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Indian budget revives hope for nuclear deal with US
NEW DELHI: India’s ruling Congress party has strengthened its hand against the opposition and leftist allies with a farmer-friendly budget, raising a chance of early elections and reviving hope for a controversial nuclear deal.... 
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Gazans protest deadly Israeli raids
GAZA CITY, Feb 29: Tens of thousands of Gazans on Friday protested against Israeli raids that have killed more than 30 Palestinians, as Israel mulled a major ground operation to stop rocket fire from the Hamas-run territory....
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Execution of ‘Chemical Ali’ approved
BAGHDAD, Feb 29: Iraq’s presidency has endorsed the execution for genocide of Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam Hussein’s enforcer known to the world as “Chemical Ali,” for ordering gas attacks on Kurds in the 1980s, Iraqi and US officials said on Friday....
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Kenyan leaders thrash out details of sharing power
NAIROBI: Kenya’s rival camps sat down on Friday to hammer out the details of a power-sharing deal signed by President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga to end a bloody two-month political crisis....
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US warship threatens regional stability: Hezbollah
BEIRUT, Feb 29: The Hezbollah on Friday slammed Washington’s dispatch of the USS Cole to waters off Lebanon as military interference, as the western-backed government said it did not ask for the warship to be sent....
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Afghan poppy trade on the rise: US
WASHINGTON, Feb 29: A growing number of people in Afghanistan are involved in the booming opium trade, according to a State Department report on drug trafficking worldwide released on Friday....
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UN losing its popularity, says official
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 29: The United Nations flag once a symbol of peace and security is now becoming a target of disenchanted population worldwide, a UN panel’s findings acknowledged on Thursday....
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Bush, Nato chief discuss Afghan efforts
WASHINGTON, Feb 29: US President George W. Bush and Nato chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Friday discussed the conflict in Afghanistan and US missile shield plans ahead of the alliance’s early April summit in Romania....
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Change in UK immigration system under way
LONDON, Feb 29: The biggest shake-up of the British immigration system in 45 years got under way on Friday with the introduction of a new points system to curb low-skilled and illegal immigrants into the UK....
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10 held after clash over ‘badly veiled’ woman
TEHRAN, Feb 29: Iranian security forces arrested 10 people who clashed with police in Tehran after they arrested a woman deemed to be badly veiled as part of a moral crackdown, a deputy police chief said on Friday....
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Colombo rejects plea to call off polls
COLOMBO: The government on Friday denied allegations that the local government elections to be held in the volatile eastern Batticaloa district would be affected by violence and dismissed an appeal by several non-governmental organisations to call off the polls....
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80-year-old robs Danish bank
COPENHAGEN: An 80-year-old man was placed in protective custody in Denmark on Friday for robbing a bank with a water pistol after his bank refused to let him repay an account overdraft in instalments, police said....
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Japan frees US Marine involved in rape case
TOKYO: Japanese authorities on Friday freed a US Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old girl after her family dropped the case that had triggered outrage in the close US ally but he was detained by the military....
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Rhino bones build ancient bridges to Anatolia: study
PARIS: A 25-million year old rhino bone shows that Anatolia, the bulk of modern-day Turkey, was not then encircled by water, as some geologists have contended, according to a study published on Friday....
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UN vote on new Iran sanctions delayed
UNITED NATIONS: A Security Council vote on new UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear defiance has been postponed to at least Monday as sponsors seek to enlist broader support, a Western diplomat said on Friday....
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Putin urges voters to come out and vote
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Friday urged voters to turn out for presidential polls and choose a candidate equal to the “complex and large tasks” facing Russia, as pre-election campaigning wrapped up....
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One in 100 US adults behind bars: study
WASHINGTON: More than one in 100 adults are now behind bars in the United States, home to the world’s largest penal population, with a startling one in nine young black men incarcerated, a study showed on Thursday....
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Serbs bid for Bosnia-style division in Kosovo
PRISTINA: The West has said it won’t allow another dysfunctional Bosnia in the Balkans. But that might be precisely what it gets in Kosovo....
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Hillary faces cattle fine over Obama photo
NAIROBI: Kenyan elders may impose a fine on US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, payable in livestock, after a photo of her rival Barack Obama in robes dragged their people into the race for the White House....
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Thaksin not off the hook, say analysts
BANGKOK: Thailand’s fallen premier Thaksin Shinawatra vowed to stay out of politics as rapturous crowds welcomed him home, but analysts say he plans to keep close tabs on his allies running the government....
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Bush puzzles over who’ll be in charge in Russia
WASHINGTON: Imagine a crisis breaking out somewhere in the world, and US President George W. Bush suddenly has to get the Kremlin on the hotline. After Sunday’s presidential election in Russia,...
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