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60 Taliban killed in ferocious fighting
KABUL, July 23: Afghan and US-led troops killed more than 60 Taliban rebels in two days of fierce fighting, while six Nato soldiers died in separate clashes, officials said on Monday.... 
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Iraq bombings, shootings claim 23 lives
BAGHDAD, July 23: At least 23 people were killed on Monday in Iraq, including 12 in two Baghdad car bomb attacks, security and medical officials said....
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30 bags of babies’ bones found in India
BHUBANESWAR (India), July 23: Dozens of plastic bags containing the remains of aborted foetuses and newborn babies have been found in a pit in eastern India, police said on Monday....
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Libya’s new term for medics’ release
TRIPOLI, July 23: Tripoli has made a new demand from an EU diplomat seeking the release of six medics convicted of infecting Libyan children with the HIV virus, a diplomatic source said on Monday....
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Fresh threat to kill hostages
KANDAHAR, July 23: The Taliban said on Monday that one German hostage held in Afghanistan was still alive, contradicting earlier claims, but made new threats to kill him and 23 South Koreans....
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Global warming changes rainfall patterns
PARIS, July 23: A study has yielded the first confirmation that global warming is already affecting world''s rainfall patterns, bringing more precipitation to northern Europe, Canada and northern Russia but less to swathes of sub-Saharan Africa, southern India and Southeast Asia....
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Pirated Harry Potter books seized in India
BANGALORE, July 23: Indian police have seized hundreds of pirated copies of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series, a police official said on Monday....
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Russia terms murder probe biased
MOSCOW, July 23: Russian prosecutors on Monday criticised a British inquiry into the murder of a former Russian agent in London as “not objective,” pointing to “contradictions and errors” in the evidence....
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Bosnia sells itself as a tourist haven
UMOLJANI (Bosnia): Perched on the rocky southern ridges of Mount Bjelasnica, the Bosnian village of Umoljani is both new and ancient. Destroyed during the 1992-95 war, its stone-and-wood huts have been rebuilt, as good as old....
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Turkey’s oldest party is the biggest loser
ANKARA: Turkey’s oldest political party was the big loser in Sunday''s elections, failing to capitalise on a pro-secular mass movement that had the ruling party against the ropes only two months ago....
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Britain hit by worst flooding in 60 years
LONDON: Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the scene of Britain''s worst flooding in 60 years on Monday as thousands of people remained stranded in their villages and towns, many without clean water or electricity....
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UN inspectors walk into N-reactor at Yongbyon
A TEAM of UN inspectors walked into a nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, one of the most secret and well-guarded sites in Asia, last week and placed specialised fibre-optic seals on the machinery....
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US, Iran to hold talks on Iraq security
BAGHDAD: Arch foes the United States and Iran are to hold fresh talks in Baghdad on Tuesday on the security situation in Iraq, marking only their second one-on-one encounter in 27 years....
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