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Obama beats Clinton in Wyoming contest
CASPER (Wyoming), March 9: Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama trounced rival Hillary Clinton in Wyoming caucuses on Saturday as their tight race left them battling for every nominating delegate....
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Intelligence paints grim picture for Israel
JERUSALEM, March 9: Israeli intelligence agencies painted a bleak picture of threats facing the Jewish state in an annual assessment on Sunday that came on the heels of the deadliest Palestinian attack in Jerusalem in four years....
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Olmert approves new homes in settlement
JERUSALEM, March 9: Israel announced plans to build hundreds of new homes in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Sunday in a move the Palestinians denounced as another blow to US-brokered peace talks....
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See-through camera developed
LONDON, March 9: A British company has developed a camera that can detect weapons, drugs or explosives hidden under people’s clothes from up to 25 metres away in what could be a breakthrough for the security industry....
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775 Russians trapped on ice drift saved
MOSCOW, March 9: Russian helicopters rescued 775 fishermen stranded on ice sheets drifting into the Pacific Ocean on Sunday....
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Indian arms dealer held for taking bribe
NEW DELHI, March 9: An Indian arms broker who has been accused of taking kickbacks to help seal a defence deal with Israel seven years ago was arrested on tax evasion charges at the weekend, a report said on Sunday....
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Autopsy shows British girl murdered in Goa
NEW DELHI, March 9: Indian authorities said on Sunday they were treating the death of a British girl as murder after a second autopsy revealed injuries that officials said were homicidal in nature....
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Powell blamed for botching invasion
WASHINGTON, March 9: A former Pentagon official who played a key role in planning the US-led war in Iraq has written a new book accusing former top diplomat Colin Powell, the...
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Students threaten to attack troops
JALALABAD, March 9: Thousands of Afghan students blocked a highway on Sunday and threatened attacks on foreign troops, in protest against the reprinting of a blasphemous cartoon in Danish papers....
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‘Welcome to Kosovo’, PM unveils first border plaque
MERDARE (Serbia), March 9: “Welcome to the Republic of Kosovo” reads a plaque unveiled on Sunday by Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, the first to stand at a crossing between the breakaway territory and Serbia....
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New sanctions meant to send a signal to Iranian voters
WASHINGTON: A US-led coalition has just fired off a third volley in a 15-month diplomatic drive against Iran, but even Washington admits it has no silver bullet and it will unlikely be the last shot....
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Yearning for long-elusive peace after decades of civil war
VAVUNATIVU (Sri Lanka): Standing by the bullet-strafed ruin of her home in east Sri Lanka, housewife Jegan Devika prays the first poll in over a decade in an area recaptured from...
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Jewellery trends adapt to record gold prices
SINGAPORE: Diamonds might be a girl’s best friend, but for those buying jewellery at a time of record gold prices, a new trend for lightweight pieces using semi-precious stones and organic materials might be a welcome ally....
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South Africa today: ‘There’s racism, but not in public’
(The first part of this article was published in the Sunday issue of Dawn)...
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Tsunami that devastated the ancient world could return
PARIS: “The sea was driven back, and its waters flowed away to such an extent that the deep sea bed was laid bare and many kinds of sea creatures could be...
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