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44 Indian troops, Maoists killed in clashes
RAIPUR (India), July 10: More than 40 troops and Maoist rebels were killed in one of the deadliest clashes to date in revolt-hit central India, officials said Tuesday.... 
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17 Afghans killed in suicide attack
KANDAHAR, July 10: Seventeen civilians, a dozen of them schoolboys, were killed and 30 others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a NATO convoy in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, officials said....
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Abbas calls for international force in Gaza
RAMALLAH, July 10: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called on Tuesday for an international force in the Gaza Strip, which is now controlled by the rival Hamas movement....
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Bush under pressure over Iraq
WASHINGTON, July 10: US President George W. Bush faces mounting pressure from lawmakers to shift course on the Iraq war, but the White House insists the rising political heat will not force a quick about-face on troop withdrawals....
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Man flies 5,600 km for wedding — a year early
LONDON, July 10: A man flew all the way from Canada to Britain for a friend’s wedding — then realised he was a year too early, the self-confessed `berk’ told BBC radio on Tuesday....
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Fresh violence hits Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, July 10: Two Somali civilians were killed on Tuesday and five others wounded as a busy Mogadishu market was struck by grenade attacks for the second consecutive day, witnesses and security sources said....
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Graft charges against Thaksin
BANGKOK, July 10: Thailand’s Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear corruption charges against toppled premier Thaksin Shinawatra, in the first graft case against the billionaire to reach court since last year’s coup....
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Sydney man held on terror charges
SYDNEY: A Sydney man was arrested and charged with terrorism offences on Tuesday for being a member of Sri Lanka''s Tamil Tigers and supporting the organisation, which has waged a two-decade long civil war, police said....
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Malaysia rescues 950 monkeys
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian wildlife officials rescued 950 monkeys taken by poachers and destined for cooking pots in China and laboratories in the Netherlands, a report said on Tuesday....
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Internet blamed for teen pregnancies
BEIJING: Nearly half of the pregnant teens in China''s financial hub, Shanghai, met their partners on the Internet, state media said on Tuesday....
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Iran to hang 20 criminals
TEHRAN: Iran will hang 20 people convicted of various crimes including rape and adultery, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday....
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China to flood 75 villages
BEIJING: China was evacuating 150,000 people on Tuesday from villages in eastern China that may have to be deliberately flooded to combat torrential rains which have led to the deaths of more than 100 people nationwide....
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Eight Tigers killed in blast
COLOMBO: A roadside bomb killed eight Tamil Tiger rebels in their own territory in the island’s far north on Tuesday, Nordic truce monitors said, in what appeared to be an ambush....
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Cut down on your coffee habit
LONDON: It’s the most widely used psychoactive drug in the world, 80 per cent of UK adults use it on a weekly basis and globally it’s estimated that the market for...
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Neo-cons try to rally, bully Republicans: Debate on US plan for Iraq
WASHINGTON: In the face of a critical Senate debate on future US strategy in Iraq, neo-conservatives and other hawks are trying to rally increasingly sceptical — and worried — Republicans behind continued support for President George W....
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French Muslims struggle to build mosques
MONTREUIL (France): Mohamed Aboulbaki unfurled the design sheets for a gleaming new mosque where Muslims from ethnically-mixed eastern Paris and its suburbs could congregate, away from the cramped prayer houses they now frequent....
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Displaced civilians in Chad face hunger
HABILE (Chad): Mahamat stares out from beneath his mother’s shawl, his eyes glassy and bewildered....
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Lessons from history to combat climate change
PARIS: From the enigma of Easter Island to the famines that struck India in the 19th century, the past is throwing up vital pointers for scientists poring over how to combat looming climate change....
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