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US death toll in Iraq reaches 4,000
WASHINGTON, March 24: Four US soldiers died on Sunday night in a roadside bombing in Iraq, military officials reported, bringing the American toll in the 5-year-old war to 4,000 deaths.... 
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Democracy comes to Bhutan
THIMPHU, March 24: Bhutan brought down the curtain on a century of absolute monarchy on Monday, as the king’s subjects elected the remote Himalayan nation’s first democratic government....
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Another quake may hit Kashmir, says expert
NEW DELHI, March 24: A tremor of magnitude greater than the Oct 8, 2005, can hit Kashmir in future, according to a geologist in Srinagar....
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FM admits Dehli facing ‘problems’ on N-deal
WASHINGTON, March 24: Problems confounding the Indo-US nuclear deal also surfaced in the high-level talks between the two countries in Washington on Monday when Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee acknowledged...
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100 anti-drug police killed in Afghan violence
KABUL, March 24: One hundred counter-narcotics policemen lost their lives in violence in Afghanistan in the past year, most of them during efforts to eradicate opium poppies, a government minister said on Monday....
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Former BD lawmakers face eviction
DHAKA, March 24: Former lawmakers in Bangladesh vowed on Monday to defy a government order to vacate their luxury flats, saying they had nowhere else to go....
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Advani opposed Kandahar hijack surrender
NEW DELHI, March 24: Former Indian home minister Lal Kishan Advani has said he was opposed to his government’s surrender to the hijackers of a civilian plane to Kandahar in 1999,...
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7 de-miners shot dead in Afghanistan
KABUL, March 24: Gunmen shot dead seven Afghan staff of UN-funded mine clearing teams in northern Afghanistan, their organisations said on Monday, in some of the deadliest attacks on non-government workers in months....
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Cheney meets Turkish leaders
ANKARA, March 24: US Vice President Dick Cheney held talks with Turkish leaders in Ankara on Monday amid minor protests denouncing US policies in the Middle East, before wrapping up a nine-day overseas tour....
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Comoros leader okays assault on rebel island
MORONI, March 24: The president of the Comoros archipelago authorised an African Union-backed assault on rebel Anjouan island on Sunday sending helicopters to drop leaflets that warned residents to stay at home....
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Greatest experiment in particle physics nears countdown
GENEVA: Mighty things are going on at CERN, Europe’s atom-smashing laboratory....
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Mogadishu port slowly changing lives in Somalia
MOGADISHU: African Union peacekeepers have turned Somalia’s biggest port into a thriving business centre providing a vital lifeline to war-weary residents....
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Where Europe draws the line
WASHINGTON: Mikheil Saakashvili kicked off the second wave of freedom movements in formerly Communist Europe in 2003 when he strode into the Georgian Parliament, rose in hand....
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Genetic map can help better identify tumors: study
CHICAGO: Researches have developed a genetic mapping tool which could allow for better diagnosis and treatment of common tumours, according to a study published on Monday....
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Pressure grows on Democrats to unite
WASHINGTON: Democrats came under mounting pressure on Monday to close ranks behind a single candidate, as Hillary Clinton struggles to wrest the mathematical advantage from Barack Obama to win their party’s nod for the White House....
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Afghan peace hurt by West’s failed aid pledges
KABUL: Peace in Afghanistan is undermined by western nations’ failure to deliver promised aid and 40 per cent of funds that do reach the country return to the West in profits and salaries, aid agencies said on Tuesday....
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Tensions simmering again in Anbar
FALLUJA: Tensions are simmering again in once bloody Anbar province, Washington’s prize good news story for security in Iraq....
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