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Left puts Singh on notice over N-deal
NEW DELHI, Dec 14: India’s main communist party that lends make or break support to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s coalition rule has warned of mid-term polls if the Congress-led government went... 
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18 killed as train hits school bus
NEW DELHI: At least 18 people, many of them children, were killed on Friday when a passenger train smashed into a school bus at a crossing in the northern Indian state of Punjab, officials and reports said....
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New Delhi speeding up N-missile production
NEW DELHI, Dec 14: India said on Friday it was ready to jump-start production of long-range nuclear missiles which can hit targets deep in China or Pakistan....
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Putin, Belarus leader close ranks against US
MINSK, Dec 14: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his authoritarian ally Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko closed ranks in Minsk on Friday against US plans for an anti-missile shield in central Europe....
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British troops charged with fraud
LONDON, Dec 14: Six British service personnel have been charged with fraud, the Ministry of Defence in London said on Friday, while one report said they were special forces troops....
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Abbas aide detained in Gaza
GAZA, Dec 14: Hamas Islamists detained an adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas’s government and three Fatah mourners were killed in an explosion on Friday, fuelling tensions between rival Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip....
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‘Chick’ Diana’s letter to ‘darling Dodi’
LONDON, Dec 14: Princess Diana addressed her last boyfriend as “darling Dodi” in letters thanking him for a holiday on his yacht and sending him her father’s cufflinks as a present, her inquest in London heard on Friday....
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Palestinian state is not a fair solution
LONDON: The Palestinian state has now become the universal standard for all solutions to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The international community applauds the concept. President Bush proudly proclaims it as his “vision”....
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US aims for long-haul gains in China talks
BEIJING: Immediate gains from the latest US-China economic talks appear limited, but US officials argue the two sides are making strides towards the goal of getting real results out of complex negotiations....
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Japan policy shift seen after US opening to N. Korea
TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda favours a softer approach to North Korea, and a possible US decision to take Pyongyang off a terrorism blacklist in exchange for nuclear disarmament could help him shift policy gears....
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Bereaved Iraqi father thirsts for revenge
BAGHDAD: Since a death squad meted out a terrifying end to his football-crazy son in Baghdad two years ago, Abu Fuad has had only one thought in his mind – revenge....
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Australia’s universities riding Asian education boom
SYDNEY: Australia’s position on Asia’s doorstep, and its ability to offer quality, English-speaking university courses, has made it a major player in the global education market....
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“W00t” crowned ‘word of the year’
BOSTON: An expression of joy coined by online gamers, “w00t”, was crowned word of the year on Tuesday by the publisher of a leading US dictionary....
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Campaign not in trouble: Hillary
JOHNSTON (Iowa): Hillary Clinton on Friday denied her White House campaign was in disarray, despite sliding poll ratings and an uproar sparked by an aide who questioned her rival Barack Obama’s drug history....
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Need to create a better world for children
UNITED NATIONS: Senior United Nations officials on Thursday stressed that much more needed to be done to create a better world for girls and boys, especially with the fast-approaching 2015 deadline for realising the Millennium Development Goals....
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Shooting at Japanese gym kills two
TOKYO: A man opened fire at a gym in western Japan on Friday evening, killing two people and injuring six others, including children, a local official and news reports said....
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‘Magic’ leg hacked off
HYDERABAD (India): Police in southern India are hunting two men accused of hacking off and stealing the right leg of a Hindu priest which he claimed had magical powers, they said on Friday....
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Ban on films denied
BEIJING: China has denied suspending movie imports from the United States, after US officials “forcefully” raised the issue and demanded answers during tense meetings this week....
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