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AI slams India over rights abuse: US accused of using world as battlefield
NEW DELHI, May 23: Amnesty International on Wednesday slammed the Indian government for continued human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere, and said the scourge continued to enjoy impunity across the country.... 
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Palestinians start fleeing Lebanon’s refugee camp
NAHR AL-BARED (Lebanon), May 23: Thousands of Palestinians fled a badly damaged refugee camp on Wednesday after a fragile truce halted fighting between the Lebanese army and militants....
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BD’s army chief rules out martial law
DHAKA, May 23: The Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh, Lt-Gen Moeen U. Ahmed, reiterated on Wednesday that he “will neither enter politics” nor the army had any plan to impose martial law....
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US, India close to resolving differences on N-deal: Burns
WASHINGTON, May 23: The United States and India are “90 per cent” of the way toward sealing a landmark deal on nuclear energy, a top US official said on Wednesday ahead of pivotal talks in New Delhi....
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Rare Hitler photos made public
LONDON, May 23: Photographs of Adolf Hitler at a German music festival taken just over a month before the start of World War II were made public for the first time on Wednesday....
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Pope Benedict again in damage control mode
VATICAN CITY, May 23: Pope Benedict XVI, acknowledging the “suffering” of indigenous Latin Americans, moved on Wednesday to control damage caused by remarks made during his trip to Brazil, eight months...
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Language museum
HOLYHEAD (Wales), May 23: Language enthusiasts want to open a dedicated museum in London -- the world''s most multilingual city, where more than 350 languages are spoken — to coincide with the 2012 Olympics....
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Putin terms US missile shield harmful
VIENNA, May 23: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday consultations with Washington had failed to change Russia''s opposition to US plans for a missile defence shield in eastern Europe....
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France to make aliens’ return attractive
PARIS, May 23: France plans to offer incentives to more immigrants to return home, especially to Africa, new immigration minister Brice Hortefeux said on Wednesday. France will provide 6,000 euros (8,000...
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Threat to blow up Mumbai building
MUMBAI, May 23: Indian police stepped up security at the World Trade Centre in Mumbai on Wednesday after it was threatened with imminent terrorist attack, officials said....
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Blaze sweeps through Delhi shanty town
NEW DELHI, May 23: A massive blaze tore through an illegal New Delhi shanty town on Wednesday, prompting fire trucks to rush to the site to battle the flames, officials said....
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Anti-drugs, anti-terror efforts intertwined in Afghanistan
KABUL: Afghanistan’s opium poppy crop could rise 20 per cent this year over last year’s record haul, fuelling concerns that US and Nato forces need to play a bigger role in the drug fight, Western and Afghan officials say....
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Manmohan govt puts reform plans on the back burner
NEW DELHI: India’s ruling Congress party marks its third year in office this week with a toast to blistering economic growth, but it has been given poor grades on promised reforms, analysts said....
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A story of two resilient women
LOS ANGELES: Afghan-born novelist Khaled Hosseini is back with his long-awaited second novel, “A Thousand Splendid Suns.” (The book’s title was inspired by lines from the 17th century Persian poet Saib-e-Tabrizi’s...
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Poppy fields offer job opportunities
GHAZNI (Afghanistan): While intense fighting rages around Afghanistan’s famed poppy fields in the south, thousands of poor, jobless youths have poured in to embattled Helmand province to lance the lush-green poppy bulbs that promise massive yields of opium this year....
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Kashmir’s lone pathologist sick of his work
SRINAGAR: Mohammed Maqbool, the only pathologist working in occupied Kashmir, says he wants out of his job before it kills him. After handling thousands of bodies, Maqbool, who started doing autopsies...
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