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Eight Indians injured in racist attack in Germany
BERLIN, Aug 20: Eight Indian men were injured in a possible racist attack by about 50 Germans at a fair in eastern Germany over the weekend, police said on Monday.... 
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Gul fails in first round of presidential vote
ANKARA, Aug 20: Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, the frontrunner to be Turkey’s next president, failed to get elected in a first round of voting in parliament on Monday, but remained virtually assured of victory next week....
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Kidnapped German woman rescued
KABUL, Aug 20: Afghan police rescued the German woman, an aid worker, abducted at gunpoint in Kabul after surrounding the house where was being held and forcing her kidnappers to surrender before dawn on Monday, officials said....
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Jewish group accused of igniting hate
NEW YORK, Aug 20: A Muslim civil rights advocacy group on Monday accused a Jewish group called the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of seeking to hinder the due process rights of American...
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Sanjay Dutt granted interim bail
NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court on Monday granted Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt “interim” bail as it reviews the details of his six-year prison sentence for arms possession....
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Manmohan defends N-deal
NEW DELHI, Aug 20: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought to step up pressure on opponents of a nuclear energy deal with the United States on Monday as his government faced its worst crisis since taking power three years ago....
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North America summit begins amid protests
MONTEBELLO (Canada), Aug 20: The leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico arrived on Monday at this log cabin resort, near Ottawa, for a two-day summit to bolster trilateral trade and security....
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Asean must nudge China, India on Myanmar: lawmakers
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20: Southeast Asian lawmakers on Monday said Asean must pursue diplomatic efforts to push economic giants China and India to help realise political reforms in Myanmar....
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Giving Turkish its rightful place among world languages
ANKARA: Challenged to find Turkish equivalents for “metrosexual” to “mortgage”, dozens of academics comb ancient and modern texts to coin new words which might save the Turkish language from foreign tongues....
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Bose’s legacy endures in India, Japan: Alternative theories abound
TOKYO: As the priest recited prayers in Japanese under gold statues of the Buddha, mourners bowed to the urn said to hold the ashes of Subhash Chandra Bose, the Indian nationalist...
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Elections will not resolve Ukraine’s political crisis
BUDAPEST: The political crisis that has ravaged Ukraine since President Viktor Yushchenko decided to dissolve parliament is not likely to end with the early elections scheduled for Sep 30....
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US operation brings misery to Baquba
BAQUBA: The major US military operation in Baquba city north of Baghdad has ended, but it has left continuing suffering for residents in its wake. The US military launched Operation Arrowhead...
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S. Africa’s taxi drivers: undisputed kings of road rage
JOHANNESBURG: Armed with pistols and hair-trigger tempers, South Africa’s minibus taxi drivers are the undisputed kings of road rage, swerving through traffic and ignoring red lights as nervous motorists get out of the way....
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Illegal immigrants grab amnesty offer in UAE
DUBAI: Long queues, desperate hearts and hopeful faces — these days a human drama unfolds outside many an embassy in the UAE. With only two weeks left before the Sep 3...
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15 killed in Sri Lanka violence
COLOMBO: Fifteen persons were killed on Monday in fresh violence in Sri Lanka’s north as heavy fighting erupted in the area. Ten Tamil Tiger rebels, three village home-guards and two civilians...
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US asks Thailand to hold early elections
WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday called on Thailand’s military junta to call for quick elections, following voters’ approval of a new army-backed constitution. The new charter was to replace the...
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Jordan rules out handing over Saddam’s daughter
AMMAN: Jordan on Monday ruled out any move to hand over Saddam Hussein’s eldest daughter Raghad, who is wanted by the Iraqi government on suspicion of terrorism....
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‘Jaws’ fear grips Russia’s far east
MOSCOW: Residents in Russia''s far east have been warned to use caution in the sea after the capture of a Great White shark like that made famous in the 1975 horror film “Jaws”, a newspaper said on Monday....
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US shuttle hurries home
WASHINGTON: US shuttle Endeavour hastened Earthward on Monday to dodge possible disruption to landing by a looming hurricane, but its mission to develop an orbiting jump-off point for Mars was judged a success....
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