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Rice offers Tehran prospect of normal ties
DAVOS, Jan 23: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday she believed the nuclear standoff with Iran could be resolved diplomatically and offered the prospect of normal ties with Tehran if it gave up sensitive nuclear work.... 
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Greek PM in Turkey for first visit in five decades
ANKARA, Jan 23: Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis arrived here on Wednesday for a landmark visit, the first to Turkey by a Greek premier in five decades, aiming to boost efforts to bring the two former enemies closer....
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Asteroid to give Earth a close shave on 29th
PARIS, Jan 23: A huge asteroid will zoom past Earth next week at such a close distance that amateur astronomers should be able to spot it, specialists said on Wednesday....
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Nato invites Putin to April summit
BRUSSELS, Jan 23: Nato has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to a Nato-Russia summit on the margins of a summit of Nato leaders in Bucharest on April 2-4, alliance spokesman James Appathurai said on Wednesday.“It...
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Israel to construct 2,500 new houses
JERUSALEM, Jan 23: Israel has authorised the construction of nearly 2,500 new housing units in settlements in annexed east Jerusalem, the city authorities said on Wednesday....
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Kosovo plans to declare independence
TOKYO, Jan 23: Kosovo''s leader has said he plans a declaration of independence from Serbia “very soon” despite opposition from Belgrade, a report said on Wednesday....
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IAEA visits Iran’s advanced centrifuge site
VIENNA, Jan 23: Iran has allowed top UN nuclear monitors to visit an advanced centrifuge development site for the first time in a gesture of transparency about its disputed atomic drive, diplomats familiar with the matter said....
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Alcohol, violence spoiling UK children: study
LONDON, Jan 23: Almost half of Britain''s youngsters are drinking in their pre-teen years, fuelling violence and anti-social behaviour, a government-backed study said on Wednesday....
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Candidate accused of forging Bush photo
SEOUL, Jan 23: A South Korean presidential candidate accused of forging a picture of himself posing with US President George Bush was arrested on Wednesday for alleged election misconduct, state prosecutors said....
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Turkish PM plans to get scarf ban lifted
ANKARA, Jan 23: Turkey’s government pressed ahead on Wednesday with plans to lift a ban on headscarf in universities, setting the stage for a potential clash with the powerful secular elite....
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China finds 100,000-year-old human skull
BEIJING, Jan 23: An almost complete human skull dating back 80,000 to 100,000 years has been unearthed in China, state media reported on Wednesday....
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Arrests made over Britain’s hotel fire
LONDON, Jan 23: Detectives said on Wednesday they had arrested two men in connection with a fire, believed to have been started deliberately, which gutted a hotel in Cornwall last summer leaving three people dead....
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Actor Ledger found dead
NEW YORK, Jan 23: Actor Heath Ledger, 28, who rocketed to fame in his role as a gay cowboy in the Oscar-winning movie “Brokeback Mountain,” was found dead in his New York residence on Tuesday, police said....
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Police protest in London over pay ‘betrayal’
LONDON, Jan 23: About 18,500 off-duty police officers marched through central London on Wednesday in an angry protest at the government''s decision not to backdate a pay rise....
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British drug girls jailed in Ghana
ACCRA, Jan 23: Two British teenage girls convicted for smuggling cocaine in Ghana were jailed for one year on Wednesday, but they could be freed within months because they have been in custody since last year, officials said....
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Communist Party chief pulling out of Russia poll
MOSCOW, Jan 23: The head of Russia''s biggest opposition party is considering dropping out of the race against Kremlin front-runner Dmitry Medvedev to be the next president, a newspaper reported on Wednesday....
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Human trafficker held
ATHENS, Jan 23: Greek security forces on Wednesday said they had arrested an Italian man believed to be the head of a group smuggling illegal migrants into Greece....
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Sarkozy sets sights on signing defence deals with India
NEW DELHI: French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives in India on Friday to shore up strategic ties, but also to regain lost ground in the lucrative race to supply the Asian giant with arms....
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BD hunts wild dogs, foxes to save turtles
COX’S BAZAR (Bangladesh): Volunteers and animal experts combed beaches along Bangladesh’s southern coast on Wednesday to catch and kill wild dogs that threaten endangered sea turtles, government conservation officials said....
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Fuel price hike rolled back in Nepal
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s government reversed a fuel price hike on Wednesday after two days of nationwide protests and clashes in the capital, a minister said....
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Dalits pin hopes of prosperity on gods
DAUD NAGAR (India): An hour’s drive from the palatial headquarters of India’s “untouchables” leader, her talk of eight-lane highways and birthday gifts for the poor had yet to filter to villagers pinning their hopes more on rain gods....
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India admits it is falling behind in bird flu fight
MARGRAM (India): India’s West Bengal admitted on Wednesday it was falling behind in its battle against bird flu as the virus spread to more than half the densely populated state....
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Hundreds rally in Bangladesh after release of students
DHAKA: Five Bangladeshi students accused of inciting campus unrest in August last year were released from jail on Wednesday as hundreds rallied at Dhaka University vowing to free other detainees, police said....
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Maldives tourist arrivals hit new peak
COLOMBO: Tourist arrivals in Maldives rose to 12.3 per cent — more than projected in 2007 and its highest ever — thanks to an improvement in the infrastructure of its tourist resorts, officials said on Wednesday....
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