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US planes bomb militia in Basra: Maliki offers cash for guns
BASRA, March 28: Jets of the US-led coalition bombed positions of the Mahdi Army in the southern city of Basra as prime minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday offered cash to local residents to give up their arms.... 
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Obama, Hillary warned not to split party
WASHINGTON, March 28: Democratic chief Howard Dean on Friday warned Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton not to rip the party apart with their bitter White House battle and tried to head off a divisive convention fight....
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BA grounds more flights at new Heathrow terminal
LONDON, March 28: British Airways was forced to cancel 20 per cent of flights on Friday from Heathrow airport’s new 4.3-billion-pound terminal as it struggled to get back on track after a disastrous first day....
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N. Korea raises tensions with missile launch
SEOUL, March 28: North Korea test-fired a battery of short-range missiles on Friday in what analysts saw as a show of the reclusive state’s anger at Washington and the new conservative government in Seoul....
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Life was tough for ancient Egyptians
CAIRO, March 28: New evidence of a sick, deprived population working under harsh conditions contradicts earlier images of wealth and abundance from the art records of the ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna, a study has found....
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Turkish court receives party closure report
ANKARA, March 28: Turkey’s Constitutional Court has received its rapporteur’s opinion on a bid to close the ruling AK Party for trying to undermine the country’s secular system, newspapers said on Friday....
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Bhopal survivors reach Delhi after 37-day march
NEW DELHI, March 28: Fifty survivors and victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak arrived in New Delhi on Friday after a 37-day march and demanded to meet the premier to seek a clean-up of toxic waste at the site....
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Cuba lifts ban on use of mobile phones
HAVANA, March 28: The Cuban government has lifted a ban on the use of mobile phones by ordinary Cubans, it was announced on Friday, in a further sign of the easing of daily life under new President Raul Castro....
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The man who made lists to fend off depression
LOS ANGELES: His mother suffered dark depressions and tried to dominate his life. His sister and daughter had severe mental problems, his father and wife died young and a beloved uncle committed suicide in his arms....
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Afghan mother seeks justice
KABUL: Even Mother Nature was cruel on the day 15 years ago when rampaging thugs chopped off Marzia’s fingers for a gold ring and shot dead her nine-year-old son when he cried out to object....
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US fails to close gap with Russia on shield
WASHINGTON: The United States said on Thursday it made some progress in two days of talks with Russia over a disputed US missile shield to deter attacks from states like Iran, but big differences remained....
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France eyes farm reform during its EU presidency
BRUSSELS: France hopes to mark its stint as European Union president from July by presenting ambitious ideas on how to reform the bloc’s agricultural policy....
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Climate talks to test Washington mood
OSLO: Up to 190 nations will start work on a new UN climate treaty in Bangkok on Monday, in a test of how far the world has progressed after years of...
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Egypt to put cameras along Suez
ISMAILIA: Egypt has started to install security cameras along the Suez Canal after a warning shot fired from a cargo ship chartered by the US Navy killed an Egyptian trader on a motorboat, officials said on Friday....
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Question for the ages: what books when?
WASHINGTON: Parents at a Maryland private school complained this month when a teacher read to a group of third-graders from a book containing gruesome descriptions of violence against enslaved Africans and...
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