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11 killed in Indian clashes
KOLKATA, March 14: At least 11 people were killed in India''s West Bengal state on Wednesday after police fired on opponents of a planned industrial park in the worst day of unrest yet over a key government economic reform.... 
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Democrats propose US troop pullout by March 2008
WASHINGTON, March 14: Congress on Wednesday began its latest showdown over Iraq, this time over setting a deadline of a little more than a year for full withdrawal of US troops from the war-ravaged country....
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BD accused of extrajudicial killings
DHAKA, March 14: Bangladesh''s leading human rights group on Wednesday accused security forces of carrying out at least 50 extrajudicial killings since the start of emergency rule two months ago....
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LTTE targets attacked
COLOMBO, March 14: Sri Lanka warplanes bombed suspected Tiger rebel camps on Wednesday, a day after top defence officials warned that the latest military campaign could last three years....
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Hydrocarbon seas on Saturn’s moon
LOS ANGELES, March 14: Scientists for the first time have discovered what appear to be sea-size bodies of liquid on the surface of Saturn''s largest moon, including one about as big as the Caspian Sea on Earth....
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US AG not to resign over prosecutor sackings
WASHINGTON, March 14: US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales refused on Tuesday to resign over accusations that his department sacked eight government prosecutors for political reasons....
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‘Israel not enthusiastic about strike on Iran’
JERUSALEM, March 14: Israel is not “enthusiastic” about using military means to stop Iran''s controversial nuclear programme, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday. “The central issue bothering Israel nowadays is...
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Nepal moves closer to ditching king
KATHMANDU: Nepal has moved a step closer to ditching its monarchy with the Himalayan nation’s premier turning on embattled King Gyanendra and calling for him to quit, analysts and officials said on Tuesday....
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Call-centres galore — door to prosperity for India’s poor
LONDON: The spanking new steel and glass buildings housing India’s exuberantly growing IT companies could be in Reading or California — until you visit the dusty, worn emergency staircases at the...
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Italy paying a high price for Afghan deployment
ROME: Italy is paying a higher political price than other Nato partners for keeping troops in Afghanistan, but analysts say the cost of withdrawal would be even greater for Rome and its closest allies....
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JVP condemns UN interference in Lanka
COLOMBO: The Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party said on Wednesday that it will block moves by the government to bring to Sri Lanka the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and...
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Bowled by the beautiful
NEW DELHI: From Sobers-Mahendroo to Zaheer-Isha, affairs of the heart between cricketers and Bollywood stars have left all spellbound. It all started when Sir Garfield Sobers landed in India and fell for Anju Mahendroo, a reigning Bollywood beauty....
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