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Israeli raid kills three Palestinians
GAZA CITY, March 15: An Israeli air strike on Saturday killed three Islamic Jihad militants readying to fire rockets from Gaza, medics and the radical Palestinian group said, a day before US Vice President Dick Cheney begins a regional tour.... 
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Five killed, 170 hurt in blasts at Albanian arms depot
TIRANA, March 15: At least five people were killed and more than 170 hurt on Saturday when powerful blasts rocked an army munitions depot near the Albanian capital Tirana, with the prime minister predicting a “considerable” toll....
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Obama pastor blames US ‘terror’ for 9/11 attacks
WASHINGTON, March 15: Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama categorically rejected “appalling remarks” by his pastor as aides said the controversial preacher had resigned from a campaign committee....
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One killed, 13 injured in Thai hotel blast
PATTANI (Thailand), March 15: A powerful car bomb exploded at a hotel car park on Saturday, killing at least one person and injuring 13 others in Thailand’s restive Muslim-majority south, an army spokesman and hospital official said....
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Violent storm hits Atlanta
WASHINGTON, March 15: A violent storm, possibly a tornado, wreaked havoc through downtown Atlanta, Georgia, toppling trees onto homes, blowing windows out of high-rises and injuring at least 30 people, city officials and the National Weather Service said on Saturday....
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US military reports 2,688 assaults
WASHINGTON, March 15: The US military recorded 2,688 cases of sexual assault involving its staff last year, 60 per cent of which were allegations of rape, a Department of Defence report said on Friday....
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Goa police question mother of British girl
PANAJI (India), March 15: The mother of a British teenage girl raped and killed in India’s Goa state was questioned by detectives on Saturday about her claims of a cover-up involving drug lords, top police and politicians....
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UN calls for withdrawal of forces from Azerbaijan
UNITED NATIONS, March 15: The UN General Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution on the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, in which it called for the immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of...
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Swedish woman found dead on Thai beach
BANGKOK, March 15: Thai police say a Swedish tourist has been found dead on a beach in Thailand....
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Turkish PM attacks ban proposal
ANKARA: Turkey’s prime minister and other leaders of the ruling AKP party hit back on Saturday at moves by a chief prosecutor to have the party banned on the grounds that it opposed the country’s secular system....
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Al Qaeda may try to influence polls: McCain
SPRINGFIELD: Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday he fears that anti-American extremists might attempt spectacular attacks in Iraq to try to tilt the US election against him....
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Blair urges US, China to accept binding gas cuts
MAKUHARI (Japan): Tony Blair on Saturday urged the world’s heaviest polluters including the United States and China to agree to binding emissions cuts, saying failure to act on global warming would be “unforgivably irresponsible.”...
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UN envoy seeks to coordinate Afghan efforts
OSLO: The new United Nations envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, said on Saturday his top priority will be to better coordinate international development and aid efforts with the Nato-led military forces and Afghan authorities....
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Spitzer faces campaign cash inquiry
NEW YORK: Prosecutors are homing in on the disgraced former New York state governor Eliot Spitzer, by investigating whether he used money raised for political campaigns to pay for travel and other expenses relating to his meetings with prostitutes....
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Using horse sense for training
YARRABIN (New South Wales): Deep in the Australian bush, leadership trainers Jerry, Fly, Hope, KC and Sultan put a group of managers through their paces....
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Sectarian killings have fallen in Iraq: UN
BAGHDAD: The sectarian bloodshed, which has ravaged Iraq since 2006, is now running at a “much lower” level, offering a chance for leaders to push national reconciliation, a top UN official said on Saturday....
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