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Bangladesh security chief sacked: President under pressure to quit
DHAKA, Jan 15: Bangladesh’s national security chief was ousted and the president was under pressure to quit on Monday as a new interim government sought to put the country’s embattled democracy back on track.... 
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Deadly clashes in Mogadishu: Four broadcasters shut down
MOGADISHU, Jan 15: Somali gunmen battled government and Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu''s heaviest fighting since the ouster of hardline Islamists last month as the fledgling administration silenced four broadcasters on Monday for allegedly fomenting unrest....
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Nepal Maoists join parliament
KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Nepal’s rebel Maoists were confirmed as members of parliament on Monday as political parties that were once bitter foes brought an end to a decade of civil war, witnesses said....
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Taliban may launch major offensive: US
WASHINGTON, Jan 15: Recently appointed US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates has warned that the Taliban insurgents may launch a major offensive in Afghanistan this spring....
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Muslim cell tried to bomb London trains: police
LONDON, Jan 15: An `extremist Muslim cell’ tried to carry out suicide bombings on London’s transport system just two weeks after the July 7, 2005, attacks that killed 52 people, a prosecutor said on Monday ....
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Iraq govt shows film of aides’ hanging
BAGHDAD, Jan 15: Iraqi government officials showed journalists film of Monday''s execution of two aides to Saddam Hussein in which they appeared to tremble with fear and his half-brother Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti was beheaded by the noose....
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France wanted merger with UK in 1950s: documents
LONDON, Jan 15: Former French prime minister Guy Mollet proposed merging France with Britain in the 1950s, with Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, the BBC reported on Monday citing formerly secret documents....
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Abhishek-Aishwarya match brings joy to India
NEW DELHI, Jan 15: They are India’s hottest cinema couple and the announcement of their engagement has brought relief and joy to India. The marriage of superstar Aishwarya Rai and heart-throb...
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No guarantee of Baghdad success: US general
BAGHDAD, Jan 15: A new US plan to boost American forces and secure Baghdad will target Iranian and Syrian networks in Iraq but its success is not guaranteed, top US officials said in the Iraqi capital on Monday....
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Poker players cheat casinos out of $500,000
LONDON, Jan 15: Two men and a woman cheated casinos in Britain out of nearly half a million dollars in a high-tech poker scam using hidden miniature cameras and earpieces, police said on Monday ....
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Three-way ME summit planned
LUXOR (Egypt), Jan 15: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday that a planned summit with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders could herald the most serious Middle East peace effort in six years....
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Asean to work for safe energy supply
CEBU (Philippines) Jan 15: Asian leaders agreed on Monday to push for freer trade and more secure energy supplies across the region, wrapping up a week of high-level diplomacy on everything from terrorism to North Korea....
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US train crash releases chemical
IRVINE (Kentucky), Jan 15: Four runaway rail cars struck a parked locomotive in east-central Kentucky on Monday, causing a fire and chemical release that prompted a limited evacuation and orders that others stay indoors....
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Indian police find more body parts
NOIDA (India), Jan 15: Federal detectives on Monday removed nine plastic bags filled with human bones found in a new search near a bungalow dubbed the “House of Horrors”, and admitted there may now be over 20 murder victims....
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EU support for police DNA data sharing
DRESDEN (Germany), Jan 15: A majority of EU interior ministers on Monday supported a proposal to share DNA and fingerprint data to fight crime and terrorism, EU officials said....
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UK soldier killed in Afghan violence
LONDON, Jan 15: A British serviceman was killed in the southern Afghan province of Helmand on Monday, the Ministry of Defence here confirmed. The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan...
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Churchill monument defaced
LONDON, Jan 15: Vandals have thrown red paint over the statue of Britain's Second World War prime minister Sir Winston Churchill opposite the Houses of Parliament, police said on Monday...
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US plans to bring democracy to ME negate realism
LOS ANGELES: The stalled US mission in Iraq has prompted calls for a return to “realism” in American foreign policy. Instead of striving for freedom and national cohesion in the Middle...
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Being tall is cool
LOS ANGELES: Conventional wisdom has it that taller men make more money, get more dates and are more likely to win a presidential election....
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