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Car bombs kill 63 in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Feb 18: Two car bombs tore through a packed shopping area of a mainly Shiite district of Baghdad on Sunday, killing 63 people in the worst attack since US and... 
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Four killed in Thailand bomb attacks: Violence in Muslim majority areas
YALA (Thailand), Feb 18: At least four people were killed and 49 injured late on Sunday when a series of coordinated explosions, arson attacks and shootings hit Thailand''s restive Muslim-majority south, police said....
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Eight US soldiers die in Afghan ’copter crash
KABUL, Feb 18: Eight US soldiers were killed and 14 injured when a helicopter crashed in an insurgency-hit part of southeastern Afghanistan early on Sunday after a “sudden loss of power,” the US-led coalition said....
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Indian govt plans to adopt unwanted daughters
NEW DELHI, Feb 18: The Indian government plans to open centres where people can abandon unwanted daughters in a bid to tackle the abortion of female foetuses and infanticide, a report said on Sunday....
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Democrats move to cut Bush’s war powers
WASHINGTON, Feb 18: Opposition Democrats plan to introduce a new resolution in the US Senate that would limit President George Bush’s ability to wage war and will redefine the mission of US troops in Iraq....
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‘Supermosque’ planned in London
LONDON, Feb 18: As the Kingsway International Christian Centre, Europe''s biggest evangelical church with a capacity of 12,000, is being pulled down to make way for the Olympics, controversial plans to...
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Saif Ali Khan hospitalised
MUMBAI, Feb 18: Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was on Sunday night admitted to a hospital here after he experienced chest pain....
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Asian cinema conquers Berlin festival
BERLIN: The 57th Berlin Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday after awarding a Chinese drama its Golden Bear prize for best picture, capping a bumper year for Asian cinema at the event....
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Protesters drag Nepal govt to democracy
KATHMANDU: Many residents of Nepal’s capital spent their weekend holiday in their vehicles in hours-long queues for petrol, fearing a flare-up of a general strike that closed the main highway in this landlocked country earlier this month, leading to fuel rationing....
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Obama’s candidacy spotlights ‘category crisis’
LOS ANGELES: Although not quite able to pass for white, Sen. Barack Obama has been able to pass for African American. He is biracial, but not white; black, but not African American; American but not African....
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Questions raised over intelligence reports: Iran’s involvement in Iraq
LOS ANGELES: This time around, when the Bush administration presented “intelligence” from unidentified sources about a dangerous foe in the Middle East, the American media was noticeably more sceptical....
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