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107 die as smugglers boat capsizes
GENEVA, Feb 16: At least 107 people have been confirmed dead after a smugglers boat carrying Somali and Ethiopian migrants capsized off Yemen this week, the UN refugee agency said on Friday.... 
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CIA agents to face trial in Italy
MILAN (Italy), Feb 16: An Italian judge on Friday ordered 26 Americans to stand trial for the kidnapping of an Egyptian imam, setting up the first criminal examination of the CIA''s ‘extraordinary rendition’ programme....
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US to build base in Australia
CANBERRA, Feb 16: The United States is to build a new military satellite communications base in Australia, the government said on Thursday after three years of secret negotiations between the two allies....
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OIC backs Iran’s quest to go nuclear
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16: Lawmakers from member states of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference on Friday backed Iran''s nuclear programme, at a meeting in the Malaysian capital....
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EU wants India to join NPT, CTBT
NEW DELHI, Feb 16: The European Union said on Friday that India will have to take a "few steps" like associating with NPT and CTBT before the 25-nation body can decide...
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Iran parades suspect in Zahedan bombing
TEHRAN, Feb 16: An Iranian provincial television has aired footage of a suspect confessing to this week’s deadly car bombing in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, official media said on Friday....
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Prince Talal may build hotel in Israel: paper
RIYADH, Feb 16: Leading Saudi investor Prince al-Waleed bin Talal is in negotiations to build an eight-storey, 150-room hotel on Tel Aviv’s coastline, the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahranoth reported in its online edition....
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Democrats divided over Iraq war
WASHINGTON: Democrats face a host of risks as they move toward more substantive steps to tie President George W. Bush’s hands with funding restrictions on the Iraq war....
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Kremlin has a way with controlled democracy
MOSCOW: A Russian government reshuffle signals the start of the race to succeed President Vladimir Putin in 12 months, but so far the contest resembles an internal palace struggle more than an open election battle, analysts say....
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Uganda caught between drought and guns
NAWEET (Uganda): Drought cycles are coming more often to northeastern Uganda: every two years instead of every five. Residents could cope, if it wasn''t for the bandits....
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Ancient war gets makeover in film
BERLIN: US director Zack Snyder uses cutting edge technology to tell an ancient tale in his new film “300”, an ultra-violent depiction of the legendary battle between Spartans and Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C....
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Police alone can’t stop crime
LONDON: As officers investigate the third teenage killing in 12 days, and within five miles, no doubt many will be commending Thursday''s Metropolitan police decision to set up armed patrols on south London''s most notorious estates....
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Labour’s stumbling block
LONDON: Part of Tony Blair’s famous legacy is to leave the UK still united so that Gordon Brown does not inherit the nightmare of cross-border raids from an SNP-dominated executive seeking independence in Edinburgh....
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Tigers accuse army of killing 39 civilians
COLOMBO: Tamil Tiger rebels on Friday accused Sri Lankan security forces of killing 39 civilians and kidnapping 39 others in the last two weeks....
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