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Hundreds of flights grounded in US: Winter storm
NEW YORK, March 16: Airlines were forced to cancel hundreds of flights in the northeast United States on Friday as a winter storm closed in, bringing a grim mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain.... 
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Indian state paralysed by strike
KOLKATA, March 16: More than 50 people were injured in clashes across the Indian state of West Bengal on Friday sparked by the killing of 14 villagers trying to stop their land being taken for industrial parks....
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China endorses private property rights
BEIJING, March 16: China swept away a pillar of its communist idealogy on Friday when parliament gave unprecedented rights to private property -- one of two landmark laws that were passed aimed at making society more equal....
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Four soldiers killed in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, March 16: Four soldiers were killed and 12 seriously wounded in clashes with Tamil Tiger rebel in northern Sri Lanka on Friday, military sources said....
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Olmert in fight to survive crisis
JERUSALEM, March 16: After admitting he is widely disliked, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert fought for political survival on Friday as he struggled to make good on a promise to continue serving the country....
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UN convoy attacked in Gaza
GAZA CITY: Palestinian gunmen fired on the convoy of the director of the United Nations refugee agency as he returned to Gaza City on Friday, but there were no casualties, security sources and witnesses said....
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French presidential contenders
PARIS: Eleven contenders passed the first hurdle in the French presidential campaign on Friday after securing the 500 endorsements needed to stand in the race....
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Warmest winter on record
WASHINGTON, March 16: This winter was the warmest on record worldwide, says a US government report focusing on the changing climate.Last month an inter-governmental panel on climate change said human activities...
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US to expedite Iranian leader’s visa
WASHINGTON, March 16: The United States said on Friday it would expedite Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad''s request for a visa to address the UN Security Council when it votes on a new sanctions resolution against his country next week....
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Bush’s strategy costs Americans a lot
LOS ANGELES: Stop Saying President Bush hasn’t asked us to sacrifice anything for the war. He’s asked us to sacrifice something enormous: our civil rights. To which the American people have responded: “Sure, whatever.”...
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Major powers raise pressure on Iran
WASHINGTON: Despite Iran’s defiant pursuit of its nuclear programme, major powers say their unified support for UN sanctions is forcing Tehran to rethink its strategy and new penalties agreed this week will raise that pressure even more....
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Britons throw out a third of all food: study
LONDON: One-third of food bought in British shops ends up in rubbish bins, new research revealed on Friday. Over-buying, wrong storage temperatures and fussy children were among the reasons people gave for throwing away 6.7...
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Sane or not, Hamlet a hit in Washington trial
WASHINGTON: Sane or not sane? That was the question at Hamlet’s trial presided over by a real US Supreme Court justice late on Thursday centuries after Shakespeare’s fictional Prince of Denmark fatally stabbed the garrulous busybody Polonius....
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US may not benefit from Khalid’s ‘confession’
LOS ANGELES: What Timing! Just when the attorney-general and the president were coming under fire for the politicised dismissals of eight US attorneys, the Pentagon released a transcript of a March...
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Crackdown forces Zimbabwe opposition to forge unity
HARARE: Zimbabwe’s fractious opposition said on Friday that a government crackdown had brought the feuding factions back together and focused their energies on their common foe, President Robert Mugabe....
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US couples make beeline for ‘777’ wedding date
WASHINGTON: Thousands of starry-eyed couples across the United States will be tying the knot on July 7 this year, hoping the almost numerically perfect 7/7/07 combination will prove a perfect match....
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Sleep apnea causes heart disease, stroke
NEW YORK: A growing number of studies suggest that the night time breathing disorder, sleep apnea, can contribute to a range of cardiovascular diseases, according to researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota....
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Indian satellite in final orbit
BANGALORE: An Indian satellite designed to boost television and communication services was on Friday nudged into its final orbit, the national space agency said. “The satellite is now in the top orbit....
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Ice deposits on Mars
WASHINGTON: Huge deposits of pure frozen water have been found under the southern pole of Mars following a probe by the European spacecraft Mars Express, according to a study released here on Thursday....
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Iran’s air defence system
TEHRAN: The Iranian military has developed a new air defence system with a boosted ability to hit targets by firing two missiles simultaneously, state radio said on Friday....
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