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Suicide bombing claims 80 lives in Kandahar
KANDAHAR, Feb 17: A suicide blast tore through a crowd watching a dog fight in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing up to 80 men and boys in one of the deadliest attacks of a Taliban-led insurgency.... 
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Cyprus president ousted in vote for change
NICOSIA, Feb 17: Hardline Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos was ousted on Sunday in the first round of Greek Cypriot elections, a result seen as renewing hopes for efforts to end the island’s three-decade division....
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Kenya rejects US pressure over power-sharing deal
NAIROBI, Feb 17: The Kenyan government on Sunday issued a veiled warning to the United States not to put “a gun to anybody’s head” on the eve of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s visit to push for a power-sharing deal....
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India to relax arms import rules
NEW DELHI, Feb 17: India, which plans to purchase billions of dollars worth of military hardware in the next five years, will soon relax strict rules on arms imports, officials say.A...
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Police, strikers clash in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: One person was killed and several others injured on Sunday as police and ethnic Madheshi protesters clashed in southwest Nepal, police said....
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11 held in Demark for arson
COPENHAGEN, Feb 17: Eleven people were arrested in Denmark for setting fires and throwing stones at police during the seventh straight night of troubles, though the violence was abating, police said on Sunday....
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Bangladesh film star Manna dies
DHAKA, Feb 17: Bangladesh’s biggest film star Manna who dominated the country’s cinema as an action hero for more than two decades died of a heart attack on Sunday, his agent said....
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Licence plate brings $14m
ABU DHABI, Feb 17: A licence plate bearing simply the number “1” fetched what organisers said was a world record $14 million at a charity auction here on Saturday....
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Scientists warn against illicit nuclear traffic
BOSTON: The international community should step up its fight against the smuggling of nuclear materials to prevent their falling into the hands of extremists, US scientists say....
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Serbia, Russia likely to be riled by US support for Kosovo
WASHINGTON: The United States has been the most powerful backer of Kosovo, which declared independence on Sunday, but must now limit the damage to relations with Serbia and its strong ally Russia, which reject Kosovo’s action....
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Abdullah may stay away from AL summit
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah is unlikely to attend the Arab League’s annual summit in Syria next month unless a political deadlock in Lebanon is resolved, diplomats and analysts said on Sunday....
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Obama, Hillary clash over role of ‘superdelegates’
WASHINGTON: The US presidential race heated up on Sunday after White House hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton clashed with rival Barack Obama over how the Democratic Party should choose its presidential nominee....
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US troops build forts in Al Qaeda’s stronghold
MOSUL: US military engineers are defying nightly attacks in a race to build forts in devastated districts of downtown Mosul ahead of what has been billed as the next key battle against Al Qaeda in Iraq....
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Bosses less prone to cancer: study
SYDNEY: Managers are less likely to have cancer, while shop assistants have a greater chance of suffering back pain and nurses have a higher rate of heart disease, according to a new Australian study....
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