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28 killed in surge of violence in Iraq
BAGHDAD, April 14. A surge of violence killed 28 people in the past 24 hours in Iraq, among them 12 members of the Kurdish peshmerga forces who died in a bomb blast near the Syrian border, officials said on Monday.... 
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11 policemen killed in Afghanistan
ARGHANDAB, (Afghanistan) April 14: Dozens of Taliban militants stormed a police post in southern Afghanistan early on Monday, shooting dead 11 policemen....
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Hamas, Syria must be included in peace deal: Carter
LOD (Israel), April 14: Former US President Jimmy Carter said on Monday that Syria and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas must be involved in any future peace deal, but the White House said he was acting in a private capacity....
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No back-channel talks on Iran: US
WASHINGTON, April 14: The United States on Monday denied a British press report of back-channel talks between Washington and Iran on Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme....
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HRW urges India to help violence victims
NEW DELHI, April 14: Human Rights Watch called on Monday on the Indian government to stop evicting tens of thousands of people who have sought refuge in forests to escape Maoist violence in the country’s east....
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Opposition has enough support to topple govt, says Anwar
KUALA LUMPUR, April 14: Malaysia’s opposition parties have the support of enough lawmakers to topple the government but are waiting for the right moment, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday....
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EU approves rules to cut pollution in cities
BRUSSELS, April 14: Euro-pean Union governments approved rules on Monday designed to cut air particle pollution in cities....
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Vietnam war-era remains returned to US
HANOI: The United States on Monday repatriated human remains believed to be those of American soldiers killed during the Vietnam War, the US embassy said....
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Philippines expands school rice scheme
MANILA: The Philippines said on Monday it would expand a school soup kitchen programme as soaring food prices have put pressure on millions of parents to cut costs by pulling their children out of class....
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Rowling sues to block ‘Harry Potter Lexicon’
NEW YORK: Celebrated author JK Rowling testified on Monday that the author of an encyclopaedia based on her blockbuster “Harry Potter” series of children’s books was guilty of “wholesale theft,” and asked a US court to block publication of the work....
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Dinosaur skeleton to be auctioned
PARIS: The skeleton of a Triceratops dinosaur that roamed the earth some 65 million years ago goes under the hammer in Paris on Wednesday as part of a collection of prehistoric bones and fossils, auctioneers Christie’s said....
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Iranian military jet crashes
TEHRAN: An Iranian military jet on Monday crashed and burst into flames at Mehrabad airport in central Tehran, the city’s main domestic air hub, but the crew ejected unscathed, emergency services said....
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Girding for a spring offensive in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR: For weeks now, the men in black turbans have been coming. They travel in pairs or small groups, on battered motorbikes or in dusty pickups, materialising out of the desert with Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers slung from their shoulders....
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Headscarved Turkish women face challenge
ANKARA: Ayse Sekerci was set to go to university this year, free at last to wear her headscarf....
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Now Iran motivates US war in Iraq
CRAWFORD (Texas): The rationale for war in Iraq has morphed from ousting strongman Saddam Hussein to countering Al Qaeda militants to its latest incarnation — facing down what officials in the administration of President George W....
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Malaysian PM faces revolt within party
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s premier may have thought he had bought some time to remain in power by putting off his party elections until December....
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Farm practices must change to counter high food prices
PARIS: Farming practices must change to confront soaring food prices that threaten to drive millions of poor people around the world into even deeper poverty, said a new study...
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Asian policy makers face inflation vs growth dilemma
BEIJING: That banging sound across much of Asia is the stable door being slammed shut long after the galloping horse that is inflation has bolted....
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