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Suicide blast kills 11 in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Jan 6: A suicide bomber blew himself up among soldiers and civilians celebrating Iraq’s national Army Day holiday in central Baghdad on Sunday, killing 11 people.... 
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Iran slams ‘interfering’ Bush ME trip
TEHRAN, Jan 6: Iran on Sunday attacked President George Bush’s planned trip to the Middle East, saying the landmark visit by its foe was aimed at interfering in relations between regional states....
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Israel kills four in Gaza raid, Olmert vows escalation
GAZA, Jan 6: Israeli troops killed four Palestinians in a raid into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Sunday, witnesses said, and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed to step up attacks on militants who fire rockets into Israel....
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Seven killed in New Delhi slum fire
NEW DELHI: At least seven people were killed when a fire tore through a slum on Sunday in the Indian capital New Delhi, the fire department said....
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Tigers’ spy chief killed
COLOMBO, Jan 6: The Sri Lankan troops had killed head of the LTTE’s Intelligence wing Shanmuganathan Ravishankar, popularly known as Charles, the government military and the LTTE said on Sunday....
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US to defend Israel if Iran attacks: Bush
JERUSALEM, Jan 6: US President George Bush said Washington would defend its close ally Israel in the event of an Iranian attack, in remarks broadcast on Israeli army radio on Sunday.“Whether...
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Kenyans pray for peace, refugees await aid
NAIROBI, Jan 6: Kenyans across the political divide prayed for peace on Sunday while aid workers sought to bring relief to nearly 200,000 refugees from post-election violence that has killed hundreds....
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Hillary attacks Obama as new vote showdown looms
MANCHESTER (New Hamp-shire), Jan 6: Democratic contender Hillary Clinton on Sunday battled to fend off her surging rival Barack Obama, as polls put her at risk of a second stinging defeat on the road to the White House....
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Winter storms batter western US
LOS ANGELES: Storms battered the western United States on Saturday with strong winds, heavy rains and a blanket of snow that caused widespread power outages, a levee break in Nevada and two deaths in California....
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Iran expels German diplomat
TEHRAN: Iran expelled a German diplomat for ‘undiplomatic’ behaviour, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, following a report of an Iranian diplomat being ejected from Germany last July....
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Bush unlikely to win Gulf support on war with Iran
DUBAI: US President George Bush will not win any support for military action against Iran when he visits four Gulf Arab allies later this month, political analysts in the region say....
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How bird flu virus jumps to humans
PARIS: Scientists on Sunday said they had figured out how influenza viruses carried by birds latch on to humans, a discovery that may open the way to a vaccine against not just deadly avian flu but against all flu types....
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Brown reveals vision for ‘dangerous’ year ahead
LONDON: Gordon Brown on Sunday issues a powerful declaration that 2008 will decide the fate of his premiership as he pledges to push through a series of controversial decisions that will shape Britain for decades to come....
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Kenya in political deadlock after poll row
NAIROBI: Unity government, re-count, re-run, run-off? Possible solutions for the crisis born of last week’s bitterly disputed election in Kenya are many, but growing mediation efforts have yet to succeed....
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CIA tapes probe may spotlight torture issue
WASHINGTON: A US probe into the CIA’s destruction of interrogation videotapes is a chance to examine the legality of harsh techniques used on terrorism suspects, but investigators may not take the opportunity....
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Waterboarding technique
WASHINGTON: The US government has launched an investigation into the CIA’s destruction of videotapes depicting the harsh interrogations of two terrorism suspects in 2002....
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