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Seven killed in Kenya violence
NAIROBI, Jan 17: Kenyan police fired live rounds and tear gas in a second straight day of deadly clashes with demonstrators opposed to the re-election of President Mwai Kibaki.... 
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UK accuses Russia of reprehensible conduct
LONDON/MOSCOW, Jan 17: Britain accused Russia of “conduct not worthy of a great country” on Thursday after what it called a campaign of intimidation by security services forced its cultural centres in two Russian cities to halt operations....
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Olmert vows to wage war against militants
TEL AVIV, Jan 17: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed on Thursday to wage a “war” to stop Gaza militants firing rockets into Israel, despite warnings by Palestinian leaders that Israeli military strikes would harm peacemaking....
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Osama’s son wants to be ambassador of peace CAIRO, Jan 17: Omar Osama bin Laden bears a striking resemblance to his father — except for the dreadlocks that dangle halfway down his back. Then there’s the black leather biker jacket....
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US blames both sides
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday called Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga equally responsible for the country’s deadly post-elections unrest....
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Indian bird flu situation alarming: WHO
KOLKATA, Jan 17: India said on Thursday an outbreak of bird flu was spreading in the east of the country, with the World Health Organisation warning the situation was serious....
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Missile test
JERUSALEM: Israel tested a missile on Thursday and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni urged the West to work harder to prevent “the appearance of a nuclear Iran”....
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French Muslims becoming more observant
PARIS, Jan 17: France’s Muslim minority, the largest in Europe, is becoming increasingly more observant, with more of them saying daily prayers, visiting mosques and fasting during Ramadan, a new survey said on Thursday....
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Rushdie’s Indian host angers Muslims
MUMBAI: A powerful Islamic group in India is asking Muslims to boycott products of a top Indian business group if its owner does not apologise for hosting author Salman Rushdie on a brief holiday this week.Rushdie...
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US warns against cold drugs for tots
WASHINGTON: Children under 2 should not be given over-the-counter cough and cold medicines because they are too risky, US health authorities warned on Thursday....
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Israeli army officer jailed over bid to spy for Iran
JERUSALEM: An Israeli court on Thursday sentenced an army psychiatrist convicted of trying to sell secrets to Iran to five years in jail....
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Rebirth of Afghan air force
KABUL: President Hamid Karzai hailed what he called the rebirth of the Afghan air force at a ceremony on Thursday to open a new state-of-the-art headquarters at Kabul airport and the arrival of new helicopters.Of...
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US race tightens as candidates head south, west
COLUMBIA: Gloves have come off in the closely fought White House race as Republican and Democratic hopefuls head into potentially watershed contests in South Carolina and Nevada this weekend....
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Giant palm species discovered in Madagascar
PARIS: Botanists on Thursday announced they had identified a new species of palm that is so enormous it can be spotted from space and whose bizarre life cycle requires the plant to kill itself after it has flowered....
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Lanka govt goes for victory or bust in war with Tigers
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Thursday began a new chapter in its decades-old war with Tamil Tigers having tossed aside a tattered 2002 truce with the rebels in its unquestionable belief it can defeat them....
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Beirut blast: a warning shot for US Lebanon policy
BEIRUT: The first attack on the United States in Beirut in two decades was a warning shot against its policy in Lebanon, where it backs anti-Syrian leaders against rivals supported by Damascus and Tehran....
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EU to retain climate plan despite protests
BRUSSELS: The European Commission will spell out next week, over the din of protests from industry and governments as well as green groups, how it intends to cut greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change....
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Bush, the only man who can rescue Ahmadinejad
LONDON: Only one man can rescue the embattled Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, from his growing domestic unpopularity. That man is George Bush. Ahmadinejad faces elections in March and an increasingly disaffected clergy, but he feeds on Bush’s antagonism....
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Man’s earliest footsteps may be lost forever
LONDON: They are the world’s oldest human tracks, a set of footprints pressed into volcanic ash that have lain perfectly preserved for more than three-and-a-half million years....
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