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Nato claims killing 30 Taliban
KANDAHAR, Jan 31: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation planes bombed an alleged Taliban hideout in Helmand in an operation with Afghan forces that killed 30 fighters, police said on Wednesday.... 
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14 die in Iraq violence
BAGHDAD, Jan 31: A series of attacks killed at least 14 people, with one car bomb ripping through northern Baghdad’s Bab al-Muadam district, leaving five people dead and 12 wounded, security officials said....
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S. Arabia, Iran working to defuse tension: Iraq, Lebanon crises
RIYADH, Jan 31: Saudi Arabia and Iran are ‘working closely’ to try to calm the crises in Iraq and Lebanon, Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday. Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal...
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‘Tehran 2 to 3 years away from N-arms’
LONDON, Jan 31: Iran could be only two or three years away from being able to produce a nuclear weapon, the head of a leading international security think tank in London said on Wednesday....
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Warrants issued for 13 CIA agents
BERLIN, Jan 31: German authorities have issued arrest warrants for 13 suspected CIA agents in connection with the alleged kidnapping of a German citizen, a Munich prosecutor said on Wednesday ....
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Japan firm admits it falsified data at N-plants
TOKYO, Jan 31: Japan''s largest utility operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co, admitted on Wednesday that it falsified data at its nuclear power plants for three decades in an attempt to easily pass compulsory government inspections....
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Sidney Sheldon is dead
LOS ANGELES, Jan 31: Legendary author Sidney Sheldon died on Tuesday from pneumonia, his publicist said, after a prolific career that saw him pen Oscar-winning screenplays and sell over 300 million books....
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Brother-in-law of Osama shot dead
MADAGASCAR, Jan 31: A brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden, who had been sought in the Philippines for alleged terror financing, has been killed in Madagascar in what appeared to be a burglary, the victim''s brother said on Wednesday....
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Former Israeli minister found guilty of abuse
TEL AVIV, Jan 31: An Israeli court on Wednesday found ex-justice minister Haim Ramon guilty of sexual harassment, dealing a blow to key ally Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as he plans a major cabinet reshuffle....
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Another Blair aide under probe
LONDON, Jan 31: A third Downing Street aide is expected to be interviewed under caution by police investigating the alleged cash-for-honours cover-up after Tuesday’s dramatic re-arrest of Lord Levy....
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Berlusconi to wife: ‘please forgive me’
ROME, Jan 31: Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday issued a public apology to his wife after she learned through the press of his verbal dalliance with a young, pretty lawmaker....
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Grape juice good for heart: study
LONDON, Jan 31: Grape juice seems to have protective effect against heart disease, French scientists said on Wednesday. Researchers at the Universite Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg were examining the effect on the heart of Concord grape juice....
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‘Big Brother’ spurs debate on prejudice in India
NEW DELHI: The alleged racist treatment of a Bollywood star on British television has put the spotlight on prejudice in India, where the ancient caste system still creates divisions and men openly declare a preference for fairer-skinned wives....
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Politics stunts BD’s economic growth
CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh’s economy is a picture of stark contrasts and so are the choices it faces. The South Asian nation of 140 million people is one of the poorest on earth,...
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Over 1,000 civilians killed in Afghanistan last year
KABUL: More than 1,000 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in 2006, most of them as a result of attacks by the Taliban and other anti-government forces in the country’s unstable south, a rights group said....
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Indian speaker’s corner sees raw democracy in action
NEW DELHI: On a chilly January afternoon in India’s capital, about 100 people gather to watch a traditional dance by pink-clad bare-armed teenage girls hailing from a little district with big aspirations....
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Kabul feels it is being ‘bypassed’ by donors
BERLIN: Afghan calls for a bigger role in spending billions of dollars of aid flowing into the war-scarred country look likely to fall on deaf ears as a reconstruction conference ended here on Wednesday....
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Buddhist monk party joins govt
COLOMBO: The political party consisting mainly of Buddhist monks, the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) is to join the UPFA government, increasing the government’s newly boosted parliamentary strength from 122 to 113....
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