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Israeli troops kill nine Palestinians in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Jan 3: Nine Palestinians, including two women, were killed in Israeli bombardments in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, medical sources said, in the latest blitz against the Hamas-ruled territory.... 
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Car bomb kills five in Turkey
DIYARBAKIR (Turkey), Jan 3: A powerful car bomb exploded Thursday near a military base in Diyarbakir, the main city in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast, killing five people, hospital officials said....
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BD court to rule on war crimes case after 36 years
DHAKA, Jan 3: A court in Bangladesh has ordered police to submit a report on allegations a former minister committed war crimes during the country''s fight for independence from Pakistan, an official said on Thursday....
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Heavy fighting grips Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Jan 3: Heavy fighting between government troops and Tamil Tigers broke out in northern Sri Lanka on Thursday, hours after Colombo announced it was pulling out of a tattered ceasefire agreement with the rebels....
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Six killed in Indian temple stampede
NEW DELHI: Six people including a boy of eight were trampled to death and 12 people injured in a stampede at a Hindu temple in southern India on Thursday, a state government official said....
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Singh to visit China this month
BEIJING: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit China later this month, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, as the Asian heavyweights grapple with issues from border disputes to competition for resources....
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Iowa voters set to name White House picks
DES MOINES, (Iowa), Jan 3: White House hopefuls launched a final blitz on Thursday to mobilise support in the too-close-to-call Iowa caucuses, the first electoral showdown of the longest, most gruelling US presidential race in history....
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Profiles of US presidential hopefuls
WASHINGTON: Leading candidates in the race for the November 2008 US presidential election are seeking to become the first woman, first black, first Mormon or oldest first-term president to occupy the White House....
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Computing power to unravel ‘cosmic web’ of universe
CHICAGO, Jan 3: Scientists believe that a quantum leap in computing power and the development of powerful new telescopes will soon unravel the “cosmic web,” a theory by which the universe is bound by invisible threads of “dark matter.”...
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Eight killed in Indian police firing
GUWAHATI: Eight people were killed and 20 injured when police opened fire on protestors demanding village elections in north-eastern India, police said on Thursday.The incident occurred in Assam state when a call for a shutdown turned violent, a police spokesman said....
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Kabul urges Tehran not to expel refugees
KABUL: Afghanistan’s government called on Thursday on Iran to delay its decision to expel or punish over a million Afghan refugees living there without proper documents....
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Fire ravages Manila shopping mall
MANILA: A fire in a shopping mall here burned through most of the day on Thursday, sending a thick pall of black smoke into the air that was visible across the city of 12 million people....
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Heavy snow blankets Romania, Bulgaria
BUCHAREST: Heavy snow blanketed Romania and Bulgaria on Thursday, cutting power to hundreds of towns and villages, blocking roads and forcing some Black Sea ports to close....
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Crisis in Kenya spreads gloom over Africa
NAIROBI: Kenya’s sudden spiral into chaos after years as a regional anchor has badly set back Africa’s democratic progress and will strike a heavy blow against the economies of a wide swathe of neighbouring nations....
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Rising oil prices good and bad news for climate
PARIS: Surging oil prices are a mixed blessing for the environment, experts say....
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Europeans greet new laws with mixed feelings BERLIN: Europe started 2008 with a raft of new laws against smoking, air pollution and even junk food adverts, but some grumbled that the New Year’s resolutions from the “nanny state” cramped their style....
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Israel, Palestine prepare security for Bush visit
JERUSALEM: Israelis and Palestinians are bracing for draconian security measures and traffic chaos next week as preparations gather pace for the landmark visit to the region by US President George Bush....
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Chinese farmers ‘happier’ despite rising wealth gap
BEIJING: China’s more than 700 million farmers are happier than before despite a growing wealth gap, while poor urban residents are being squeezed by rising food and property prices, a top government think tank said on Thursday....
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Happiness may be good for health
NEW YORK: A happy heart just might be a healthier one as well, new research suggests....
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Wildlife awareness spread through ring tones
ALBUQUERQUE (New Mexico): The growls, bugles and chirps of dozens of rare and endangered species are being heard in cities and towns around the globe....
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Chatty drivers on cellphones delay traffic
WASHINGTON: Drivers talking on cellphones are probably making Americans’ commute time even longer, concludes a new study....
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