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Car bombs kill 60 in Iraq
BAGHDAD, April 15: Car bombs ripped through crowded areas in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing nearly 60 people and breaking a recent lull in violence in the predominantly Sunni areas.... 
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UN calls on Israel to resume fuel supplies: Gaza Strip
GAZA CITY, April 15: UN agencies called on Israel on Tuesday to restore full fuel deliveries to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, saying that a pledge to resume supplies to the territory’s...
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Israeli troops move into Gaza Strip
GAZA CITY, April 15: Israeli forces entered the southern Gaza Strip early on Tuesday and carried out searches accompanied by exchanges of fire and explosions, wounding at least five people, medics said....
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‘Iran will eliminate Israel if attacked’
TEHRAN, April 15: Iran would “eliminate Israel from the global arena” if it was attacked by the Jewish state, the deputy commander of the army warned on Tuesday, amid an intensifying war of words between the two foes....
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53 pro-Kurd mayors get jail terms in Turkey
DIYARBAKIR, April 15: A Turkish court sentenced 53 mayors from a pro-Kurdish party to 2-1/2 months in prison on Tuesday for a letter they sent to Denmark’s prime minister, in a case which raised concern in the European Union....
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Muslims in India speak of excesses by agencies
NEW DELHI, April 15: A delegation of Indian Muslims on Tuesday apprised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of what it called assault by government agencies on members of the community....
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BD garment workers strike over soaring food prices
FATULLAH (Bangladesh), April 15: Thousands of Bangladeshi textile workers on Tuesday defied a government ban on protests and went on strike to demand action over low wages and soaring food prices....
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Man carrying his mother’s head arrested
MADRID, April 15: A man has been arrested in Spain as he was wandering down the street carrying the decapitated head of his mother, local authorities said Tuesday....
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Malaysia to renew visas for Indian priests
KUALA LUMPUR, April 15: Malaysia on Tuesday said it would renew or issue new visas for Indian priests, temple musicians and artisans after a ban earlier this year stirred concern among non-Muslim groups....
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Promotion of thinness made offence in France
PARIS, April 15: The French National Assembly on Tuesday adopted a bill that would make it an offence to encourage anorexia or extreme thinness through “death messages” on websites, magazines and in advertisements....
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Social upheaval feared as food crisis grows: UN report
PARIS: A UN body warned on Tuesday of a looming catastrophe unless farming is radically reformed, as the United States pledged $200 million to help poor nations combat a growing global food crisis....
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Nepal’s Maoists say monarchy ‘finished’
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Maoists said on Tuesday the abolition of the Himalayan nation’s monarchy was now just a “matter of procedure” as they held a commanding lead in the count from last week’s landmark elections....
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Zimbabwe general strike flops
HARARE: The Zimbabwe opposition’s campaign to force the release of results from last month’s presidential election suffered a fresh blow on Tuesday when a call for a general strike went largely unheeded....
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Priyanka meets convict in prison: Rajiv’s assassination
NEW DELHI: The daughter of murdered former Indian premier Rajiv Gandhi revealed on Tuesday she had been to prison to visit a woman convicted of taking part in the suicide bomber assassination....
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