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Europe watchdog scraps plan to monitor Russia vote
MOSCOW, Feb 7: Europe’s main election watchdog cancelled plans to monitor Russia’s presidential election next month, citing unacceptable restrictions imposed by Moscow.... 
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Israeli troops kill seven Palestinians in Gaza
GAZA, Feb 7: Israeli troops backed by tanks, helicopter gunships and warplanes killed six Palestinian gunmen and a schoolteacher in a raid in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday, militant groups and hospital officials said....
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Sharia law for UK Muslims unavoidable: Archbishop
LONDON, Feb 7: The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams introduced a new dimension to the on going debate here on how best to assimilate Muslims in the British society without the...
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Hunt for Indian kidney scam fugitive
KATHMANDU: Police in Nepal said on Thursday they were hunting for the alleged mastermind of India’s biggest illegal kidney transplant racket amid reports he was hiding out in the Himalayan nation....
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India’s Muslim student body banned again
NEW DELHI, Feb 7: India on Thursday re-imposed a ban on a pan-Islamic students’ organisation with suspected links to Muslim militant groups, a report said....
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Housing downturn hits Hollywood hard
NEW YORK, Feb 7: Even Hollywood’s rich and famous can’t avoid the housing downturn that’s sweeping America. In Los Angeles, only 4,430 homes were sold in December, down 48% from the previous year....
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Indian doctor gets life for blackmailing patients
CHENNAI, Feb 7: An Indian doctor who secretly filmed his patients and put their naked pictures on the Internet was sentenced to life on Thursday....
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Republican Mitt Romney quits race
WASHINGTON, Feb 7: Republican candidate Mitt Romney dropped out of the US presidential race on Thursday making Senator John McCain the all-but-certain nominee of his party to face the Democrats’ choice in November’s election....
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Ship’s anchor damaged Internet cable: firm
CAIRO, Feb 7: A ship’s anchor severed one undersea Internet cable damaged last week, it was revealed on Thursday amid ongoing outages in the Middle East and South Asia, but mystery shrouds what cut another four....
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Economic globalisation growing fast: study
NEW YORK, Feb 7: The majority of people in 22 out of 34 countries around the world believe that “economic globalisation, including trade and investment,” is growing too quickly, according to the results of a BBC/PIPA world survey released on Thursday....
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Indian guru Maharishi Yogi dies
AMSTERDAM: The guru to the Beatles who introduced transcendental meditation to the West, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, died at his Dutch home overnight, aides said. He was said to be 91....
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UK denies visa to Muslim scholar
LONDON: Britain has refused a visa to prominent Muslim cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi, accusing him of justifying terrorism....
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Turkish govt under fire over scarf law
ANKARA: Turkey’s government came under fire on Thursday for favouring its own grassroots at the expense of EU-demanded democracy reforms as it went ahead with a controversial proposal to allow women to wear Islamic headscarves in universities ....
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Dispute mars Oxford Society’s election
OXFORD (England): Corrupt campaigning practices. Charges of sexual harassment. Delicate racial and gender issues. A presidential election thrown out, the winner disqualified, the loser withdrawn....
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Just how low should blood sugar go
CHICAGO: Conventional thinking among doctors who treat people with type-two diabetes has been the lower the blood sugar levels, the better....
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US-Europe tensions grow over Afghanistan reinforcement
WASHINGTON: As the stakes in Afghanistan grow, so do tensions between the United States and the European allies the US empowered more than a year ago to take the lead on the battlefield....
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History looms behind Kenyan crisis
NAIVASHA (Kenya): Although they are from different tribes, Peter and Sospeter have much in common: they do the same job, are roughly the same age and practically share the same first name....
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