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Over 10 Taliban die in Afghanistan
KABUL, Dec 29: Nato and Afghan forces killed more than 10 Taliban fighters during a clash in southern Afghanistan, police said Friday. Using machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades, the Taliban attacked a... 
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Dismantling of disputed bridge begins
NICOSIA, Dec 29: Turkish Cypriots on Friday began demolishing an elevated walkway on a street straddling the divided island in a bid to end a row with Greek Cypriots over opening a new crossing point, officials said....
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Somali PM says ‘terror expansion’ stopped
MOGADISHU, Dec 29: Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on Friday said his forces, backed by Ethiopian troops, had curbed the expansion of terrorism in Africa by breaking the back of the country’s powerful militants....
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Islamists vow no surrender to govt, Ethiopia
MOGADISHU, Dec 29: A senior leader of the Somalia Islamic Courts Council (SICC) on Friday vowed that his fighters would “never surrender to Ethiopians and the government” and warned of guerrilla ambushes on allied forces....
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Saudis watering down peace plan: paper
RIYADH, Dec 29: A tripartite meeting including Palestinian Prime Minister Ismayel Hanieyh, President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordanian King Abdullah is increasingly on cards, signifying a major change in status quo, Israel’s influential daily Haaretz said on Friday....
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Hezbollah accused of assassinations
BEIRUT, Dec 29: Prominent Lebanese MP Walid Jumblatt has accused the Hezbollah of being involved in a string of political assassinations, according to an interview aired on Arab television....
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India-Lanka accord angers Tamils
COLOMBO, Dec 29: Indian state-owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding with Sri Lanka amid protests from Tamil parliamentarians....
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2 arrested in India for killing children
NOIDA, Dec 29: Indian police on Friday discovered the decomposing bodies of a number of children buried behind a house outside New Delhi and arrested two men, one of whom confessed...
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Indian politician ends hunger strike
KOLKATA, Dec 29: An opposition leader in eastern India ended her 25-day fast against a car project early on Friday after the country’s prime minister and president asked her to call off the hunger strike....
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Mike Tyson arrested
LOS ANGELES, Dec 29: Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was arrested early on Friday on drink-driving and drugs charges after nearly crashing into a police car as he left a nightclub, Arizona police said....
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Constitution needs changes: Nepal PM
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Nepal’s Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Friday said an interim constitution, finalised earlier this month, needs to be amended as it has given unlimited power to the premier....
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New Mozart tune
VIENNA, Dec 29: Mozart is still generating hits-- millions of them, in fact. A jubilee year of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth ended on Friday with a...
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Anarchy in Somalia rejuvenates warlords
LONDON: Ethiopian tanks rolled into the outskirts of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Thursday after Somalia’s Islamist movement abandoned its bases in the city. Somali government forces and their Ethiopian allies...
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Was Ford right in pardoning Nixon?
WASHINGTON: Gerald R. Ford was a decent and honourable man. Under his steady hand, the nation began the process of recovering from the terrible trauma of Watergate -- the lies, distortions,...
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Invasion of Baghdad: Bush and Genghis Khan compared
LOS ANGELES: In his final televised speech to the Iraqi people in 2003, Saddam Hussein denounced the invading Americans as ‘the Mongols of this age’, a reference to the last time infidels had conquered his country, in 1258....
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Bush ‘coming to closure’ over Iraq
WASHINGTON, Dec 29: US President George W. Bush said a meeting on Thursday with his national security team has helped him in “coming to closure” on Iraq but he did not disclose his plans....
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Iraqis are not united over Saddam’s execution
BAGHDAD: As ousted dictator Saddam Hussein prepared for his execution on Friday his imminent fate continued to divide the people of the war-torn country he ruled for 24 turbulent years....
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UAE woman now ‘a real player’
DUBAI: The first ever elections to the Federal National Council (FNC) held earlier this month have been remarkable for the participation of women and for the election of one woman to the influential advisory body....
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Saddam’s trial violates HR requirements
LONDON: The imminent execution of Saddam Hussein and two other former Iraqi officials marks a further step away from respect for human rights and the rule of law in a deeply polarised and violent Iraq...
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