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African forces invade rebel Comoros island
MUTSAMUDU (Comoros), March 25: A coalition of Comoran and African Union troops on Tuesday invaded the rebel island of Anjouan and hunted down its renegade leader, exchanging fire with his supporters along the way....
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Russia, Egypt seal nuclear power deal
NOVO-OGARYOVO (Russia), March 25: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin oversaw the signing on Tuesday of a deal that will enable Moscow to bid for the construction of Egypt’s first atomic power station....
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No time frame on N-deal, says Mukherjee
WASHINGTON, March 25: India’s foreign minister on Tuesday declined to say whether his government can achieve agreement on a nuclear pact with the United States within a time frame recommended by the Bush administration....
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Dutch court jails militant couple
AMSTERDAM, March 25: A Dutch court jailed a husband and wife for three years on Tuesday after they were convicted of plotting attacks in a militant Islamic network, ANP reported....
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Facts about the Comoros
MORONI: The Union of the Comoros — formerly the Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros (RFIC) — was founded in 2001 with the union of three islands, Anjouan, Grande Comore and Moheli, which is autonomous....
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US N-missile fuses sent to Taiwan by mistake
WASHINGTON, March 25: The US military mistakenly shipped four fuses for nuclear missiles to Taiwan in 2006 and never caught the error, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, acknowledging an incident likely to rile China....
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Britain fascinated by Sarkozy and his wife
LONDON, March 25: Britain welcomes Nicolas Sarkozy to London on Wednesday, curious about the new French president’s “anglo-saxon” reformist credentials — and fascinated by his glamorous new wife....
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Sliva to replace blood for cancer test
WASHINGTON, March 25: US researchers have identified all the 1,166 proteins in human saliva in a breakthrough which could become a new tool for diagnosing killer diseases like cancer, a study showed on Tuesday....
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US, Egypt dispute Suez Canal shooting
CAIRO, March 25: US officials on Tuesday denied reports that an Egyptian was killed when a US Navy chartered ship opened fire on small boats near the Suez Canal, confirming the incident but insisting no one was hurt....
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Pile-up on Austrian motorway
SEEWALCHEN, March 25 (Austria): One person was killed and six were seriously injured when some 60 vehicles slammed into each other in heavy snow on Austria’s main east-west highway on Tuesday, police said....
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Primates love of risk dissected
PARIS, March 25: It’s late at night, you are in a town that you don’t know very well and all the restaurants are closing....
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US court rejects airline passengers rights law
NEW YORK: A New York state law seeking better treatment of passengers stuck on grounded airplanes was thrown out on Tuesday by an appeals court, which said air travel is already regulated by the federal government....
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Baby boys more likely to die than girls: study
CHICAGO: Baby boys are more likely to die than baby girls and medical advances have actually increased the gender gap, a study released on Monday found....
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Life was better under Saddam: Iraqi women
BAGHDAD: Iraqi women say they are now worse off than they were during the rule of dictator Saddam Hussein and that their plight has deteriorated year by year since the US-led invasion in March 2003....
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Flight grounded by love in Beirut
BEIRUT: A Beirut-to-Paris flight was grounded on Tuesday after a passenger who had left her boyfriend behind said she feared he might have put a bomb in her luggage to keep her from leaving, a security official said....
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Ice shrinks in Arctic sea
OSLO: Winter sea ice around a Norwegian Arctic island has thinned to less than one metre since the 1960s, according to a study on Tuesday of a region that may be more attractive to oil firms because of climate change....
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Foreign powers loom over Arab summit
CAIRO/BEIRUT: Rarely since the end of the Cold War have competing foreign powers loomed so large in the background as Arab leaders prepare for their annual summit, opening this year in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday....
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After a nuclear 9/11
WASHINTON: The appearance of nuclear weapons materials on the black market is a growing global concern, and it is crucial that the United States reinforce its team of nuclear forensics experts...
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Bhutanese vote sees rejection of king’s in-laws
THIMPU: The people of the reclusive Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan have delivered a stunning verdict in their first ever parliamentary polls, embracing democracy but overwhelmingly rejecting the king’s relatives by marriage....
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