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ICJ panel tells India to repeal draconian law
NEW DELHI, March 3: A panel of the UN’s top court urged India on Saturday to scrap a draconian law giving the military sweeping powers to curb insurgencies.... 
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China opposes sale of US missiles to Taiwan
BEIJING, March 3: China pressed visiting US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte on Saturday to reject a proposed sale of missiles to Taiwan, the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own territory....
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Human liver, partial head delivered to home CASCADE TOWNSHIP (Michigan), March 3: Two packages containing human body parts, including a liver and a partial head, that were intended for a lab were delivered to a home instead, and...
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US designs ‘safer’ nuclear warhead
WASHINGTON, March 3: The Bush administration is taking a major step towards building a new generation of nuclear warheads by selecting a design that is being promoted as safer, more secure and more easily maintained than today’s arsenal....
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Protesters block main avenue in Putin’s home town
ST. PETERSBURG (Russia), March 3: At least 2,000 Russian protesters broke through police lines and blocked St Petersburg’s main thoroughfare on Saturday in an unusually bold show of opposition to the Kremlin....
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Curb on telecom services in Lanka
COLOMBO, March 3: The defence ministry said it has directed the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) to ban the sale of all telecom services in the north and east by third parties...
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Iraqi dies in US custody
BAGHDAD, March 3: A prisoner held at a US military brig in Iraq died after being assaulted by other detainees, the US military said on Saturday....
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Liz Hurley marries Indian businessman
LONDON: British model and actress Elizabeth Hurley has already married her fiance, the Indian businessman Arun Nayar, and Saturday’s star-studded event will just be a blessing, the Daily Mirror said....
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Stolen painting found in Spielberg’s collection LOS ANGELES: A Norman Rockwell work stolen from suburban St. Louis more than three decades ago was found in Steven Spielberg’s art collection, the FBI announced....
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Indonesia landslides kill 40
JAKARTA: Landslides triggered by days of heavy rain killed at least 40 people on an eastern Indonesian island on Saturday and scores more were believed to be buried under the mud, officials said....
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The ‘art, science and business of games’ SAN FRANCISCO: Video game makers from around the world will gather in San Francisco beginning on Monday to collaborate about the future of play....
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Congress’s Iraq struggle evokes Vietnam years WASHINGTON: A large portrait of Mike Mansfield, dogged Democratic foe of the Vietnam war, hangs near the US Senate chamber where a new generation of Democrats is trying to stop another unpopular conflict — in Iraq....
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Puppeteers struggle in digital age
NEW DELHI: Santosh Bhatt uses puppets to teach his children to tell stories about everything from medieval kings to AIDS, but in the digital age it is becoming increasingly difficult to make a living from the centuries-old Indian craft....
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Death sentence against Iraqi women deplored
BAGHDAD: Three young women accused of joining the Iraqi insurgency movement and engaging in “terrorism” have been sentenced to death, provoking protest from rights organisations fearing that this could be the start of more executions of women in post-Saddam Hussein’s Iraq....
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Taiwan seeks US missiles to face China
TAIPEI (Taiwan): Taiwan is seeking to buy more than US$400 million worth of missiles and parts from the United States to bolster its air defences, prompting a strong protest from China....
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