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Diplomatic push to end ethnic strife in Kenya
NAIROBI, Jan 2: Kenya’s political leaders traded charges of inciting ethnic violence on Wednesday as diplomatic efforts intensified to end post-election unrest that has left some 330 people dead....
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Five killed in Colombo bomb attack
COLOMBO, Jan 2: Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful roadside bomb in Sri Lanka’s capital on Wednesday, killing five people and wounding 28 others, police and hospital officials said....
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Bush must speak out on Israeli settlements, says Abbas
CAIRO, Jan 2: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Wednesday that US President George Bush must speak out against Israeli settlements during his visit to the region next week, because they were making peace talks impossible....
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Curfew in Assam after four Muslims killed
GUWAHATI: Authorities in India’s restive northeast imposed a curfew and called out the army in a remote district on Wednesday after four Muslim protesters were shot dead by police and dozens wounded in clashes....
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Bangladesh toys with plan to exile Hasina, Khaleda
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s army-backed interim government has apparently revived a year-old plan to send two detained former prime ministers abroad....
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Study sheds light on how Down’s prevents cancer
WASHINGTON, Jan 2: People with Down’s syndrome suffer cancer less than most other people and a study in mice published on Wednesday gives one possible explanation — they produce higher levels of a certain protein....
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Britons biggest fans of fast food: survey
LONDON, Jan 2: Britons are the world’s biggest fans of fast food, just ahead of Americans, while famously gastronomic French are the least attracted by quick meals, according to a study published on Wednesday....
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Facts about Kenyan tribes
NAIROBI: Here are some facts about Kenya’s tribal communities....
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Suicide bomber kills four in Algeria
ALGIERS, Jan 2: A suicide car bomber rammed on Wednesday his explosives-laden vehicle into a police station in Naciria, east of the Algerian capital, killing at least four people and wounding 12 others, radio said....
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Suicide attack claims 10 lives in Iraq
BAQUBA, Jan 2: A suicide bomber killed 10 people in Iraq on Wednesday, Iraqi authorities said, the latest in a wave of suicide attacks that has seen a major strike nearly every day of the past week....
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US AG opens probe into CIA tapes
WASHINGTON: US Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Wednesday announced the Justice Department would open an investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes of Al Qaeda operatives....
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Volcano erupts in Chile; 53 tourists rescued
SANTIAGO: Army troops on Wednesday rescued 53 tourists from the slopes of the Llaima volcano erupting in southern Chile, authorities said....
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Thailand mourns death of Princess Galyani
BANGKOK: Thailand’s Princess Galyani Vadhana, elder sister of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, has died six months after entering hospital with cancer, the palace said on Wednesday....
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Heat layers above Arctic blamed for ice crisis
PARIS: The dramatic loss of the Arctic ice cap may have been triggered by disruption to the thermal layers of atmosphere stacked over Earth’s far north, according to a Swedish research....
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Saudi women’s fresh effort to quash ban on driving
RIYADH: Saudi women activists on Wednesday began a fresh effort to get a ban on women drivers lifted in 2008, handing in a new petition to King Abdullah urging him to quash the restriction....
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Interpreter, soldier killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Jan 2: A US-led coalition soldier was killed on Wednesday in a bomb blast in Afghanistan, making him the first troop to die this year in the country, the military said....
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Cold snap claims 38 lives in India
LUCKNOW: An unusually fierce cold snap has killed nine people in northern India over the past two days, bringing the death toll from weeks of unusually chilly weather to 38, officials and a news report said on Wednesday....
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Sri Lanka hotel rates rise after blasts
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s luxury hotels raised their rates on Wednesday despite an escalating ethnic civil war that triggered a 20 per cent drop in tourists....
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BD govt takes flak for rising food prices
DHAKA: Dangerously low grain stocks and a failure to secure imports have pushed up food prices dramatically in Bangladesh and the transitional government has come under attack for its apparent inability to tackle the problems....
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Afghan drug trade may hit new peak in 2008
KABUL: Afghanistan’s already booming drugs trade is likely to grow even more this year, the head of foreign troops in the country said on Wednesday, warning this would bankroll the Taliban insurgency....
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Bhutan votes for youth in first poll
GUWAHATI (India): Bhutan has elected mostly people in their twenties and thirties to its new upper house as the tiny Himalayan state switches to democracy after a century of absolute monarchy, election officials said on Wednesday....
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Goa drops plans to build industry zones
MUMBAI: India’s tourist state of Goa has dropped plans to build industrial enclaves, officials said on Wednesday, after protests that reflect wider opposition to similar projects across the country....
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