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Chlorine truck bomb kills 27 in Iraq
RAMADI, April 6: A suicide bomber targeting a police station exploded his truck full of chlorine gas in a residential area on Friday, killing 27 people in the biggest chemical attack by insurgents in Iraq since the invasion.... 
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No link between Saddam and Al Qaeda: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, April 6: There was no direct link between the Al Qaeda terrorist network and Saddam Hussein, says a Pentagon internal probe made available to the media on Friday....
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Confession made under duress: sailors
LONDON, April 6: The British service personnel released recently from Iranian captivity on Friday told a crowded press conference televised worldwide, all that the British public had wanted to hear from them....
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Taliban seize southern Afghan district
KABUL, April 6: Taliban rebels seized control of a district in the south of Afghanistan on Friday, officials said, as more than 1,000 ISAF and Afghan soldiers attacked a Taliban stronghold....
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Ban wants end to political impasse: Lebanon crisis
UNITED NATIONS, April 6: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he would send the United Nations’ legal chief if needed to a planned international meeting to try to end the...
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Ethiopia reinforces troops in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, April 6: Ethiopian troop reinforcements on Friday entered the Somali capital on the fifth day of a shaky ceasefire as thousands of displaced Mogadishu residents sought food and water to survive....
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Mixed reaction in BD over poll proposals
DHAKA, April 6: Leaders of different political parties in Bangladesh did welcome on Friday the Election Commission’s proposed poll reforms, but made guarded remarks on the Commission’s 18-month timeline for preparation of voters’ roll....
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A ‘real invisibility cloak’ is in sight, say scientists
CHICAGO: Harry Potter fans, take note: scientists have finally come up with a workable design for an invisibility cloak. Physicists figured out the complex mathematical equations for making objects invisible by bending light around them last year....
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Iran exposes Europe’s political weakness
WASHINGTON: Iran has pulled off a tidy little success with its seizure and release of those 15 British sailors and marines: a pointed humiliation of Britain, with a bonus demonstration of...
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Bush fighting to stay relevant
WASHINGTON: With George W. Bush struggling to stay relevant in his final 22 months in the White House, his administration is looking more and more like the incredible shrinking presidency....
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Easter is crime time in Norway
OSLO: Visions of corpses and the scent of blood haunt Norway each year at Easter, when people in this tranquil country traditionally curl up with a thrilling crime novel at their cabin retreats....
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Treatment may fuel cancer spread
WASHINGTON: Treating cancer with surgery, chemotherapy or radiation may sometimes cause tumours to spread and US researchers said on Thursday they may have nailed down one of the causes – a compound called TGF-beta....
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Colourful characters contest UP elections
LUCKNOW: A woman from India’s untouchable classes who now often wears diamonds and a wrestler turned regional strongman are at the fore in elections which begin tomorrow in the country’s largest state....
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Ukrainian PM trying to befriend West
KIEV: Ukraine’s Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych is seeking to throw off a reputation as Moscow’s man in his deepening political tussle with the country''s president, analysts here said on Friday....
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