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Terrorism, Afghan war, top Nato priorities: Bush
BUCHAREST, April 1: US President George Bush pushed Nato on Tuesday to “finish the fight” against extremists in Afghanistan and urged Russia to join a planned US missile shield he said was urgently needed to thwart a possible threat from Iran.... 
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8 Indian Maoists killed in police firing
RANCHI (India), April 1: Police killed eight Maoist rebels in a firefight in India’s eastern Jharkhand state, an official spokesman said on Tuesday....
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Mugabe ready to step down: party
HARARE, April 1: Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe is ready to step down after he accepted he failed to win the country’s presidential election, a senior source in his ruling party and diplomats said on Tuesday....
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Afghan suicide attack claims two lives
HERAT: A suicide attacker blew up a car bomb inside a district police compound in southwestern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing two policemen and wounding five, police said....
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Putin to become PM next month
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin will be voted in as prime minister immediately after the inauguration of Dmitry Medvedev as president, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, news agencies reported....
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Mahathir urges Badawi to resign
KUALA LUMPUR: Veteran ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday urged Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to resign following disastrous election results....
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Khaleda’s son charged with graft
DHAKA: The son of detained former Bangladesh premier Khaleda Zia has been formally charged with corruption as part of the military-backed government’s anti-graft drive, an official said on Tuesday....
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Villagers protest against Indian steel project plan
BHUBANESWAR (India), April 1: Police in eastern India briefly detained hundreds of villagers on Tuesday as they protested against South Korean firm POSCO’s plans to build a steel plant they say will force them off their farmland....
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Smoking bans boost drink-driving
PARIS, April 1: A ban on smoking in American bars has caused the number of accidents from drunken driving to surge, researchers have discovered....
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Australia to test see-through airport body scanner
SYDNEY, April 1: A new security scanner that sees through passengers’ clothes will be tested at Australia’s Melbourne airport, the national carrier Qantas announced Tuesday....
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WHO lashes out at Israel over Gaza health
JERUSALEM, April 1: The World Health Organisation lashed out at Israel on Tuesday for denying or delaying travel permits for critically ill Gaza Strip residents, saying the right to health appeared to be optional for Palestinians....
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Dubai to open new big mall
DUBAI, April 1: One of the world’s largest shopping malls is set to open towards the end of the year in the booming Gulf retail paradise of Dubai, developers said on Tuesday....
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Teen convicted over global cyber-crime ring
WELLINGTON, April 1: A New Zealand teenager was convicted on Tuesday for his central role in a global cyber-crime ring which infected at least 1.3 million computers worldwide and caused millions of dollars in losses....
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Barak warns Hezbollah not to ‘test’ Israel
JERUSALEM, April 1: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday warned the Lebanese Hezbollah militia not to “test” Israel along its heavily guarded northern border....
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Booked on Osama: from rags to riches
NEW YORK, April 1: A rags-to-riches story of the Bin Laden family and its most famous descendant Osama bin Laden written by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner author Steve Coll was released on Tuesday....
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17,000 on strike at Nike plant
HANOI, April 1: Some 17,000 workers at a Vietnam factory that makes shoes for Nike have gone on strike, looking for a salary increase to cope with surging prices in the country, a provincial official said Tuesday....
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Hungry crowds spell trouble for world leaders
YAOUNDE: “Is it not said ‘A hungry man is an angry man’?” commented Simon Nkwenti, head of a teachers’ union in Cameroon, after riots that killed dozens of people in the central African country....
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Some US homes worth less than their copper pipes
BROCKTON (Massachusetts): Shards of broken glass outside the basement window of 31 Vine Street hint at the destruction inside the three-story home....
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Pyongyang hints at cutting ties with Seoul
SEOUL: By labelling South Korea’s new president a traitor, North Korea on Tuesday effectively declared it is cutting ties with Lee Myung-Bak’s conservative government, analysts said....
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Why teenagers do poorly at school
PARIS: Scientists have confirmed what parents of teenagers have always suspected: adolescents are out of sync with the rest of the world....
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Japan recruits astronauts
TOKYO: Japan on Tuesday began recruiting astronauts for the first time in a decade in the wake of a successful mission to carry Japan’s maiden space laboratory to the International Space Station....
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