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Kenyan leaders ready to work with mediators
NAIROBI, Jan 10: Kenya’s rival leaders agreed on Thursday to work with a mediation panel led by former UN chief Kofi Annan to end a political crisis that has claimed hundreds of lives, the head of the African Union said.... 
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India not part of contain China effort: Singh
NEW DELHI, Jan 10: India is not part of any effort to contain China and its engagement with Beijing is an imperative necessity, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here on Thursday days ahead of his maiden visit to Beijing....
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Britain starts new push for nuclear power
LONDON, Jan 10: Britain gave the go-ahead to a new generation of nuclear power stations on Thursday, setting no limits on nuclear expansion and adding momentum to atomic energy’s worldwide renaissance....
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Tigers ready to revive truce
COLOMBO, Jan 10: Tamil Tiger rebels said on Thursday they were ready to revive a dying ceasefire abandoned by Sri Lanka’s government and urged Norway to maintain its peace efforts despite escalating fighting....
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UK troops tested for blood infection risk
LONDON, Jan 10: Eighteen British troops are being tested for blood diseases after receiving emergency transfusions from American service personnel, Defence Minister Derek Twigg said on Thursday....
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AI calls for BD ‘truth commission’
DHAKA, Jan 10: Amnesty International on Thursday called for Bangladesh’s military-backed government to set up a “truth commission” to probe war crimes from the 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan....
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Poor English in British schools
LONDON, Jan 10: One in five schools in England fails to give pupils a decent education in maths and English, although the trend is improving, exam league tables showed on Thursday....
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Putin names firebrand as Russia’s Nato envoy
MOSCOW, Jan 10: President Vladimir Putin has appointed a firebrand nationalist who champions re-armament to counter the West as Russia’s permanent representative to Nato, a Kremlin spokeswoman said on Thursday....
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Russian arms pact freeze imperils Europe
VIENNA, Jan 10: Russia’s freeze of a Cold War arms control pact threatens European security and it is getting harder to find common ground on security issues, the new head of of Europe’s main democracy and rights watchdog said on Thursday....
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Two women freed, but hundreds still in captivity
BOGOTA (Colombia), Jan 10: Colombian rebels, who on Thursday freed two women political activists, still hold hundreds of ordinary people in their isolated Amazon jungle hideouts, many of whom have endured years in captivity....
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France, Spain close ranks on ETA, migration
PARIS, Jan 10: President Nicolas Sarkozy and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero pledged on Thursday to join forces to fight Basque separatist violence, as well as promote Europe-wide migration controls and the emergence of a Mediterranean Union....
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US protests to Iran
WASHINGTON, Jan 10: The United States on Thursday made a formal protest to Iran over a weekend incident in which Iranian speedboats swarmed around US warships in the Strait of Hormuz, US officials said....
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Bush asserts Iran’s threat after naval confrontation
WASHINGTON: The Gulf confrontation between US and Iranian forces ended without a shot being fired. But it handed the Bush administration new ammunition in its battle to convince allies that the...
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Ice is money in China’s coldest city
HARBIN: Ice might seem a tough sell in Harbin, one of China’s coldest cities, but it has pulled it off with a spectacular annual festival that for many is far more tempting than a warm beach holiday....
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Six years on, no sign of Gitmo’s shutdown
WASHINGTON: Six years after the first prisoners arrived at the “war on terror” prison camp dubbed Gitmo, on Jan 11, 2002, the US government’s stated intention of shutting it seems far from materialising....
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BD firm on election despite challenges
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s army-backed interim government ended its first year in office under pressure to complete an anti-corruption drive and curb rising food prices, but vowing to keep a promise to hold elections by year-end....
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Hillary hopes to use new ‘voice’ to her advantage
WASHINGTON: Rescued from political free-fall, Hillary Rodham Clinton says she finally has found her voice....
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India rebels targeting banks, schools
GUWAHATI (India): Separatist rebels in India’s northeastern Manipur state have widened their extortion racket to state-run banks and schools in a sign of their growing boldness as they try to tighten their grip on the region....
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Kenya violence reveals deep social, ethnic divide
NAIROBI: Attempts to paper over deep social and ethnic rifts underlying Kenya’s violence for the sake of a quick return to calm and booming economic growth may store up worse problems for the future....
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