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Dozens killed in Iraq cult clashes
BASRA, Jan 18: Iraqi soldiers and police fought running battles with gunmen from a Shia cult in two southern cities on Friday in which dozens of people were killed and nearly 100 wounded, officials said.... 
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Mourners throng Karbala
Mourners: in their hundreds of thousands crowded the streets of Karbala on Friday, many beating their backs with metal chains as the Ashura mourning began building towards a peak....
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Police gun down five protesters in Kenya
NAIROBI, Jan 18: Kenyan police shot dead five protesters Friday on the last day of rallies against President Mwai Kibaki’s re-election before the opposition launches a threatened boycott of government-linked companies....
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‘Match of the century’ rocketed Fischer to fame REYKJAVIK, Jan 18: Chess legend Bobby Fischer’s victory in the 1972 “match of the century” with Soviet world champion Boris Spassky elevated the game into a Cold War weapon and turned the eccentric young American into a national hero....
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Two Belgian tourists shot dead in Yemen
SANAA, Jan 18: Two female Belgian tourists were among four people killed, and four more Belgians were wounded, when gunmen opened fire on them in Yemen’s Hadramut province on Friday, a local official said....
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Facts about Fischer
— Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has died in Iceland at the age of 64....
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Malaysian authorities lose battle over body
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18: A Malaysian court on Friday ordered a Christian woman’s body be returned to her family after Islamic officials admitted they were wrong in claiming she had converted to Islam....
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Thai court clears Thaksin allies
BANGKOK, Jan 18: Thailand’s Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for allies of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra to form a government, rejecting legal challenges to their victory in last month’s polls....
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A stable Myanmar to benefit India, China
WASHINGTON: When the world’s two most populous countries held a summit this month in Beijing, their agenda was brimful with collaboration. India and China, once adversaries that fought a war in 1962, are now leading trading partners....
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Turkey’s EU outlook gloomy despite new reforms
ANKARA: Turkey says its EU entry bid will be the priority in 2008, but moves to end a Muslim headscarf ban and change the constitution could get in the way of implementing reforms to satisfy the European Union....
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Infighting hits Spanish opposition
MADRID: Spain’s conservative opposition has embarked on a bout of infighting that could severely damage its chance of victory in parliamentary elections in March, just as it was narrowing the gap with the ruling Socialists....
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Web plagiarism a threat to schools
LONDON: More than half of teachers in a survey said they thought plagiarism from the Internet is a problem....
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In US-Iran standoff, some fear accidental war
CAIRO: Just how close might a military confrontation between Iran and the United States be?...
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UK may block Russia-EU trade deal
LONDON: Britain has warned Russia it would find it harder to strike a free trade deal with the EU or join international organisations as a result of its “blatant intimidation” of British Council staff....
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