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Nigerian troops kill 25 militants
KANO (Nigeria), April 18: Nigerian security forces killed 25 Islamic militants in an all-day battle on the outskirts of the northern city of Kano on Wednesday, authorities said.... 
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312 soldiers killed in Afghan war: US
WASHINGTON, April 18: Since the US invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, at least 312 members of the US military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan, says a Pentagon report....
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Jordan, Egypt told to contact Israel: Arab ministers meeting
CAIRO, April 18: Arab foreign ministers asked Egypt and Jordan on Wednesday to contact Israelis and try to persuade them to accept an Arab peace plan offering normal relations in return for land and a Palestinian state....
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Ahmadinejad warns attacker
TEHRAN, April 18: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday vowed that Iran''s armed forces would “cut off the hand” of any enemy that launched an attack on the Islamic republic....
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Sri Lankan govt pins all hopes on Vatican
COLOMBO, April 18: With no sign of ending hostilities with the Tamil Tiger rebels and facing intensified criticism from international human rights groups, the Sri Lankan government is now looking to the Vatican for solace....
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Mayor’s murder stuns Japan
NAGASAKI, April 18: Stunned Japanese laid flowers and called for even tighter controls on guns after the mayor of Nagasaki was shot dead by a member of the nation''s largest underworld gang....
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Long-term response to climate change urged
UNITED NATIONS: April 18: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called for a “long-term global response” to deal with climate change, along with unified efforts warning that countries’ lack of access to water, energy and other essentials can lead to conflict....
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Western media link killer to Muslims
WASHINGTON, April 18: The US media did find an excuse to link the Virginia Tech killer to the Islamic history, claiming that he had words ‘Ismail Ax’ written on one of his arms....
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Media initiative to build regional trust
NEW DELHI: A unique, private media initiative involving joint television programmes may do what political leaders in South Asia have failed to do so far — bring together the people of this fractious region....
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Melting Himalayan glaciers pose security risks
SINGAPORE: Global warming will cause the Himalayan glaciers to melt, leading to mass migration and possibly conflicts over valuable resources such as agricultural land and fresh water, the UN Environment Programme chief said....
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Rahul Gandhi’s remarks spark political storm
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi, the heir of India’s Nehru-Gandhi family, has sparked a political storm with a series of controversial remarks that analysts said showed the immaturity of a likely future national leader....
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Lanka’s tea industry in crisis due to labour shortage
COLOMBO: Once Sri Lanka’s sunshine crop and its top export earner, tea is no longer the answer to the country’s economic ills due to a serious shortage of plantation workers that...
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‘Kabul beauty school’: a look at the lives of women in Afghanistan
KABUL: Deborah Rodriguez has an explanation, of sorts, as to how a twice-divorced cosmetician from Michigan wound up running a beauty academy in the most incongruous of locales: the dusty, chaotic and blast-barricaded Afghan capital....
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India’s white collar party dreams of clean politics
KANPUR: In India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where corruption and caste have long dominated politics, a group of professionals from engineers to doctors are trying to challenge the grip of traditional parties....
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‘Ban-the-bulb’ campaign in India
BANGALORE: Greenpeace launched a campaign across Indian on Wednesday to push for a ban on the common light bulb to cut greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change....
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S. Arabia writes off Iraq’s debt
CAIRO: Saudi Arabia has decided to write off 80 per cent of the more than $15 billion it is owed by Iraq, Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said on Wednesday....
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Afghan govt raids TV station
KABUL: Afghanistan''s attorney-general, accused by critics of regularly breaking the law, has raided Tolo television, one of the country''s most popular stations, over a news item, the broadcaster said on Wednesday....
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Women protesters sentenced to jail
TEHRAN: An Iranian court has sentenced to prison two female activists who attended a banned rally last June to demand greater women''s rights, an Iranian news agency reported on Wednesday....
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Gere, Shilpa accused of obscenity
NEW DELHI: Hollywood star Richard Gere and Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty have landed in legal trouble after a light-hearted hug and kiss at an AIDS awareness event last weekend, a press report said....
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Missing FBI agent
WASHINGTON: The United States said on Wednesday it is asking other countries to help find out what may have happened to a former FBI agent missing in Iran....
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‘Berlusconi’s harem’
ROME: A few months after Silvio Berlusconi''s marital spat made headlines, the former prime minister was in the news for non-political reasons again on Wednesday when a magazine ran photos of him with young women....
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Luxury in official buildings
BEIJING: China is cracking down on government workers'' and Communist Party cadres'' habit of constructing extravagant office buildings for themselves, state press reported on Wednesday....
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