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Market bomb kills 32 in Iraq
BAGHDAD, May 16: A van bomb was detonated in a crowded Iraqi market, police said on Wednesday, as militants clashed with police and the United States military hunted for three kidnapped personnel.... 
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16 killed in fierce Gaza clashes
GAZA, May 16: Hamas gunmen stormed the home of President Mahmoud Abbas''s top security chief in Gaza and at least 16 people were killed in fierce factional fighting on Wednesday that pushed Palestinians closer to all-out civil war....
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Rebels kill six migrants in Assam
GAUHATI, May 16: Separatist rebels shot and killed six migrant workers in north-eastern India’s restive Assam state, police officials said on Wednesday....
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Khamenei supports talks with US on Iraq
TEHRAN, May 16: Iran''s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Wednesday said he supported US-Iran talks in Baghdad about improving Iraq''s security, state-run television reported....
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Sikh students ordered to grow long hair
NEW DELHI, May 16: Sikh students in the capital must not cut their hair or trim their beards if they want to study at schools and colleges run by their community, a governing body official said on Wednesday....
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Graft case revived against Hasina
DHAKA, May 16: A graft case against former premier Sheikh Hasina Wajed has been revived, officials said on Wednesday, weeks after the emergency government backed down over banning her from returning to the country....
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Italy reminded it invented Mafia
ROME, May 16: Who invented the mafia? Italy''s left-leaning government asked on Wednesday, reminding the opposition that not only foreigners commit crimes and seeking to quell growing pressure to get tough on immigration....
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Sri Lanka to reconsider ban on mothers seeking jobs
COLOMBO, May 16: Following protests from the general public and rights groups, the Sri Lankan government is set to reconsider a ban imposed on mothers with young children seeking employment overseas....
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Elephants kill villager in BD
COX''S BAZAR (Bangladesh), May 16: Wild elephants straying into a village trampled a man to death and destroyed 30 bamboo-made houses in Bangladesh on Wednesday, police and forestry officials said....
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Quake rocks Thailand, Vietnam
BANGKOK, May 16: A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck western Laos near the border with Thailand on Wednesday, sending people screaming for cover as far away as Bangkok and Hanoi....
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Bush keen to sell 126 combat aircraft to India
WASHINGTON, May 16: A person no less than President George W. Bush is leading the US effort to sell 126 multi-role combat jets to India, diplomatic sources told Dawn....
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World must do more for Africa, says Jiabao
SHANGHAI, May 16: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called on the world community on Wednesday to do more to help Africa as he opened the annual meeting of the African Development Bank in Shanghai....
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Move to save threatened desert tree
DUBAI, May 16: Twisting out of the sand in the piping heat of the Arabian Peninsula is one of nature’s toughest trees....
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London bomber’s widow, two others released
LONDON, May 16: Hasina Patel, the widow of one of the 7/7 London bombers, and two others of the four arrested last week in connection with the 2005 train bombings in...
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Vajpayee proposed as presidential candidate
NEW DELHI, May 16: The name of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has unexpectedly figured as a possible opposition candidate for India’s presidential race due later this year....
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No crisis in Russia-EU ties: Kremlin
MOSCOW, May 16: Reports of a crisis in Russia-EU relations are exaggerated, the Kremlin’s representative to the European Union said on Wednesday ahead of a summit with the European Union....
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Ship lane to destroy mythical bridge
NEW DELHI: India plans to go ahead with a controversial project to carve a shipping channel in seas off its south coast despite protests by religious groups who say it will...
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Japanese waters warming faster
TOKYO: The temperature of waters around Japan has risen at a much faster rate than the rest of the world''s oceans in the past century, partly because of global warming, according to an official report....
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Sherpa summits Everest 17th time
KATHMANDU: A Nepali mountaineer broke his own world record on Wednesday by summitting Mount Everest, the world''s highest peak, for a breathtaking seventeenth time....
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Indonesia counts ts islands
PULAU AYER (Indonesia), May 16: Indonesia has so many islands that it has not been able to count them all and is having a hard time finding names for them....
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New Jersey wildfire spreads
WASHINGTON: A wildfire raged across the northeastern US state of New Jersey on Wednesday, forcing thousands of people to evacuate in the latest in a series of such blazes to strike the United States this month....
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Migrants a security threat
KUALA LUMPUR: The presence of thousands of illegal immigrants in Malaysia''s Sabah state poses a security threat to locals, an activist said on Wednesday....
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Is Myanmar really after N-power?
YANGON: Peaceful scientific research, a solution to Myanmar''s power shortages, or the first step in acquiring nuclear weapons?...
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Bhutan tolerates democracy but not dissent
JAIGAON (India): In a small hotel room on Bhutan''s border with India, a nervous group of men gathered to tell their stories — stories they said they would be too scared to relate in the country they call home....
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Farmers bewail climate change
BILIGIRI HILLS (India): A group of 25 leaders of the Soliga tribe in the isolated Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary in the hills of southern Indian state of Karnataka sit in a semi-circle, discussing matters of concern to them....
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New beginning after tsunami: School project
Ampara (Sri Lanka): The derelict shell of Al Hussain School stands like a monument overlooking the clear blue sea, its waters lapping gently on the white sandy beach....
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Indians demand more work visas
BANGALORE: India''s tech industry on Wednesday demanded more liberal US visa rules for software and computer professionals in response to calls by US lawmakers to limit their entry further....
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No aid dependence: Colombo
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka''s president vowed on Wednesday not to depend on foreign aid after Britain said it would suspend debt relief to its former colony until Colombo improves its human rights record....
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