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Five killed in Kenya clashes
NAIROBI, Feb 20: At least five people have died in clashes in recent days in western Kenya, police said on Wednesday, as former UN chief Kofi Annan pressed for a deal to end the crisis sparked by December’s elections.... 
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Thousands protest as Armenian PM wins presidential poll
YEREVAN, Feb 20: Armenia’s Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian was declared winner on Wednesday of the ex-Soviet state’s presidential election, but some 20,000 opposition supporters took the streets to protest the result....
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Nato blames Serb leaders for Kosovo border blazes
PRISTINA, Feb 20: Nato-led peacekeeping forces in Kosovo on Wednesday blamed Serb leaders for arson attacks on two border checkpoints by gangs of Serbs angry about Kosovo’s independence....
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Obama inflicts 10th successive defeat on Hillary
WASHINGTON, Feb 20: Hillary Clinton licked her wounds on Wednesday after her 10th successive electoral mauling by White House rival Barack Obama, stressing experience over hype ahead of must-win battles in Texas and Ohio....
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Iran says N-drive has brought major powers ‘to their knees’
TEHRAN, Feb 20: The Iranian president said on Wednesday Iran’s determination to continue its disputed nuclear programme had brought major powers “to their knees”....
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Human odyssey traced through DNA
PARIS, Feb 20: Diving deep into the human gene pool, scientists in the United States have drawn one of the most detailed maps to date of our evolutionary past....
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Baby traffickers held
HANOI, Feb 20: Vietnamese police have arrested four people this week for trafficking babies, including one yet to be born, for adoption inside the country or in China, authorities here said on Wednesday....
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Tsunami alert in Thailand
BANGKOK, Feb 20: Thailand’s disaster warning centre on Wednesday issued a tsunami alert for the resort isle of Phuket and five nearby provinces, following a 7.5-magnitude quake off Indonesia’s Sumatra island....
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US has no plans for bases in Africa: Bush
ACCRA, Feb 20: US President George W. Bush on Wednesday fought to dispel African concerns that he wants to build new US military bases on the continent, and downplayed worries about mounting US competition with China....
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Indonesia rocked; three killed
BANDA ACEH (Indonesia), Feb 20: A strong 7.5-magnitude quake rocked Indonesia’s Aceh province on Wednesday, killing three people, seriously injuring 25 others and briefly sparking a tsunami alert, officials said....
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Bhopal gas leak survivors begin march to Delhi
NEW DELHI, Feb 20: More than 60 survivors and victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak began a trek to New Delhi on Wednesday to press for a clean-up of the toxic waste still surrounding the plant, activists said....
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May deadline for India N-deal: US
NEW DELHI, Feb 20: Three senior US senators, on their way home from Pakistan, met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Wednesday and set a May deadline for New Delhi to resolve all pending issues on the stalled nuclear deal....
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Atlantis returns to Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida), Feb 20: The shuttle Atlantis safely landed in Florida on Wednesday, completing a successful mission to install Europe’s first space laboratory....
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Kathmandu fuel blockage enters second week
KATHMANDU: A blockade of Nepal’s capital by ethnic activists entered its second week on Wednesday, with fresh violence reported and no sign of talks between fuel-starved Kathmandu and the demonstrators....
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Kosovo may set a bad precedent: Lankan govt
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government, battling the Tamil Tiger rebels fighting for a separate state in the country’s north-east, has refused to endorse the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by Kosovo denouncing...
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India losing appeal as offshore research and development hub
BANGALORE: India used to be seen as the perfect offshore research and development hub for global firms seeking to tap its low-cost and supposedly vast engineering talent pool to devise products for world markets....
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India struggles to tame its ‘heart of darkness’
PATNA: Young girls and their mothers huddle under shawls in the central reservation of one of the city’s main streets, picking through trash for grimy metal scraps that might earn them Rs 20 a day....
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A snapshot of poverty
Here are some key economic and social indicators for the Indian state of Bihar, the country’s poorest and one of its slowest growing....
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Colombo launches offensive in north
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan troops launched a new offensive against a Tamil Tiger rebel-held area in the north on Wednesday, the defence ministry said, as a top United Nations official began a week-long tour of the island....
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Media freedom diminishing in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: Gemunu Amerasinghe, a photographer with the international news wire Associated Press, was shooting earlier this month in downtown Colombo for an innocuous assignment — or so he thought....
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