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Data on 600,000 Britons stolen
LONDON, Jan 19: A laptop containing the details of 600,000 people has been stolen, the Ministry of Defence announced on Friday, in another staggering loss of personal data in Britain.... 
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Afghan war termed just a beginning: Security group’s warning
KABUL, Jan 19: The war in Afghanistan is only just beginning as Nato forces, far from pursuing remnants of a defeated Taliban, are entering a widening and deepening conflict, an NGO said on Saturday....
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Waterboarding is torture, says ex-security official
WASHINGTON, Jan 19: The first secretary of the Homeland Security Department says waterboarding, formerly used by the CIA to interrogate terror suspects, is torture....
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School crisis entrenches inequality in South Africa
SOWETO (South Africa), Jan 19: Headmaster Kenneth Mabuza takes a deep breath as he reels off some of the problems facing students at Ibhongo High School, in the heart of South Africa’s biggest township Soweto....
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7 bodies found in Thai lake: police
BANGKOK, Jan 19: Seven bodies have been found floating in a reservoir in western Thailand, police said on Saturday, adding that they were apparently Myanmar migrants who drowned while trying to slip into the country.The...
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Hillary recalls anguish in Lewinsky scandal
WASHINGTON, Jan 19: Hillary Clinton said in a soul baring interview aired on Friday she never doubted her husband Bill Clinton’s love for her, despite the former president’s infidelity with a White House intern....
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Activists use ‘stink bombs’ to harass Japanese whalers
SYDNEY, Jan 19: A militant anti-whaling group on Saturday said it attacked a Japanese whaling vessel with “stink bombs”, frustrating the hunt, only an hour after two of its activists were freed from the harpoon boat....
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Man with shotgun held near US Capitol: report
WASHINGTON, Jan 19: The US Capitol Police have arrested a man carrying a loaded shotgun, a samurai sword and a bag filled with gunpowder near the Capitol, where the US Congress holds its meetings, The Washington Post reported on Saturday....
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Plane with 10 people crashes in Angola
LISBON: A plane with 10 people on board crashed into a mountain near the Angolan city of Huambo, Portugal’s Lusa news agency said on Saturday....
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S. Korean fish seller commits suicide
SEOUL: A fish seller died on Saturday after drinking poison and setting himself ablaze during a protest demanding compensation for South Korea’s worst oil spill, officials said....
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Thaksin allies unveil coalition government
BANGKOK: The People Power Party, which supports deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, unveiled a coalition government on Saturday, capping a dramatic political turnaround 16 months after his ouster....
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Malaysian singer banned from TV shows
KUALA LUMPUR: A popular Malaysian rock singer has been banned from appearing on television entertainment programmes for three months after he sparked an uproar by baring his chest during a live TV concert, reports said on Saturday....
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George Clooney named UN’s messenger
UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has picked Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney, a passionate advocate for an end to war and famine in Sudan’s Darfur region, as the world body’s latest Messenger of Peace, an official said on Friday....
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Russian warning against attack
MOSCOW: Russia’s military chief of staff said on Saturday that Moscow could use nuclear weapons in preventive strikes in case of a major threat, the latest aggressive remarks from increasingly assertive Russian authorities....
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Egypt cancels talks with EU officials
CAIRO: Egypt has cancelled political talks with senior European Union officials after a European Parliament resolution criticised the state of human rights in Egypt, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday....
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Oman bans poultry imports from India, Iran
MUSCAT/Kolkata, Jan 19: Oman has banned the import of all poultry and poultry products from India and Iran, the state news agency ONA said on Saturday, after outbreaks of avian influenza in those countries....
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CAR govt resigns amid strike
BANGUI, Jan 19: Central African Republic’s Prime Minister Elie Dote and his government resigned on Friday in the midst of a general strike called by unions to demand the payment of months of salary arrears to civil servants....
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Protesters call for Suharto’s trial
JAKARTA, Jan 19: Indonesian anti-riot police briefly clashed with about 100 demonstrators on Saturday as they called for former Indonesian president Suharto to be brought to justice....
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6 bodies found buried in Mexico
MEXICO CITY, Jan 19: Federal agents acting on a tip found six bodies buried in a shallow grave on Friday at a house in the northern city of Chihuahua....
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Lankan army claims killing 35 Tigers
COLOMBO, Jan 19: Battles between government troops and Tamil Tiger fighters killed 35 rebels and one soldier along the front lines in northern Sri Lanka, the military said on Saturday, as...
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EU urges Yemen to track down tourist killers
BRUSSELS, Jan 19: The European Union expressed its condolences on Friday to the families of two Belgian women tourists shot dead in Yemen, and urged the government there to bring the killers to justice....
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Al Qaeda bomb plotter gets life in US
NEW YORK, Jan 19: A Canadian who admitted plotting to bomb US embassies in Singapore and the Philippines was sentenced to life in prison on Friday after telling the court he had been “brainwashed” by Al Qaeda....
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Four killed in India over power failure
PATNA, Jan 19: At least four people were killed and dozens injured in overnight clashes between police and villagers protesting poor power supply in one of India’s poorest and most lawless states, police said on Saturday....
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28 charged with trashing Frost home
NEW HAVEN (Vermont), Jan 19: Twenty-eight people are accused of attending a birthday party and News Year’s celebration that left a former home of poet Robert Frost a mess, with urine and vomit stains and broken antique furniture....
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Dispute over kingdom lands settled after 100 years
HONOLULU, Jan 19: More than 200 acres (80 hectares) of land that once belonged to the Kingdom of Hawaii will be returned to Native Hawaiians, according to terms of a $200 million tentative settlement....
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Prisoners risk torture in US, Israel: document
TORONTO, Jan 19: A training manual for Canadian diplomats lists the United States as a country where prisoners risk torture and abuse, citing interrogation techniques such as stripping prisoners, blindfolding and sleep deprivation....
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Burns’s resignation adds to uncertainty over India N-deal
WASHINGTON: The departure of the State Department’s number three official adds uncertainty to a US nuclear deal with India that is already in deep trouble....
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Mosquito-borne fever could spread from Asia to US
HANOI: A severe achy-joint fever spreading in Asia via mosquitoes could easily reach more countries in the region and potentially take hold in Europe and the United States, World Health Organisation experts warn....
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Music, writings give voice to Kenya’s protests
NAIROBI: A catchy “song for peace” crackling over Kenyan radio is breaking pace with the litany of doom and gloom and bloody fallout from last month’s elections that dominates the air waves these days....
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Indonesia’s Students still revile Suharto
JAKARTA: As a student activist, Heri Akhmadi was beaten and jailed. Unable to witness the birth of his son because he was in prison, he named the boy Gempur Suharto, or...
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