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15 killed in Israel’s Gaza attack
GAZA CITY, Feb 28: Israel pounded Hamas-run Gaza on Thursday, killing 10 militants, four children and another civilian, as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed to make the Islamists pay a heavy price for rocket attacks.... 
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Former Thai PM returns from exile
BANGKOK, Feb 28: Former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra vowed on Thursday to clear his name on corruption charges and called for national unity as he flew home to a jubilant welcome from thousands of supporters....
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Kenyan rivals sign power sharing deal
NAIROBI, Feb 28: Kenya’s rival leaders signed on Thursday a power-sharing deal brokered by former UN chief Kofi Annan to end a bloody two-month political crisis that has split the nation along ethnic lines....
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Iran ‘number one world power’: Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN, Feb 28: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared on Thursday that Iran was the world’s “number one” power, as he launched a bitter new assault on domestic critics he accused of siding with the enemy....
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Rights icon offers support to Obama: Another blow to Hillary
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton’s troubled White House hopes suffered another body blow as civil rights hero and Democratic elder John Lewis defected to surging rival Barack Obama....
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New encyclopaedia to bring life under a ‘macroscope’
BROOKLIN (Canada): Free, authoritative and online: 1.8 million species....
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Romanian police learn ballet to manage traffic
TIMISOARA (Romania): You are stuck in a traffic jam, impatient and frustrated, until a policeman on point duty runs off a sequence of plies, arabesques and pirouettes right in front of your car....
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Poll result pre-ordained in Russia’s presidential election
MOSCOW: Russians elect a replacement to President Vladimir Putin on Sunday in a poll all but pre-ordained to give victory to his chosen successor Dmitry Medvedev — and allow Putin to keep major power....
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Ahmadinejad’s visit to Iraq underlines Iran’s growing role
BAGHDAD: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make history when he arrives in Baghdad on Sunday, the first Iranian president to step foot in Iraq on a trip many see as symbolic of Tehran’s new influence over its old foe....
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No end in sight for Lebanon’s impasse
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s presidential vacuum has entered its fourth month with no resolution in sight and growing fears that a deepening sectarian rift could stoke civil strife....
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How far will the changes in Cuba go?
HAVANA: After months of uncertainty and speculation centred on former President Fidel Castro, Cuba’s obsessive spotlight has shifted to the changes needed in the country, and questions about how far the...
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