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75 die in Russian coal mine blast
MOSCOW, March 19: A gas explosion tore through a Siberian coal mine on Monday, killing at least 75 miners, officials said, as emergency workers raced to rescue dozens still trapped underground.... 
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14 rebels die in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: Fourteen Tamil Tiger guerillas and two soldiers were killed on Monday as Air Force planes pounded rebel territory in the north-east. Air Force jets targeted rebel bases mainly in...
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US grants visa to Ahmadinejad
WASHINGTON, March 19: The United States has granted visas to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and 38 aides and bodyguards so he can address the UN Security Council when it votes on...
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This is no time to leave Iraq: Bush
WASHINGTON, March 19: On the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war, President George Bush urged his country’s lawmakers to give him “the funds and the flexibility” needed to accomplish the mission....
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Diplomatic boycott of Palestinian govt eases
GAZA CITY, March 19: A year-long Western diplomatic boycott of the Palestinian government showed some signs of easing on Monday when a Norwegian junior minister met Ismail Haniya, the head of the new unity cabinet....
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Tarique Zia’s bail plea rejected
DHAKA, March 19: A sessions judge court on Monday evening rejected the bail plea of Tarique Rahman, elder son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, in an extortion case....
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Former Iraqi VP to be executed today
BAGHDAD, March 19: Saddam Hussein’s former vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadan will hang for crimes against humanity on Tuesday, according to legal sources who said his lawyers had been summoned on Monday evening....
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US president adopts a softer approach to remaining foes
BAGHDAD: Four years of devastating war in Iraq has left America’s global standing in tatters, and President George W. Bush is trying a softer approach to his remaining arch enemies -- North Korea, Syria and Iran....
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Iraqis still pessimistic about their future
WASHINGTON: A few weeks before the war in Iraq began in 2003, I was overtaken by fear. I did not fear the war but that George W....
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Statesmen using Mideast conflict for political gains
WASHINGTON: For years cynical statesmen have played a game of make-believe with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: from podiums in Europe or at the United Nations, they announce that their top priority henceforth...
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Woody Allen to shoot in Spain
LONDON: Woody Allen is moving on again. His last two films were funded and shot in the UK, but now he’s picking up his camera and heading to Spain....
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Bush’s family sets a bad example of wartime sacrifice
LOS ANGELES: When I was a little girl in a convent school, the nuns impressed on me the power of setting a good example. These beloved teachers are no longer around...
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Young Iraqis prefer to die for a cause
QANDIL MOUNTAINS (Iraq-Iran-Turkey): Saria, 20, is a bright and lovely young lady, and she has found peace in her life as a guerrilla. In this mountain range spanning Iraq, Iran and...
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Search for a trusted website now possible
LONDON: Internet searching: users can not usually identify the suitability of web content just from search results, said Segala, chief Paul Walsh Technology firm. Segala is spearheading an initiative to help...
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Mineral water baths cheating people
SARATOGA SPRINGS (New York): The famed “natural mineral water” baths at Saratoga Spa State Park in New York have been diluted with regular tap water for the past two decades, state officials confirmed on Monday....
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Experts claim solving 120-year puzzle
WASHINGTON: A transatlantic team of number-crunchers announced they had built a theoretical structure in 248 dimensions, resolving a 120-year puzzle that could used to test theories about the structure of the cosmos....
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Superjumbo lands in US
LOS ANGELES: The giant Airbus A380 superjumbo landed on US soil for the first time on Monday, with crowds turning out to witness the arrivals of the world''s biggest passenger plane in New York and Los Angeles....
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