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16 killed in Mogadishu mortar attacks
MOGADISHU, Feb 20: A wave of pre-dawn mortar attacks pounded Mogadishu and killed at least 16 people on Tuesday in one of the most brutal bombardments since an Islamist movement was forced out of the Somali capital last month.... 
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US plans to hit Iran’s mly bases, says BBC
VIENNA, Feb 20: The United States on Monday intensified pressure on Iran by sending a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf and slapping sanctions on some Iranian banks and companies....
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US scoffs at Iran’s nuclear offer
WASHINGTON, Feb 20: The White House on Tuesday scoffed at Iran’s offer to suspend enriching uranium if Western countries do the same....
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20 children drown in Indian boat accident
KOCHI (India), Feb 20: At least 20 children drowned in a boating accident at a southern Indian wildlife park lake on Tuesday, officials and media reports said....
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US court rules inmates have no right to appeal: Guantanamo prisoners
WASHINGTON, Feb 20: The US federal appeals panel on Tuesday stripped Guantánamo Bay captives of the right to challenge their detention in lower federal courts....
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US resolution accuses Turkey of committing genocide
WASHINGTON, Feb 20: Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has scheduled a vote in April on a resolution that accuses Turkey''s Ottoman Empire of perpetrating "genocide" resulting in...
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Europe faces rise in racist attacks: EU official
BERLIN, Feb 20: Racist attacks rose sharply in Europe last year, a top official said on Tuesday, increasing pressure on EU president Germany to strike a deal harmonising anti-racism and genocide denial rules across the bloc....
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Russian blackmail won’t work, say Czechs
WARSAW, Feb 20: The Czech Republic said on Tuesday it would not be intimidated by Russia over plans to site parts of a US missile defence system on its territory and said attempts at “blackmail” by Moscow would backfire....
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Iraqis take over Basra command
LONDON, Feb 20: Britain put Iraqis in command of the main Iraqi army unit in Basra on Tuesday, a move billed as paving the way for Washington’s main ally to formally announce major cutbacks in troops....
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S. Lanka condemns train blasts
COLOMBO, Feb 20: The Sri Lankan foreign ministry on Tuesday condemned the attack on the Lahore-bound Samjhauta Express that killed 68 people, calling it an “abominable act of terrorism” that should be condemned by all positive-thinking people....
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Top Sunni scholar to meet pope in Rome
VATICAN CITY, Feb 20: The grand sheikh at the highest theological college in the Muslim Sunni world has agreed to meet with Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, the Vatican said on Tuesday....
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UK’s first Muslim peer opposes veil
LONDON, Feb 20: The veil is a mark of separation and defiance against mainstream British culture and should not be used, according to Britain’s first Muslim peer, Lord Ahmed of Rotherham....
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Arabs urged to sever ties with Israel
RAMALLAH, Feb 20: The Palestinian parliament urged Arab states on Tuesday to cut ties with Israel in protest at excavation work near al-Aqsa mosque, which has triggered Muslim protests....
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Tsunami warning in Indonesia after earthquake
JAKARTA, Feb 20: Indonesia issued a tsunami warning on Tuesday after a strong earthquake struck off the Moluccas islands in the country’s east, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties....
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McConnell assumes charge
WASHINGTON, Feb 20: Retired Adm. Mike McConnell was sworn in on Tuesday as the US national intelligence director, taking over at a time when the Al Qaeda organisation appears to be regrouping....
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Bush fixated on judgment of history
WASHINGTON: In the Lincoln Bedroom, President George Bush likes to show off one of the most treasured historical artefacts in the White House, a handwritten copy of Abraham Lincoln''s 1863 Gettysburg Address....
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Moroccans respond to calls for helping Iraqi militants
TETOUAN (Morocco): In the Arab world, this hilly North African city is about as far as you can get from Iraq. But for many young men here, the call to join...
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The plan that moved Pyongyang
WASHINGTON: In 2006, the headlines from North Korea were depressing. Pyongyang was headed down the path of escalation: missile tests in July, testing a nuclear weapon in October....
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Russia looking for deal on Kosovo
MOSCOW: Russia opposes a Nato-backed proposal to set Serbia’s province of Kosovo on the road to independence but may accept a trade-off on its future in return for other concessions, diplomats and analysts believe....
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Thai army turns blind eye to militants
PATTANI (Thailand): Since its September coup, the Thai army has become so preoccupied with politics it is neglecting the Muslim far south, where 2,000 people have been killed in three years of unrest, analysts and officials said on Tuesday....
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