by men in another vehicle, security sources said....
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Darfur no-fly zone proposed by Blair
LONDON, Dec 13: Britain would agree to a no-fly zone over Sudan’s Darfur region as part of a UN-sanctioned `Plan B’ to halt violence and a humanitarian crisis in the African state, Prime Minister Tony Blair’s spokesman said on Wednesday....
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1,300 illegal immigrants caught in US
WASHINGTON, Dec 13: A US immigration sweep of meat plants in six states resulted in nearly 1,300 arrests of illegal immigrants, federal officials said on Wednesday....
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Quitting smoking ‘heals heart’
NEW YORK, Dec 13: Early signs of heart disease in young adult smokers may quickly dissipate soon after they kick the habit, a new study from Japan shows....
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Sinhala party quits talks on devolution
COLOMBO, Dec 13: President Mahinda Rajapakse’s quest for finding a permanent political solution to Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict has come under fresh strain with the Sinhala-based party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)...
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Crisis worsens in BD as opposition vows to boycott polls
DHAKA: Bangladesh risks delayed elections, emergency rule and even a possible coup unless a speedy compromise can be found between the opposition and caretaker government on electoral reforms, analysts said on Wednesday....
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Nepal govt, Maoists at odds over head of state
KATHMANDU: Nepal''s government and Maoist leaders began fresh talks on Wednesday aimed at hammering out an interim constitution that could result in the suspension of the monarchy....
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India’s HIV stats overstated: study
LONDON/NEW DELHI: The number of people living with HIV in India could be lower than government estimates, research published in a medical journal said, but the United Nations warned against drawing “hasty conclusions”....
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Fighting poverty must be a human right: Yunus STOCKHOLM: Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, whose Grameen Bank has shown that lending money to the poor can be lucrative, said on Wednesday fighting poverty should remain a social business, as profit-making motives can derail the mission....
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Irish-born woman is ‘Queen of Balochistan’
PISHIN: Irish-born Jennifer Musa has lived in Pakistan for almost as long as the country has existed. She came to her husband''s homeland in 1948 and stayed on after he died,...
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India, Bhutan demarcate border after 45 years
GUWAHATI (Assam, India): India and Bhutan have formally demarcated their border by signing the final maps 45 years after the process of settling the boundary started, officials said on Wednesday....
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Mumbai curs get meals delivered at doorstep
MUMBAI: Mumbai''s fussy high-society dogs can now feast on gourmet cuisine specially adapted to suite their individual tastes and delivered to their homes....
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