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13 die in attack on Nigerian police station
KANO (Nigeria), April 17: An Islamic fundamentalist group on Tuesday killed 12 police officers and one civilian in an attack on a police station in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, police said.... 
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Fresh clashes rock Mogadishu; 7 killed
MOGADISHU, April 17: Heavy weapons fire broke out on Tuesday in the Somali capital as Ethiopian army units and Islamist insurgents clashed in southern Mogadishu killing at least seven civilians, witnesses said....
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US urges India to ‘understand restrictions’ of N-cooperation
WASHINGTON, April 17: The State Department has urged India to “understand” that the US government still faces some legal restrictions in implementing the nuclear deal the two countries concluded last year....
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Bomb kills four in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, April 17: Two Afghans and two foreigners were killed when a roadside bomb blast ripped through a United Nations vehicle in the southern city of Kandahar, police said on Tuesday....
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Nagasaki mayor critical after being shot
TOKYO, April 17: The mayor of the Japanese city of Nagasaki, who was shot by a man police said belonged to a crime syndicate, remained in a critical condition on Tuesday and his chances of survival were slim, doctors said....
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Colombo turns down AI’s request
COLOMBO, April 17: The Sri Lankan government has turned down a request by Amnesty International (AI) representatives to travel to Sri Lanka to assess the human rights situation here, informed sources said....
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Gates, Abdullah discuss ME peace
AMMAN, April 17: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday met Jordan’s King Abdullah II for talks on Iraq, Iran and the Arab-Israeli peace process, on the first leg of a Middle East tour....
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Kuwait bans animal import
KUWAIT CITY, April 17: The Kuwait’s Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources on Tuesday banned the import of animals from South Africa, Ecuador and Iraq....
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Shooting should not deter foreign students: US WASHINGTON, April 17: The US government sought to reassure foreigners on Tuesday that the United States remains a prime destination for their studies despite this week''s mass murder at a Virginia university....
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Rain delays space tourist return
MOSCOW: US space tourist Charles Simonyi and two fellow crew members will return to earth a day later than planned because of boggy ground at the landing site, a spokesman for Russian mission control said on Tuesday....
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Egyptian police smashes Israeli spy ring
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities said on Tuesday they had smashed a spy ring working for Israel which included an Egyptian engineer with Cairo''s atomic energy commission, an Irishman and a Japanese national....
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Teens held over schoolboy stabbing
LONDON: Two more teenagers were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the murder of Paul Erhahon, the 14-year-old stabbed to death near his home in east London, police said....
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30-year jail for terrorism
OSLO: Norway''s justice ministry on Tuesday presented a bill to parliament that would increase the sentence for acts of terrorism from the present 21 years in prison to 30, the ministry said in a statement....
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Debate on climate change
UNITED NATIONS: British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett on Tuesday opened a ground-breaking debate on climate change in the UN Security Council, stressing the need for a shared understanding of the linkage between energy, climate and security....
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Society launches drive to make learning English easier
LONDON: Enough is enuf. The Simplified Spelling Society (SSS) is celebrating its 99th birthday by launching a new campaign to make it easier to read and write English....
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Asians in US fear backlash after campus shooting
BLACKSBURG: Virginia Tech student Jiyoun Yoo was terrified when she heard a gunman had rampaged through her campus, killing 33 people. When news broke on Monday that the gunman was a South Korean student, her fear took a new direction....
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Those who rose to the occasion
BLACKSBURG: Amid the horror at Virginia Tech were tales of heroism during the rampage, including an older professor — himself a Holocaust survivor — who gave his life to protect his students....
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Only 19pc of Asians get AIDS drugs: WHO
NEW DELHI: Only 19 per cent of Asians who need AIDS drugs receive them, a World Health Organisation (WHO) report said on Tuesday, calling for a surge in treatment to meet a 2010 goal for universal access....
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Free market fear may affect French election
PARIS: French presidential hopefuls are promising to build Fortress France, regardless of whether their ideas for safeguarding jobs, firms and industries would be feasible, let alone benefit the economy....
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The truth Congress is owed
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration’s ongoing evasions, stonewalling of Congress and shifting rationales for the firing of eight US attorneys are part of a campaign that began when the president took office:...
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Internet age has not changed Americans’ grasp of current issues
WASHINGTON: Despite the emergence of 24-hour cable television news and fast-growing use of internet news sources, the US public’s knowledge of national and international personalities and issues is little changed from...
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Iraqi DPs boost Assad
DAMASCUS: Syria’s decision to accept Iraqi refugees streaming into the country has brought the government of President Bashar Assad more power within Syria and the region, but at significant cost....
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