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Putin lashes out at West’s new arms race
MOSCOW, Feb 8: President Vladimir Putin said on Friday a new global arms race was starting and Russia was “forced to retaliate” with new, high-tech weapons.... 
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Six die in US sugar refinery blast
WASHINGTON, Feb 8: Six people were killed in a huge blast ripped through a sugar refinery in the US state of Georgia, injuring dozens, authorities said on Friday....
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Three girl students killed in US college shooting
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana), Feb 8: A female student shot dead two other women before turning the gun on herself at a college in the southern state of Louisiana on Friday, in the latest deadly episode in a week of shootings....
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Israel starts cutting power Supply to Gaza
JERUSALEM, Feb 8: Israel said it was reducing electrical power to the Gaza Strip on Friday as part of its plan to sever economic ties with the territory....
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Kosovo independence tipped for Feb 17
BELGRADE, Feb 8: A declaration of Kosovo’s independence by the end of next week looked increasingly likely Friday after Serbia said it had information the “illegal” move would happen on Feb 17....
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BD politician dies in custody
DHAKA, Feb 8: A Bangladeshi politician arrested as part of the country’s emergency government’s crackdown on corruption has died in custody, officials said on Friday....
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Indian kidney snatching doctor arrested in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Feb 8: An Indian doctor accused of masterminding a massive illegal kidney transplant racket was paraded by Nepali police on Friday after an international manhunt ended with his arrest in the Himalayan country....
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Woman attacks pilots on NZ flight
CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand), Feb 8: A 33-year-old woman on Friday was charged with hijacking in New Zealand after she stabbed the pilots of a small commuter plane and allegedly asked to be flown to Australia, police said....
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Two Picasso paintings stolen in Switzerland
ZURICH, Feb 8: Two paintings by Pablo Picasso worth nearly five million Swiss francs ($4.5 million) have been stolen from a museum in eastern Switzerland, police sources said on Friday....
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White House refuses to renounce water torture
NEW YORK: US Attorney-General Michael Mukasey refused on Thursday to open a criminal investigation into the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) use of waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation techniques” or to let...
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Shergar’s fate remains a mystery 25 years on
DUBLIN: He has been immortalised on the big screen, in a beer advertisement, with a racing cup named in his honour....
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Ancient trees give clues to climate change
PUERTO BLEST (Argentina): On the shores of lake Nahuel Huapi, in the wild mountains of Argentina’s Patagonia, live some of the world’s most ancient trees....
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Archbishop’s remarks on Sharia spark row in UK
LONDON: The Archbishop of Canterbury drew criticism from across the political spectrum on Feb 7, 2008, after he backed the introduction of Sharia law in Britain and argued that adopting some aspects of it seemed “unavoidable”....
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Acupuncture may help women conceive, says study
MILWAUKEE: Sticking needles in women to help them become pregnant sound far-fetched, but a scientific review suggests that acupuncture might improve the odds of conceiving if done right before or after embryos are placed in the womb....
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