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US refuses visa to Kashmiri leader
New Delhi, March 21: Kashmiri resistance leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was admitted to a Mumbai cancer hospital on Wednesday after the United States denied him a medical visa apparently because... 
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Security Council starts debate on Iran
UNITED NATIONS, March 21: The UN Security Council on Wednesday began a debate on a new Iran sanctions resolution ahead of a vote to be attended by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad....
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20 die as Tigers attack military camps
COLOMBO, March 21: At least 20 persons were killed on Wednesday as the Tamil Tiger rebels launched a reportedly massive attack on military camps in the eastern Batticaloa district....
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14 killed in Mogadishu clashes
MOGADISHU, March 21: At least 14 people including six soldiers were killed on Wednesday as deadly fighting raged in southern Mogadishu, sparked by an attack on an Ethiopian military base, witnesses said....
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Bush vows to resist subpoenas: Clash over prosecutors
WASHINGTON, March 21: US President George W. Bush vowed to resist any attempt by Congress to force top aides to testify under oath about a row over fired prosecutors, warning against a “partisan fishing expedition.”...
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General strike paralyses Israel
JERUSALEM, March 21: Israel''s main workers union paralysed the country on Wednesday, shutting down airports, government offices and other essential services in an open-ended general strike over unpaid wages....
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How emotions colour moral judgments
PARIS, March 21: A deadly virus has broken out across the planet and you, in your home laboratory, have developed two substances -- one is a vaccine and the other is...
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Saudi Arabia to issue work visas during Haj
RIYADH, March 21: Saudi Arabia may soon start issuing temporary work visas to cater to the surge in demand of workers especially during Hajj. The Saudi Shoura Council has passed...
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Another project in India faces closure
DHINKIA (India): A tense stand-off with farmers unwilling to give up their land threatens India’s largest-ever foreign investment project, a $12 billion steel plant planned by South Korea’s POSCO....
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S. Asian nations look for common energy grid
NEW DELHI: Power-hungry South Asian nations may advance hopes to build a common energy grid this week, edging closer to overcoming the political obstacles that have left some with a power deficit and others with abundance....
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India’s successes blot out plight of village women
LONDON: When I first encounter Sona Bindya, this small 10-year-old girl is perching barefoot on a mound of rubbish, squinting into the sunlight by the side of a cratered road....
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Rising sea levels threaten Indian islands
MOUSHUNI ISLAND (India): Sheikh Alauddin, like hundreds of other residents living on West Bengal’s Moushuni island, has never heard the term “global warming”. But he is living with its consequences....
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Colombo relocating DPs against their will
COLOMBO: With the govt-Tamil Tiger rebels’ conflict deepening, President Mahinda Rajapakse has come under scathing criticism from international rights groups for settling civilians in still volatile eastern territories against their will....
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Negotiations fail to end anti-Maoist strike in Nepal
KATHMANDU: A strike in Nepal over mafia-like Maoist violence entered its third day on Wednesday as business leaders said talks with the Himalayan nation’s government had failed to ease their fears....
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Hello! launched in India
LONDON: Further evidence that celebrity culture is making the world a smaller place was prominently displayed on Delhi newsstands yesterday as the first Indian edition of Hello! magazine was launched with Liz Hurley on the cover....
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Bomb scare on Bangkok-Delhi flight
KOLKATA: Indian police arrested today a drunken passenger on a New Delhi-bound flight from Bangkok after he threatened to blow up the plane, officials said. State-run airline Indian''s flight with 88...
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Rome phobia
LONDON: Sigmund Freud''s neurotic attitude to travel is laid bare in a series of letters penned by the father of psychoanalysis which go on show in London from Thursday....
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5m-year-old whale skeleton found
ROME: The skeleton of a five-million-year-old whale has been found in the Tuscan vineyard that produces the world-famous Brunello di Montalcino wine. “A group of palaeontologists were digging in January in...
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Kurdish festival in Turkey
ANKARA: Tens of thousands of Kurds gathered across Turkey on Wednesday to celebrate their biggest festival as police stepped up security measures for fear that radicals might use the flashpoint event to stir unrest....
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Fashion week begins in India
NEW DELHI: Fluid shapes in metallic tones and fruity colours dominated the first day of India Fashion Week on Wednesday as some 87 designers unveiled new trends for domestic and foreign buyers....
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