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Poll rigged, alleges Kenya opposition
NAIROBI, Dec 30: Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki won a second five-year term on Sunday in a disputed election victory that triggered deadly riots by tens of thousands of opposition supporters.... 
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Facts about Kibaki
President Mwai Kibaki, 76, beat opposition rival Raila Odinga by a narrow margin to win re-election in Kenya’s closest ever vote, the head of the country’s electoral commission (ECK) said on Sunday....
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Iran to start N-plant next summer
TEHRAN, Dec 30: Iran on Sunday insisted its first nuclear power station would be launched in the summer of 2008, despite the plant’s Russian constructors saying it will not go on line until the end of the year....
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France to boycott Syria over Lebanon crisis
CAIRO, Dec 30: France will have no more contact with Syria until Damascus shows willingness to let Lebanon end its long-running political crisis and find a new president, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Sunday....
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Fukuda’s China trip warms ties
QUFU (China), Dec 30: Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda concluded a feel-good visit to China on Sunday with a stop at the birthplace of Confucius, but the outlook for better relations could be dampened by his dwindling domestic clout....
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Seven teenage girls missing in Orissa
BHUBANESHWAR (India), Dec 30: Seven teenage girls were missing in eastern India where Christian-Hindu violence left at least four people dead over the past 10 days, a state government official said on Sunday....
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Army plans to kill 10 Tamil rebels a day
COLOMBO, Dec 30: Sri Lanka’s army chief said the leader of the country’s Tamil Tiger rebels could be dead within six months and the military’s aim is to kill 10 rebels a day, a newspaper report said on Sunday....
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Nepal Maoists rejoin cabinet
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s former Maoist rebels rejoined the interim government on Sunday, two days after parliament voted to abolish the monarchy, ending three months of deadlock that had threatened to derail the peace process....
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Hillary holds lead in Iowa
DES MOINES (USA): Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a narrow lead in Iowa four days before the state opens the presidential nominating race, while Republicans Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney are virtually tied, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Sunday....
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Three pro-Thaksin winners disqualified
BANGKOK: Three politicians linked to ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra who won seats in Thailand’s recent election have been disqualified for alleged vote buying, the Election Commission said on Sunday....
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Iran teahouses protest over water pipe ban
TEHRAN: Around 100 Iranian teahouse owners staged a rally on Sunday in protest at a ban on water pipes which they said has put their businesses in jeopardy, IRNA reported....
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Hanover evacuated to remove WW2 bomb
BERLIN: More than 14,000 people, including 98 hospital patients, were evacuated on Sunday from a one km square area in Hanover as munitions experts defused an unexploded World War Two bomb dropped by an American warplane....
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Brussels cancels new year fireworks
BRUSSELS: The city of Brussels has cancelled its traditional fireworks display to see in the New Year on Monday night due to an ongoing state of heightened security....
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10 killed in Afghanistan violence
GHAZNI: Two civilians among 10 people have been killed in attacks in southern Afghanistan, police said on Sunday....
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One’s trash becomes another’s treasure
WEST VIRGINIA: When Laura Gernell heard about a place where people gave away perfectly good things to strangers — no money changing hands, no questions asked — she figured it was too good to be true....
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Cracks widen in East Europe
PRAGUE: Ideological issues, corruption and populism pervade the political culture of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland at a time when both economic reform and an improvement in living standards are being promised to bridge the gap with the West....
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Blair supporters make peace with Brown
LONDON: Tony Blair’s strongest supporters on Sunday sue for peace with Gordon Brown as they declare their political idol is ‘history’ and pledge to throw their weight behind the British prime minister in the face of a resurgent opposition Conservative party....
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Pakistan a harsh test for US hopefuls
IOWA: At a pivotal political moment, Pakistan’s tumult is thrusting the men, and woman, who would be US president into the unforgiving glare of a breaking foreign crisis.Benazir...
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Bhutan polls may end absolute royal rule
NEW DELHI: The Himalayan outpost of Bhutan stages its first parliamentary polls this week as the kingdom steers away from royal rule, but officials worry many voters will stay away....
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Japan’s economy creates its own crisis
TOKYO: Never mind the US subprime loan crisis, the main cause of Japan’s lacklustre economic performance this year is entirely self-inflicted, according to analysts....
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