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Britain scrambles jets to intercept Russian bombers
LONDON, Sept 6: Britain’s air force scrambled four Tornado warplanes on Thursday to intercept eight Russian long-range bombers, but the Russian planes did not enter British air space, the ministry of defence said.... 
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Greens protest Indian Ocean wargames
PORT BLAIR (India), Sept 6: Environment groups in this Indian Ocean archipelago on Thursday strongly condemned massive wargames in the region, saying the exercise would shatter its fragile ecology....
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Jakarta to buy $1bn arms from Moscow: Putin visits Indonesia
JAKARTA, Sept 6: Indonesia and Russia inked a billion-dollar arms deal on Thursday during a visit by President Vladimir Putin that will see the world’s fourth most populous nation snare a range of Moscow-financed hardware....
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China hints at ‘differences’ on India-US N-deal BEIJING, Sept 6: China said on Thursday there were “different views” about a nuclear power pact between the United States and India and called for such deals to stay in line with international safeguards -- but left its own stance ambiguous....
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West fears India will tip APEC power balance, says official
SYDNEY, Sept 6: Western countries are behind moves to keep India out of an Asia-Pacific grouping because they are concerned that its entry would tip the balance of power towards Asia, an official said on Thursday....
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Asia must deal bravely with HIV/Aids: UN
HONG KONG, Sept 6: A top UN official urged countries in Asia on Thursday to deal squarely and bravely with HIV/Aids, which he said was being driven dangerously underground because of stigma and conservative attitudes....
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Nepal prince suffers heart attack
KATHMANDU, Sept 6: The heir to Nepal’s monarchy, Crown Prince Paras, was in stable condition on Thursday after suffering a massive heart attack that doctors blamed on the 36-year-old playboy’s lifestyle....
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Japan minister denies charges
TOKYO, Sept 6: The fourth person to take the job of Japan’s farm minister under embattled Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after a series of scandals on Thursday dismissed charges that he too received dirty funds.—AFP...
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Leech invasion makes Japanese see red
TOKYO, Sept 6: Long confined to the mountains, Japanese leeches are invading residential areas, causing swelling, itching and general discomfort with their blood-thirsty ways....
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Bid to smuggle protected frogs
GUWAHATI, Sept 6: Police in northeastern India have recovered several bags full of thousands of protected frogs, with officials saying they were destined for French plates....
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Ties with Nato vital to security: Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 6: Kuwait has said that coordination with world’s powers was necessary to protect itself from major threats and to guarantee its sovereignty....
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BD’s news channel shut down
DHAKA, Sept 6: Bangladesh’s emergency government on Thursday shut down the country’s only 24-hour private news channel, officials said, just weeks after it was warned against airing “provocative” news during last month’s nationwide student unrest....
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Fake cop caught after 26 years
COLOMBO, Sept 6: Sri Lankan police authorities on Thursday said they had arrested a man who conned his way for 26 years posing as a cop, fooling his wife, neighbours and...
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Japan’s leadership at a crossroads
WASHINGTON: The recent upper-house elections in Japan served as a wakeup call for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. His party, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), lost its upper-house majority for the...
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Games industry booming in Asia
SINGAPORE: Welcome to the new world....
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Superlatives an Indian passion
NEW DELHI: How do you stand out in a land with a billion people? Radhakant Bajpai did it by growing his ear hair more than five inches long....
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Basra pullout will test Iraqi forces
BAGHDAD: The aftermath of this week’s British pullout from Basra will demonstrate whether Iraq’s nascent security forces have what it takes to keep the peace in a major city where militias and gangs have held sway....
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Bloggers push state-run media aside in Vietnam
HANOI: Pop stars are doing it, so are millions of teenagers and even Communist Party politicians — blogging has taken Vietnam by storm and spawned an alternative communications universe to dusty state media....
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Russian women stranded in Cuba since Soviet Union’s fall
HAVANA: They came from Russia with love to a tropical socialist utopia when the going was good....
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