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India scraps $600 million helicopter deal
NEW DELHI, Dec 6: The Indian government scrapped on Thursday a 600-million-dollar deal to buy 197 military helicopters after allegations of corruption in the bidding process.... 
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Nine killed in Nebraska mall shooting
OMAHA (Nebraska), Dec 6: A 19-year-old man killed eight people and then himself with an assault rifle at a busy mall in Omaha on Wednesday, sending terrified workers and Christmas shoppers scrambling for cover....
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Rice faces friction with Russia on Iran, Kosovo
BRUSSELS, Dec 6: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed for tougher sanctions against Iran and for an independent Kosovo as she arrived here on Thursday for Nato talks that could spark further friction with Russia....
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North Korea urged to disable N-plants : Bush’s letter to Kim
WASHINGTON, Dec 6: US President George Bush has made an unprecedented personal appeal to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il to disclose and disable his nuclear programmes by Dec 31, US officials said Thursday....
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Neglecting elderly parents declared crime in India
NEW DELHI, Dec 6: Indians who neglect their ageing parents could be jailed under a new law passed by parliament today amid growing elderly mistreatment in a country long known for revering the old....
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WHO urges greater focus on child medicines
GENEVA, Dec 6: Millions of children die each year from preventable diseases because they do not have access to the right medicines, the World Health Organisation warned on Thursday.About...
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Kashmir official removed after ‘obscenity’ charge
SRINAGAR, Dec 6: An Indian official tasked with reviving cultural activities in schools in occupied Kashmir has been pulled from the post after Muslim hardliners said his shows were “promoting obscenity”....
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Mother confesses to killing five boys
BERLIN, Dec 6: A mentally-ill woman in Germany has confessed to killing her five sons, authorities said on Thursday, two days after another mother was arrested in connection with the death of three newborns....
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Technical glitch delays shuttle launch
CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida), Dec 6: NASA on Thursday postponed the planned launch of the space shuttle Atlantis for at least a day due to a technical glitch, just hours before it was due to blast off....
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Supercomputer on a chip
FRANKFURT, Dec 6: IBM says it has made a breakthrough in converting electrical signals into light pulses that brings closer the day when supercomputing, which now requires huge machines, will be done on a single chip....
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Communists in Russia to appeal against vote fraud
MOSCOW, Dec 6: The head of Russia’s Communist Party on Thursday vowed to file a court appeal against vote fraud in parliamentary elections last weekend, Russian news agencies reported....
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Back-from-the-dead British canoeist grilled
LONDON, Dec 6: British police were to question on Thursday a man who made a shock reappearance five years after being presumed drowned — as his wife admitted knowing he was alive and their “angry” sons condemned both parents....
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US left with scant options after Iran surprise: analysts
WASHINGTON: The threat of war with Iran has ebbed and with new UN sanctions now an even harder sell, the United States has scant options even if it were to reverse course and engage Tehran, experts say....
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Politicians expect Lebanon vote delay
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s parliamentary vote due on Friday to elect a president is set to be delayed for a seventh time as feuding parties accuse each other of blocking the process, several politicians said on Thursday....
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Global warming destroying plants, animals
BALI: More than 3,000 flying foxes dropped dead, falling from trees in Australia. Giant squid migrated north to commercial fishing grounds off California, gobbling anchovy and hake....
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Afghan ‘super envoy’ idea faces obstacles
BRUSSELS: Plans by the United States and Britain to create a “super-envoy” coordinating international efforts in Afghanistan face wrangling over the exact scope of the job, diplomats said on Thursday....
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Poll on seven natural wonders stirs interest
GENEVA: The Grand Canyon, Mount Fuji and the Amazon rainforest are likely contenders in a global poll of millions of people to select the seven natural wonders of the world, organisers say....
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Vietnam greets year’s four millionth tourist
HANOI: Vietnam on Thursday greeted its four-millionth visitor of the year, celebrating a milestone for the tourism sector as it is seeking to position itself as a leading Southeast Asian travel destination....
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Brazilian kidnapper of US ambassador dies
SAO PAULO: Vera Magalhaes, a former leftist guerilla who took part in the 1969 kidnapping of the US ambassador to Brazil, has died in Rio de Janeiro....
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Turkey flexes diplomatic muscle amid economic boom
ANKARA: The frenetic travel of President Abdullah Gul highlights Turkey’s new self-confidence on the global stage as its economy booms and foreign investment pours into the European Union candidate nation....
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