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100 killed in Iraq violence
BAGHDAD, March 29: Bomb attacks killed more than 100 Iraqis on Thursday, including 60 killed in a popular Baghdad market in the deadliest violence in the capital since a massive US security crackdown.... 
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16 die in Afghan clashes
KANDAHAR, March 29: Security forces killed 13 Taliban in battles in southern Afghanistan while two police and a security guard died in rebel attacks, officials said on Thursday....
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UK takes Iran case to UN
LONDON, March 29: Britain took the escalating crisis with Iran over 15 captured naval personnel to the UN Security Council on Thursday as Tehran withdrew an offer to free the only woman detainee....
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AL makes direct appeal to Israelis: Revival of me plan
RIYADH, March 29: Affirming “just and comprehensive peace as a strategic option for the Arab nation in accordance with the Arab peace initiative based on the land for peace” formula, the...
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No reason to be confrontational with Iran: Burns
WASHINGTON, March 29: The United States has no reason “to choose a confrontational path” with Iran for the moment, US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns said on Thursday....
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India plans naval war-games
NEW DELHI, March 29: India is sending its largest warships for joint manoeuvres with China, Japan, Russia and the US where it will showcase its growing naval strength, officials said on Thursday....
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Sacking controversy damaging Bush govt
WASHINGTON: Republicans say the controversy over firing US attorneys is muddling their message and damaging President George W. Bush. Instead of trumpeting their criticisms that Democrats are meddling in Iraq strategy...
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US immigration rate hits 25-year high
SAN FRANCISCO: The number of eligible immigrants choosing to become US citizens reached an all-time high in 2005, raising the percentage of newcomers who took the oath of citizenship to its...
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Russia, Latvia forget row
MOSCOW: If Russia and Latvia have finally settled their 15-year dispute and signed a treaty delineating their common border, it is down to economic pragmatism, say analysts in both countries....
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Iran gets opportunity to improve image
TEHRAN: Whether or not the 15 British Royal Marines in Iranian custody actually trespassed into the country’s territorial waters, the incident has provided Tehran with an opportunity to build up an...
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Leading math expert dies
PALO ALTO: Paul Joseph Cohen, a leading mathematician who won several of the world’s most prestigious math awards, has died. He was 72. Cohen died on Friday of a rare lung...
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Watch buried in ice three years ago found working
COPENHAGEN: A wristwatch buried by an adventurer in the ice at the North Pole three years ago was found by a boy more than 3,000 kilometers to the south after it...
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Mogadishu rebels fighting for different reasons
NAIROBI: The bloody attacks that have rocked Mogadishu in recent months have been led by a mishmash of rebel groups all targeting Somali and Ethiopian troops but for very different reasons, observers say....
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Jailed for insulting Thai royalty
CHIANG MAI (Thailand): A Thai court sentenced a Swiss man on Thursday to 10 years in jail for defacing images of Thai royalty, a rare prison term for a foreigner convicted under the country''s tough lese-majeste laws....
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CIA kidnap suspect seeks damages
ROME: A Muslim cleric is seeking millions of euros in damages from the Italian state, after accusing CIA agents and Italian spies of kidnapping him in Milan and flying him to Egypt for torture....
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NYT reporter wins award
WASHINGTON: Carlotta Gall, the New York Times correspondent who was reportedly beaten up in Quetta by security men, has won a prestigious journalism award from the Georgetown University....
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Editor faces jail term
MOSCOW: A Russian newspaper editor faces five years in jail for publishing articles alleging corruption and human rights abuses in his region, a media rights watchdog warned on Thursday....
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Extortion trial opens in BD
DHAKA: The extortion trial of Tareque Rahman, a son of former Bangladeshi prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, opened on Thursday amid a nationwide crackdown on graft....
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Castro writes article
HAVANA: Cuba’s leader Fidel Castro wrote a scathing article on US use of biofuels published in Thursday''s edition of state newspaper Granma, the 80-year-old revolutionary’s first article since his July surgery....
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India tests air-to-air missile
NEW DELHI, March 29: India again test-fired its air-to-air missile Astra on Thursday from the interim test range in Chandipur-on-sea. Media reports quoting defence sources said it was the third test of the missile in five days....
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