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India likely to join US-led club: Plan to isolate China
NEW DELHI, Jan 17: India was reported on Wednesday to be poised to join a US-led club involving Australia, and Japan in a major policy move aimed obliquely at isolating China.... 
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IAEA suspends N-aid projects in Iran
VIENNA, Jan 17: The International Atomic Energy Agency has suspended some technical aid projects in Iran to comply with new UN sanctions imposed on Tehran over suspicions it may be trying to make nuclear weapons, diplomats say....
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Gates seeks Saudi support on Iran
RIYADH, Jan 17: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates touched down in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday angling for support from the kingdom in confronting Iran''s suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons....
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Israeli army chief quits
AL QUDS, Jan 17: Israel''s military chief quit on Wednesday over the failures of the Lebanon war, in a second blow to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s increasingly unpopular government after a graft probe was launched....
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Airline bars 40 returning American Hajis
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 17: A group of 40 American Muslims returning home from Haj said on Tuesday they were not allowed to board a flight from Frankfurt to Detroit because of their religion and background....
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Delay in Kashmir report feared
ISLAMABAD, January 17: The over 400 amendment proposals received by the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Secretariat for the controversial draft report on Kashmir are likely to delay the process of...
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Nuclear threats pushing world towards doomsday: scientists
LONDON, Jan 17: The world is inching closer to nuclear Armageddon, top scientists warned on Wednesday while moving a symbolic Doomsday Clock nearer to midnight -- and stressing the growing threat of climate change....
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First ladies meet to combat child pornography
PARIS, Jan 17: French President Jacques Chirac and the first ladies of the United States and Russia, Laura Bush and Lyudmila Putin, issued a joint call on Wednesday to combat child pornography and abductions....
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UK minister under pressure over suspect’s escape
LONDON, Jan 17: British Interior Minister John Reid faced fresh embarrassment on Wednesday after an international terror suspect supposedly under strict supervision absconded – the third to do so in less than six months....
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Row over bullying of Shilpa deepens
LONDON, Jan 17: A row over the alleged racist bullying of a top Bollywood star on a British reality TV show reached parliament on Wednesday, as India vowed to take “appropriate action” over the growing controversy....
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Downsizing harms mental health: study
LONDON, Jan 17: Workers who survive downsizing measures and hold on to their jobs may consider themselves lucky but they have a higher risk of suffering from mental health problems, Finnish scientists said on tommorrow ....
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Revenge of the proletariat: India-UK relations
LONDON: Gordon Brown, who is widely expected to be the next British prime minister, began his first trip to India on Wednesday....
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India plans to reach out to Nepal, Bhutan
NEW DELHI: India is fashioning a major shift in its relations with its smaller neighbours Bhutan and Nepal by revising bilateral treaties which embody asymmetry, inequality and imbalance....
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Bangladesh politicians are only in it for money, says Yunus
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s politicians are only in it for the money, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus said, but refused to reveal if he intended one day to seek the helm of the embattled democracy....
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Tsunami victims selling kidneys
CHENNAI: Police in southern India are investigating reports of an illegal kidney donation racket that apparently preys on poor survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami, officials said on Wednesday....
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Outlaws turn into lawmakers
KATHMANDU: Former Maoist rebels entered the parliament that once outlawed them on Monday, filling enough seats to become the second-largest party in the temporary government....
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Heart attack risk factors high in S. Asia: study
WASHINGTON: South Asians suffer heart attacks at a younger age than people in western countries because they have higher levels of risk factors -- such as smoking and diabetes -- at a younger age....
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Karnataka authorities ban English language in schools
BANGALORE: Few cities have been as successful as this one in parlaying a knowledge of English into an economic boom. Every day, an army of call centre workers chirps, “Can I...
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