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Manila blast kills eight, injures 89
MANILA, Oct 19: A huge bomb ripped through a shopping mall in the Philippine capital’s financial district on Friday, killing eight people and injuring 89, police and rescue workers said.... 
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Iraq partition will ‘blow up’ ME, says Assad
ISTANBUL, Oct 19: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned that a failure to preserve Iraq’s unity will trigger new bloodshed in the Middle East, a Turkish newspaper reported on Friday....
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China, India urged to step up pressure: US slaps sanctions on Maynmar
WASHINGTON, Oct 19: Pre-sident George Bush announced tighter US sanctions on Myanmar’s military rulers on Friday and urged China and India to step up pressure on the junta to end repression of pro-democracy activists....
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India loses 32 rare Asiatic lions
NEW DELHI, Oct 19: A total of 32 rare lions have died at a national park this year, the Wildlife Protection Society of India said on Friday....
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Russia wants ‘end’ to islands dispute with Japan
TOKYO, Oct 19: Russia said on Friday that it wants to resolve a dispute with Japan over the Kuril islands, which has prevented them signing a treaty to end World War II....
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Climate expert says Asia at risk
TOKYO, Oct 19: The head of a UN climate panel that shared the Nobel Peace Prize warned on Friday that Asia was particularly vulnerable to global warming, with the continent set for more disasters unless action is taken....
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Communists warn Singh on Posco project
NEW DELHI, Oct 19: India’s communists on today warned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against allowing land grabs in eastern India for steel giant Posco’s proposed plant....
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Top scientist suspended over ‘racist’ remarks
NEW YORK, Oct 19: A US Nobel Prize winning scientist has been suspended from his administrative duties as chancellor of a New York lab after reportedly saying black people were less intelligent than whites....
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Iran emerges as top issue in US foreign policy debate
WASHINGTON: When Pre-sident Bush this week raised the spectre of World War III if Iran manages to build nuclear weapons, he not only roiled the diplomatic world, he also underscored how...
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Russia’s return to space raises questions
BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan): The Soyuz rocket, carrying an American, a Malaysian and a Russian, was a study in world peace as it thundered toward the stars on the latest mission to the International Space Station....
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Heritage of Herat disappearing bit by bit
HERAT: In the ancient Afghan city of Herat, the fight is on between restoring historical monuments, palaces and houses or demolishing them to make way for bleak structures of smoked glass and concrete....
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Doubts over fertility jabs’ effectiveness
WASHINGTON: Fertility-boosting injections given to thousands of women each year may be a waste of time and money and put mothers and babies at risk, experts say....
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How ‘vulture funds’ prey on poorest countries
LONDON: Many debt relief campaigners had been hoping that the headlines about a $50m lawsuit against Zambia by a so-called ‘vulture’ fund earlier this year would mark the end of this controversial legal action....
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