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140 dead or missing in boat disasters
ANKARA, Dec 10: At least 51 people drowned off the Turkish coast in one of three incidents that left at least 90 other hopeful migrants to Europe missing or presumed dead, officials said on Monday.As... 
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Climate talks run into carbon conundrum
NUSA DUA (Indonesia), Dec 10: Bicycles, a solar taxi, recycled garbage and even tie-less meetings to help reduce air-conditioning costs — you name it, the world climate forum is using every...
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BJP names Advani as candidate for PM
NEW DELHI, Dec 10: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday decided to project senior leader Lal Kishan Advani as its prime ministerial candidate in the next general elections it epxects soon, Press Trust of India said....
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Laptop stolen from Indian mission: paper
NEW DELHI, Dec 10: Thieves stole a laptop computer and a briefcase from the tightly-guarded residence of India’s ambassador to Pakistan last month, a report on Monday said....
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Putin anoints ally as presidential frontrunner
MOSCOW, Dec 10: President Vladimir Putin endorsed technocrat ally Dmitry Medvedev as his successor on Monday in a surprise announcement that could clear the way for the Kremlin leader to retain power behind the throne....
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French tourist shot dead in Iran
TEHRAN, Dec 10: A young French tourist has been shot dead by a known criminal in the Iranian city of Isfahan, one of the country’s main tourist draws, the Fars news agency reported on Monday....
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New poll reflects paradox of hope, fear among Americans, Chinese
WASHINGTON, Dec 10: Americans view China’s growing economic and military power as a serious threat while the Chinese feel the United States is trying to prevent them from becoming a top world power, a survey showed on Monday....
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Fake Indian office issues birth, death certificates
NEW DELHI, Dec 10: A fake government office has been discovered in northern India that collected taxes, provided civic services and even handed out birth and death certificates, a report said on Monday....
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Sarkozy signs deal, talks rights with Qadhafi
PARIS, Dec 10: French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday he had asked Moamer Qadhafi for “progress” on human rights, as he prepared to sign 10 billion euros of contracts with the visiting Libyan leader....
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World divided over value of free press
LONDON, Dec 10: The world is divided over the importance of press freedom, with not everyone sharing the Western notion that it is crucial to a free society, a poll said on Monday....
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Recognition of Kosovo frightens Georgia
TBILISI: Ex-Soviet Georgia watched nervously on Monday as a deadline for resolving the status of Kosovo expired, fearing a knock-on effect in two Russian-backed separatist regions....
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Netherlands plans to redraw map of Europe
AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands wants to redraw the map of Europe – literally. Dubai has built Palm Island. Now the world leaders in land reclamation are considering an island in the shape...
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The lost world of Hyderabad Deccan
LONDON: Sixty years ago, four months after British rule had come to an end in India, the Nizam of Hyderabad, then the richest man in the world, was still refusing to join the new Indian union....
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Europe, Africa seem oceans apart on rights, trade
LISBON: Only a slim strip of sea separates Europe and Africa but the world’s biggest economic bloc and its poor neighbour seem to be oceans apart over how to improve human rights and build trade ties....
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Medvedev is ‘Kremlin compromise figure’
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin’s support for Dmitry Medvedev to replace him suggests a compromise among Russia’s competing elites but does not alone resolve the Kremlin succession riddle, analysts said on Monday....
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World’s leading schools set up campuses in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Asian students who traditionally looked to English-speaking Western countries for higher education are increasingly turning closer to home – to Singapore, educators say....
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Frenchman ‘restores’ silent movies
PARIS: Frenchman Serge Bromberg, saviour of more than 100,000 reels of old films, this week marked the 15th anniversary of a world-touring show with a difference -- where he accompanies rescued silent movies on the piano....
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Argentina gets first woman president
BUENOS AIRES: The first woman to be elected president of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner was sworn in on Monday, taking over the South American nation’s top job from her husband....
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Trial begins against Fujimori
LIMA: Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori went on trial Monday, accused of using a death squad during his 1990-2000 reign to exterminate suspected rebel sympathizers....
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Israel world’s fourth biggest arms exporter
JERUSALEM: Israel has become the world’s fourth largest weapons exporter, shipping out arms worth more than four billion dollars so far this year, the defence ministry said on Monday....
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US, Iran to discuss Iraq on 18th
BAGHDAD: US and Iranian officials will hold another round of talks on Iraq’s security next week, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Monday, adding that cooperation from Iraq’s neighbours was improving....
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5 killed in two shootings in Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS (Colorado): Five people were killed and five others wounded in two separate shootings at Christian centres in Colorado, authorities said, as the death toll rose on Monday in cases which police said are probably linked....
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