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Clashes leave 24 Taliban dead near border
KABUL, April 12: Afghan security forces supported by foreign military aircraft killed 24 Taliban militants in clashes in the southern province of Zabul, authorities said on Saturday.... 
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Eight killed in Iran mosque blast
TEHRAN, April 12: At least 8 people were killed and 50 injured when a bomb exploded in a mosque in southern Iran on Saturday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported....
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Sadr City under siege
BAGHDAD, April 12: Security forces killed 13 people in clashes in Sadr City overnight, leaving parts of the east Baghdad militia bastion under siege despite the lifting on Saturday of a two-week blockade....
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Taiwan sees results from historic China talks
BOAO, April 12: Taiwan’s vice president-elect said he and Chinese President Hu Jintao held “candid and harmonious” talks on Saturday in the highest-level contact between the two sides in years, and they had brought results....
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Mass grave unearthed in Afghanistan
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, April 12: Afghan authorities have discovered a mass grave containing at least 100 bodies believed to be victims of a Taliban massacre in the 1990s, security officials said on Saturday....
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Administration approved harsh interrogation: Bush
WASHINGTON, April 12: US President George W. Bush has said that senior officials of his administration had approved the use of harsh interrogation techniques, including water-boarding, on key Al Qaeda suspects and he endorsed them....
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Soros predicts ‘biggest global financial crisis’
NEW YORK, April 12: George Soros, one of the most successful investors and richest men has predicted that the world is facing “the biggest financial crisis ever.’’...
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Thousands of Turks march against govt
ANKARA, April 12: Thousands of Turks rallied in Ankara on Saturday against the ruling AK Party, which is facing a high court challenge by a prosecutor who wants it shut down for alleged Islamist activities....
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‘Killing of workers not to deter Indian presence’
New Delhi, April 12: India responded resolutely to the killing of two Indian workers in a suicide attack in southern Afghanistan on Saturday saying its work in the reconstruction of the country could not be derailed by Taliban militias....
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India not to join defence alliances
New Delhi, April 12: Defence Minister A K Antony said on Saturday that India would never be a part of any military alliance though there would be defence co-operation with several countries, Press Trust of India said....
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Women outnumber men in new Spanish govt
MADRID, April 12: Spain’s re-elected Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced a government on Saturday which for the first time included more women than men and a female defence minister....
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Nepalese confound experts by rooting for Maoists
KATHMANDU: The Nepali citizenry surprises itself and the world on occasion, with a show of people’s will that is unprecedented and path-breaking. The People’s Movement of April 2006 was one such...
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Asia not immune to West’s fiscal malady
LONDON: It is so nice when a consensus forms among the economic commentators. There is going to be a recession in America, the pack says, and probably in Britain too, for...
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Living costs prompt Europe-wide strike threats
PARIS: Inflation in Europe, far from being throttled as suggested in some quarters only 18 months ago, is alive and kicking hard at the middle classes as well as ordinary workers....
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Da Vinci’s mother was slave?
ROME: The seemingly far-fetched theory that Leonardo da Vinci was of Arab descent has been given new backing in a study, published this week, that suggests his mother was a slave....
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Confused command leaves Marines in Kabul with nothing to do
KANDAHAR: Disagreements and coordination problems high within the international military command are delaying combat operations for 2,500 US Marines who arrived here last month to help root out Taliban forces, according to military officers....
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