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2 Baghdad blasts claim 55 lives: US to withdraw 200 troops
BAGHDAD, March 6: Two large bombs exploded within a few minutes of each other in a crowded Baghdad shopping area on Thursday, killing 55 people on the day that the US... 
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Tensions run high in South America
CARACAS, March 6: Thousands of Venezuelan troops were in position along the Colombian border Thursday as Bogota’s top ally, the United States, called for a diplomatic end to a crisis that has raised fears of war....
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Nine killed in fresh Kenyan attacks
NAIROBI, March 6: Nine people were killed and over 100 houses torched on Thursday in fresh violence in Kenya’s Rift Valley province, a police commander and a local official said....
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Monk held with porno films
BERLIN, March 6: A Benedictine monk has been caught with around 230 pornographic films in his room in a monastery in western Germany, the local Abendzeitung newspaper reported on Thursday....
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Egypt’s bid to secure border
CAIRO, March 6: Egypt has started building a three-metre-high concrete wall along its border with the Gaza Strip in a bid to prevent a repetition of a January breach which saw Palestinians flood into Egypt, a security official said....
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Eight-year-old stopped from studying law
BRASILIA, March 6: An eight-year-old Brazilian boy who passed an entrance exam to study law at university has been blocked from starting because the institution wants him to first finish primary school, a report said on Thursday....
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Blasts hit NY army recruiting centre
NEW YORK, March 6: The famous landmark area of Times Square was shut down early on Thursday morning for three hours after an explosive device was hurled at an army recruitment centre located in the middle of the square....
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Students evacuated from US university campus
LOS ANGELES, March 6: A 19-year-old student was arrested after authorities found a homemade explosive device on a California university campus, prompting evacuations of 450 fellow students, officials said....
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Explosion kills Israeli soldier
GAZA CITY, March 6: An Israeli soldier was killed on the edge of the Gaza Strip on Thursday in a blast claimed by militants, as efforts gathered pace to broker a truce after a week of bloodletting in the Hamas-run territory....
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Girl’s letter returned from ‘Heaven’
MACON (France), March 6: A letter of love sent by a French 13-year-old to her late mother, addressed to “Paradise Street, Heaven”, was returned to sender with a postage fine slapped on, a report said on Thursday....
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Hollywood private eye on trial for mass wiretapping
LOS ANGELES, March 6: Anthony Pellicano, the former investigator known as Hollywood’s private eye to the stars, goes on trial on Thursday in a case of wiretapping and skulduggery that is...
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Russian ‘arms dealer’ held in Thailand
BANGKOK, March 6: Thai police said on Thursday they had arrested Viktor Bout, an internationally wanted arms dealer accused of flouting UN embargoes and wanted by the United States....
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Poland cracks cigarette smuggling gang
WARSAW, March 6: Polish police announced on Thursday they cracked a major gang smuggling cigarettes from China and the former Soviet republics to Western Europe, detaining 27 suspects including alleged gang kingpins....
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Toymaker keen on building business with girls
BILLUND (Denmark): Nine-year-old Ida Fraende, who likes to play with Lego bricks, is not so unusual in Scandinavia but globally speaking she is not typical: Jorgen V....
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Malaysians not hopeful of change through ballot
KUALA LUMPUR: Millions of Malaysians are expected to not bother voting in Saturday’s elections, in a wave of apathy that observers credit to boredom and a feeling of alienation from the ruling coalition....
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Japan’s ‘Hope’ lab ready to take off into space
TOKYO: Japan will take a major step towards setting up its first manned space facility next week, when a US shuttle is to deliver the first piece of the multi-billion-dollar lab after 20 years of development....
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Medvedev to be junior partner in Russian leadership: analysts
MOSCOW: When Dmitry Medvedev is inaugurated as Russia’s president on May 7, he will formally inherit the considerable powers of the office as spelled out in the constitution....
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Gulf states more pragmatic in oil policy
KUWAIT CITY: Gulf monarchies are becoming more pragmatic in their oil policy, increasingly basing it on market fundamentals rather than seeking to appease their Western allies, analysts said on Thursday....
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