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Indian girl hangs herself
KOLKATA, Jan 4: A 15-year-old girl from eastern India hanged herself in response to the execution of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, police and family members said on Thursday....
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US boy dies aping Saddam’s execution
WASHINGTON, Jan 4: A 10-year-old boy died in Texas while mimicking the execution of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, police and family members said on Thursday....
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13 killed in Baghdad car bomb blast
BAGHDAD, Jan 4: A car bomb killed at least 13 people and wounded 22 near a gas station in western Baghdad’s upscale Mansour district on Thursday, security officials said....
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BD govt to use army against protesters
DHAKA, Jan 4: Bangladesh faced a looming political crisis on Thursday as its interim government said it would use the army to prevent protests by opposition parties, which are set to boycott polls due this month....
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79 Maoists surrender in India
RAIPUR (India), Jan 4: Seventy-nine Indian Maoist rebels have surrendered to authorities in central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said on Thursday. The Maoists laid down their arms at a ceremony...
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50 political prisoners freed in Myanmar
YANGON, Jan 4: Some 50 political prisoners have been freed in Myanmar under an amnesty granted to 2,800 inmates to mark the nation’s Independence Day, the opposition National League for Democracy said on Thursday....
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Fiji coup leader hands back powers
SUVA, Jan 4: The Fiji’s coup leader on Thursday returned executive authority to the nation’s former president, who swiftly endorsed last month’s coup and said an incoming government would offer immunity to its leaders....
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Legislator’s Quran oath sparks row
WASHINGTON, Jan 4: Congressman Keith Ellison triggered a contoversy on Thursday when he said he would take oath of his office on the Holy Quran. Mr Ellison, the first Muslim elected...
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PM denies role of Muslims: Bangkok bombing inquiry
BANGKOK, Jan 4: Forensic tests show the New Year’s eve bombs that killed three people in Bangkok were not of the same type as those used by Muslim separatists fighting in southern Thailand, the prime minister said on Thursday....
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9 policemen punished over serial killings
NEW DELHI, Jan 4: Six Indian policemen have been sacked and three senior officers suspended for incompetence over the serial murders of 17 people, mainly children, officials said on Thursday....
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Indian leftists to launch drive against nuclear deal
NEW DELHI, Jan 4: India''s main communist party, which shores up the federal coalition, said on Thursday it would launch a campaign against a controversial nuclear deal with the United States, saying it was not in the country''s interests....
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Google ties up with China Mobile
SHANGHAI, Jan 4: The world''s top Internet search engine, Google, said on Thursday it forged an alliance with China Mobile to provide mobile and Internet services in China....
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India accepts LTTE plea over power project
COLOMBO, Jan 4: The Indian government has rejected the controversial eastern Sampoor area as the possible site for the construction of a 500-MW coal-fired thermal power project....
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UK asked to explain dropping of Saudi probe
PARIS, Jan 4: An international anti-bribery watchdog has asked Britain to explain why it halted a corruption inquiry into a multi-billion-pound defence deal with Saudi Arabia, officials said on Thursday....
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Libya to erect statue of Saddam
TRIPOLI, Jan 4: Libya will raise a statue of Saddam Hussein alongside that of a national hero hanged in 1931 for leading the Libyan resistance against Italian occupation, the government said on Thursday....
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US warships patrolling Somalia’s coast
WASHINGTON, Jan 4: US warships are patrolling Somalia''s coast to try to prevent Al Qaeda leaders hiding there from fleeing the country after the defeat of the ruling Islamic militia, officials said....
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Saddam’s exit erases info storehouse
Los Angeles: The obvious objections to the execution of Saddam Hussein are valid and well aired. His death will provoke violent strife between Sunnis and Shias, and between Iraqis in general and the American occupation forces....
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Muslim militancy gaining strength in Thailand
BANGKOK: Three years after a separatist revolution erupted in Thailand’s Muslim south, rebel attacks have grown more frequent and gruesome amid signs that young radical Islamists are taking a greater role....
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Gaza youngsters growing up in frustration
GAZA: For the children of Gaza, prisoners of the narrow coastal strip surrounded by the Israeli army, the outside world is nothing but fury, violence and tragedy -- a menacing universe that they fear....
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Does isolationism only describe the right?
LOS ANGELES: “We would like to see all the peoples of the world enjoying the liberty and freedom that we have,” proclaimed Senator A. “But it is written in history that...
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