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Moscow warns West against recognising Kosovo statehood
GENEVA, Feb 12: A unilateral declaration of independence by Serbia’s Kosovo province would violate international law and damage security in Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.... 
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Israel raids offices of WB money changers
RAMALLAH, Feb 12: Israeli troops and security agents raided Palestinian money changers across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, seizing cash worth more than $800,000, the army and money changers said....
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Lankan troops claim killing 48 Tigers
COLOMBO, Feb 12: Tamil Tiger mortar fire killed six Sri Lankan soldiers on Tuesday while troops backed by artillery fire killed 48 rebels in a series of battles in the north of the island, the military said....
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Trial of Sept 11 accused be held in US federal courts: HRW
NEW YORK, Feb 12: The trials of six Guantanamo detainees being charged for their role in the Sept 11 attacks should be moved from the Guantanamo military commissions to US federal courts, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday....
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Trade in fake drugs exposed
LONDON, Feb 12: Scientists and police have exposed a major Asian trade in life-threatening fake malaria drugs, resulting in the seizure of hundreds of thousands of tablets and the arrest of a dealer in southern China....
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Kenyan crisis spoils Valentine’s Day run-up
NAIVASHA (Kenya), Feb 12: Past the greenhouses and fields of roses, a chain fence surrounds rows of white tents....
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Hoax PM interview embarrasses paper
ZAGREB, Feb 12: A leading Croatian daily was deeply embarrassed when it published an interview with the prime minister that turned out to be a hoax by a journalism student who answered the editor’s questions by email....
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Olmert vows to hit back at Gaza ‘terrorism’
BERLIN, Feb 12: Israel’s prime minister vowed on Tuesday to respond to terrorism from Hamas-controlled Gaza “in every possible manner which will be effective,” and underlined his country’s belief that Iran is still seeking nuclear weapons....
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Emergency declared in East Timor: Australia sends troops
DILI, Feb 12: Australian troops backed by a warship arrived in East Timor to boost security on Tuesday after rebel attacks on the country’s two top leaders left the president in “extremely serious” condition with gunshot wounds....
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Election chaos deepens Sarkozy’s woes
PARIS, Feb 12: Chaos deepened in Nicolas Sarkozy’s political stronghold on Tuesday, as the French president’s plunging poll numbers fuelled fears of a looming election disaster for his right-wing camp....
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Man held for destroying S. Korea’s top treasure
SEOUL, Feb 12: South Korean police said on Tuesday they arrested a pensioner who confessed to burning down a 600-year-old gate designated as the country’s number one national treasure because he was angry about a compensation payment....
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22 arrested in Canada’s largest child porn sweep
OTTAWA, Feb 12: A police sweep overnight nabbed 22 people in what authorities called on Tuesday Canada’s largest coordinated child pornography investigation ever....
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9/11 trial likely to reignite debate on rights, torture
WASHINGTON: A trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, meant to exact justice for the Sept 11 attacks, will also fuel debate over whether the United States violated human rights when it subjected...
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Japan’s Obama supports ‘namesake’
OBAMA (Japan): Barack Obama, who has been credited with tapping support in unlikely places, is enjoying a groundswell of enthusiasm in a small city in western Japan, which is delighted to share his name....
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Long stay helps US troops in Afghanistan
ZORMAT (Afghanistan): US troops in east Afghanistan might be eager for their 15-month tour to end but even as they wait they say would have achieved little had they stayed only six months like Nato troops elsewhere....
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Scientists claim Napoleon not poisoned
ROME: Italian scientists say they have proved Napoleon was not poisoned, scotching the legend the French emperor was murdered by his British jailors....
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Russia gets a chance to get even with West
SLATINA (Serbia): When the Russians tangled with the West over Kosovo nine years ago, they bit off more than they could chew and eventually backed down....
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