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25 die in Iraq blasts: US defends Baghdad wall BAGHDAD, April 23: A string of bomb attacks in Iraq on Monday killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens of others, as US and Iraqi officials defended the building of a wall around a Sunni enclave in Baghdad.... 
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US, Russia clash over missile shield
MOSCOW, April 23: Washington''s plan to build a missile defence shield in Europe threatens global security, Russia''s defence minister, Anatoly Serdyukov, told US Defence Secretary Robert Gates at a meeting in Moscow on Monday....
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Talks with China friendly: India
NEW DELHI, April 23: India said on Monday that talks to resolve a longstanding border dispute with giant northern neighbour China were “friendly” and “constructive” and would be continued at a later date....
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Norwegian envoy-LTTE meeting postponed
COLOMBO, April 23: A scheduled meeting between the Norwegian ambassador to Sri Lanka and the LTTE leadership was cancelled on Monday as the military launched fresh artillery attacks on newly-identified guerilla targets in the north and east....
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Girls ‘felt right’ after strangling friend
PERTH, April 23: Two teenage girls who admitted murdering their friend told police it “felt right” to strangle her, an Australian court heard on Monday....
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Key dates in Boris Yeltsin’s career
MOSCOW, April 23: Boris Yeltsin, who died on Monday at the age of 76, oversaw the transformation of Russia out of all recognition under his presidency....
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Yar’Adua wins Nigeria’s presidential poll
ABUJA, April 23: Umaru Yar’Adua of Nigeria’s ruling party was on Monday declared winner of the country’s presidential elections by the national electoral commission (INEC)....
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Voting in Syria ends
DAMASCUS, April 23: Voting for Syria’s parliament ended on Monday with a widespread lack of enthusiasm for the two-day polls which opposition activists urged supporters to boycott....
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Vote brings Turkish headscarf issue back on agenda
ISTANBUL: The men and women stand separately but their chant is the same: “Long live the fight for the headscarf!”...
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Making money out of discards
LONDON: Our houses are full of them: old computers, fax machines, video players, fridges in the garage, vinyl records, unwanted armchairs — things we don’t want but still work....
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Reconstruction raising anger in Lebanon
BINT JBAIL (Lebanon): Eight months after Israeli attacks left devastation across many villages in southern Lebanon, reconstruction comes with mounting anger towards both Israel and the central Lebanese government....
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Special milk to prevent child obesity
LONDON: British scientists are working on a baby formula which would chemically restructure the metabolic system of children to ensure they never became obese.Studies in mice have found that large doses...
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Spanish civil war exhibition portrays role of reporters
MADRID: Spies and soldiers, politically engaged and deeply partisan — such is the way a new exhibition portrays some of the intriguing band of foreign correspondents who risked their lives to report on the Spanish Civil War....
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Large turnout sets up critical fight in France
PARIS: Right-wing candidate Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Ségolène Royal, who will face one another in the final round of French presidential elections on May 6 following the first round of voting...
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Fat models stay in Africa as West wants ‘size zero’
ACCRA: Skinny African girls may get to strut on Western catwalks but the fat ones have to stay at home....
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