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Factional clashes claim 14 lives in Gaza
GAZA, Jan 26: Rival Palestinian factions clashed in the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing 14 people and wounding 20 in a wave of bombing and shootings, and a Fatah-linked militant group said it had captured 24 Hamas hostages.... 
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19 die in Iraq attacks
BAGHDAD, Jan 26: Iraqi insurgents killed 19 people and wounded scores more on Friday, security officials said. Among the dead were 15 killed when a famous pet market in Baghdad was bombed....
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10 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Jan 26: A suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday outside a US-funded aid office in Afghanistan while the Nato-led force said it may have killed a senior Taliban leader in an airstrike....
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Tamil leader among three killed in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Jan 26: A Tamil politician, a policeman and a civilian were killed in fresh violence in the volatile north-east while a region in the deep south of the country was...
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Curfew imposed on Nepal towns
KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Daytime curfews were imposed on five towns in southeastern Nepal on Friday after several deaths and dozens of injuries during violent protests in the impoverished region, officials said....
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Royal fooled by ‘Quebec PM’
PARIS, Jan 26: France''s Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal, already in hot water over a string of diplomatic gaffes, faced more embarrassment on Friday when it emerged she was fooled by a comedian posing as prime minister of Quebec....
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Foreigners in UK to get biometric ID cards
LONDON, Jan 26: Under a new proposed law foreigners from outside Europe who live in Britain legally will be issued biometric identity cards to curb illegal immigration and organized crime, the government announced on Friday....
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S. Arabia, Iran to help end crisis in Lebanon
RIYADH, Jan 26: Saudi Arabia and Iran have reached an ‘understanding’ to help resolve the Lebanon crisis, according to an announcement issued after Saudi National Security Council Chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan met in Iran with his Iranian counterpart Ali Larijani....
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‘Iran employs 32,000 agents in Iraq’
BERLIN, Jan 26: The main exiled Iranian opposition group published a list of nearly 32,000 Iraqis who it said were “agents of the mullahs” employed by Iran to destabilise its neighbour....
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UK reporter jailed over royal family phone scam
LONDON, Jan 26: A senior journalist on Britain''s biggest-selling newspaper was jailed on Friday for hacking into the mobile telephones of members of the royal family''s household `several hundred’ times in a bid to obtain exclusive stories....
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BD army assailed over killings
DHAKA, Jan 26: Human Rights Watch accused Bangladesh security forces on Friday of a series of unlawful killings and arbitrary arrests under a state of emergency and called on authorities to halt the abuses....
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Jazz singer collapses on stage
LONDON, Jan 26: Flamboyant British jazz singer and writer George Melly was recovering in hospital on Friday after collapsing on stage during a show, his wife said....
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Beirut curfew lifted
BEIRUT, Jan 26: Beirut warily returned to normal on Friday after an overnight curfew -- the first in a decade -- prompted by street fighting between government and opposition supporters that left four dead and 152 hurt....
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Murders spark soul-searching in sleepy Black Sea town
TRABZON (Turkey): Mustafa Coskun fears his once sleepy Black Sea town has become a byword in Turkey for nationalist violence after a string of nasty incidents culminating in the murder of a Turkish-Armenian editor....
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Iraq has sapped US of power to protect Gulf: Saudis’ apprehension
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia fears the Iraq conflict has sapped America’s ability to guarantee Gulf Arab security and breathed new life into the threat from Iran, according to analysts....
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Political crisis pushing Lebanon into abyss
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s crisis could spiral into more bloodshed unless the Western-backed government and Hezbollah-led opposition find a face-saving way out of a bitter power struggle that is complicated by US-Iranian rivalry....
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Aid no recipe for Afghan security
KABUL: A surge in US aid to insurgency-hit Afghanistan will not bear fruit if the focus remains on military action against Taliban fighters and not on reconstruction, analysts said Friday....
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Australia urged to lead the way in climate change revolution
SYDNEY: Australia is at the sharp end of the devastating impact of climate change and must urgently undergo an energy revolution if it is to survive, according to eminent scientist, author and winner of the nation''s top award, Tim Flannery....
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Lankan govt goes all out to vanquish Tamil Tigers
COLOMBO: What started off as military push to clear Tamil Tiger artillery guns from a strategic harbour in northeast Sri Lanka has culminated in a mission to defeat the rebels completely – with no clear winner in sight....
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Shilpa tipped to win TV show
LONDON: Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty is favourite to win a British reality television show this weekend, following a diplomatic storm over the alleged racist bullying of the Indian actress....
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