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US again hits ‘Al Qaeda targets’ in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Jan 10: The United States launched new air strikes on suspected Al Qaeda sites in southern Somalia on Wednesday, Somali officials and clan elders said, but results of such operation remained unclear.... 
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India could dump US N-deal, says envoy
NEW DELHI, Jan 10: India will walk away from a civilian nuclear deal with the United States if New Delhi''s concerns are not allayed, its envoy said on Wednesday....
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Awami League to intensify agitation against polls
DHAKA, Jan 10: The Awami League (AL) and its allies on Wednesday announced a series of agitations, including a nationwide blockade of transport, for January 14 to 18 with a day’s break on January 16....
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Violence rages in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Jan 10: Bombings, shootings, assassination attempts and dumped bodies ravaged Iraq as seven people died on Wednesday ahead of the unveiling of a strategy shift from US President George W....
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Israel’s existence is a reality, says Hamas leader
DAMASCUS, Jan 10: Hamas acknowledges the existence of Israel as a reality but formal recognition will only be considered when a Palestinian state has been created, the movement''s exiled leader Khaled Meshaal said on Wednesday....
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China against Iran’s N-bomb Israel told: Bilateral accords signed
BEIJING, Jan 10: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday that he received a candid assurance from China that it opposes Iran having a nuclear arsenal....
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9 S. Korean workers abducted in Nigeria
LAGOS, Jan 10: Militants early on Wednesday kidnapped nine South Korean oil workers and one local worker in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria, bringing the total number of foreigners currently held hostage there to 18, officials said....
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Sunni area sealed off in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Jan 10: Iraqi troops sealed off a notorious Sunni militants stronghold in central Baghdad on Wednesday after a day of heavy fighting in which at least 50 militants were killed, officials said....
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‘Japan ready to recognise India as N-power’
TOKYO, Jan 10: Japan will continue to urge India to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as a non-atomic weapons state, the government''s top spokesman said on Wednesday, denying a change in policy....
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Chavez sworn in for new term
CARACAS, Jan 10: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was sworn in on Wednesday for a new six-year term that he vows to use to press a radical socialist revolution including nationalisations that have roiled financial markets....
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Five facts about Carlo Ponti
ROME, Jan 10: Carlo Ponti, one of Italy''s best-known film producers and the husband of actress Sophia Loren, has died at the age of 94, his family said on Wednesday....
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Biker movies blamed for road rage
MUMBAI, Jan 10: A top transport official has slammed two blockbuster biker films, blaming their dangerous action scenes for an increase in accidents. Hit films Dhoom and its sequel Dhoom 2...
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Report ready on Sri Lanka power sharing
COLOMBO, Jan 10: Amid gunfire and bomb blasts, government officials are ready to deliver a report by the end of January recommending devolution and power sharing with the LTTE dominated north...
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EU plans to diversify energy supplies
BRUSSELS, Jan 10: The European Commission unveiled a vast plan on Wednesday to diversify energy sources, slash carbon emissions and boost competition in the face of tension over Russian oil and gas supplies and global warming fears....
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Putin to visit Saudi Arabia next month
RIYADH, Jan 10: Russian President Vladimir Putin will make an official visit to Saudi Arabia on February 11-12 for talks with King Abdullah on bilateral ties and Middle East issues, a Russian diplomat said on Wednesday....
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UN experts call on Iran to halt executions
GENEVA, Jan 10: Legal experts from the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday called upon Iran to stop the execution of seven men accused of receiving western training to overthrow the Tehran government....
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Evidence produced on Odysseus homeland
LONDON, Jan10: An amateur historian produced evidence on Tuesday to back his claim to have found the island-homeland of Homer’s legendary Greek king, Odysseus. Scholars have argued for centuries over the...
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Nepal Maoists claim to form govt in June polls
KATHMANDU, Jan 10: Nepal’s Maoists predicted on Wednesday they would form a majority government after elections slated to be held in June. It is likely that after the election of the...
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Lanka begins tests after birds’ deaths
COLOMBO, Jan 10: Sri Lanka''s veterinary authorities have begun tests on hundreds of migratory birds that dropped dead in two sanctuaries, health officials said on Wednesday....
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Karachi kids indulge in glue sniffing
KARACHI: It’s a chilly night in a run-down part of Karachi and several boys squat in a dirty alley, getting high on glue. Breathing in fumes from glue-soaked rags and glue-filled...
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