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Pipeline fire kills 40 in Nigeria
LAGOS, Dec 26: About 40 people have died in a fire at an oil pipeline after it was vandalised by looters in the southern Nigerian state of Lagos, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.... 
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Turkish planes attack Kurd targets in Iraq
ANKARA/SULAIMANIYA, Dec 26: Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish guerilla targets in northern Iraq on Wednesday, Turkey’s general staff said, in their fourth such cross-border raid in five days....
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Colombo claims killing 40 rebels
COLOMBO, Dec 26: At least 40 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed during a heavy sea battle that erupted off Sri Lanka’s northern coast of Jaffna, the navy said Wednesday....
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Russia to supply new air defence system: Iran
TEHRAN, Dec 26: Iran announced on Wednesday it is to receive S-300 air missile defence systems from Russia, a move that risks angering the United States which has been critical of past arms sales to Tehran....
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BD’s new version of independence history
DHAKA, Dec 26: School textbooks in Bangladesh have been revised to reflect the latest government version of the role of Sheikh Mujib and Ziaur Rahman after the military action in 1971, an official said on Wednesday....
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Mobs kill 3 Kenyan policemen
NAIROBI, Dec 26: Three Kenyan policemen were killed by an angry mob of opposition supporters who accused the government of trying to rig presidential polls, police said on Wednesday as tension mounted on the eve of the vote....
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Delhi temple adjudged world’s largest
NEW DELHI: Guinness World Records has recognised a sprawling mock-ancient monument in the Indian capital as the world’s largest Hindu temple, the Press Trust of India reported on Wednesday....
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Escaped tiger kills one
SAN FRANCISCO: A Siberian tiger escaped from its enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas day, killing one visitor and mauling two others before being shot dead by police, authorities said....
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Sarkozy with his love in Valley of Kings
LUXOR (Egypt): French President Nicolas Sarkozy took a stroll through the Egypt’s spectacular Valley of the Kings on Wednesday, hand in hand with his new girlfriend, singer and ex-supermodel Carla Bruni....
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Treasure-hunting in Philippines
MANILA: Treasure hunts in Philippine caves are to come under government regulation to protect the country’s natural and cultural heritage, the environment and natural resources department said on Wednesday....
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German mother admits killing infant sons
REGENSBURG (Germany): A mother has confessed to killing her infant sons over Christmas, police in southern Germany said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of such killings that have shocked the country....
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Moscow terms Nato plans very worrying
MOSCOW, Dec 26: Russia is “extremely” concerned by the development of Nato and opposes further expansion by the Western military alliance, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on Wednesday, state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported....
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Goa to protect tourists from violent protesters
MUMBAI, Dec 26: Armed police are to guard beachgoers in Goa after activists opposed to carving out industrial enclaves in India’s tourist haven warned tourists to leave by Friday or face violent protests....
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‘Sholay’ producer Sippy dies
NEW DELHI, Dec 26: Bollywood veteran G.P. Sippy, who produced Indian cinema’s biggest blockbuster, “Sholay”, died in Mumbai on Tuesday at the age of 93. Sippy died from “age-related ailments”, the Press Trust of India said....
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US aims to edge out Russia in arms sales to India
WASHINGTON: The United States is gearing up to battle Russia and Europe for sales of billions of dollars in jet fighters, cargo aircraft and other arms to India....
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Search for missing in Nepal bridge collapse
KATHMANDU: Troops joined police searching on Wednesday for hundreds of people missing a day after a bridge collapsed killing 16 and injuring 40 more in a steep river gorge in Nepal, officials said....
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Families of fishermen remember tsunami dead CHENNAI: Thousands of fishing families who survived an avalanche of water brought on by a massive sea earthquake three years ago gathered on beaches in south India on Wednesday to remember the dead....
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India’s Apec membership may be years away
SINGAPORE: India is increasingly important to Asia and the Pacific, but its membership in Apec, the main group pursuing regional free trade and development, is likely to still be years away, Apec’s executive director said on Wednesday....
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Extortion trial of Hasina, former minister begins
DHAKA: A Bangladesh court started prosecution on Wednesday against detained former prime minister Sheikh Hasina for alleged extortion....
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Rajapakse vows to crush Tamil rebels
MATARA (Sri Lanka): Sri Lanka’s president used a tsunami mourning ceremony on Wednesday to repeat a vow to crush Tamil rebels before conducting peace talks to end Asia’s longest-running ethnic conflict....
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Diplomatic row over expulsion of UN, EU officials
KABUL: A diplomatic row erupted on Wednesday between Afghanistan and key aid partners after Kabul ordered the expulsion of a Briton and Irishman working for the EU and the UN, accusing them of threatening state security....
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Lanka judge frees French TV crew
COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan judge on Wednesday freed two foreign television reporters held for two days by police while making a documentary about people detained under emergency laws, officials said....
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