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Sri Lanka blast kills 25 civilians, injures 70
COLOMBO, April 25: A bomb exploded in a bus in a Colombo suburb late Friday evening killing at least 25 civilians and injuring around 70 people, government officials said blaming the Tamil Tiger rebels for the attack.... 
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McCain asked not to use ‘Islamic’ to describe terrorists
NEW YORK, April 25: A coalition of American Muslim groups has demanded that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain stop using the adjective “Islamic” to describe terrorists....
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IAEA to probe US report on Syria’s atomic plant
VIENNA, April 25: The UN nuclear watchdog pledged on Friday to investigate whether Syria secretly built an atomic reactor with North Korean help but criticised the United States for delaying the release of intelligence....
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Questions of race mount after Hillary’s win: Pennsylvania primary
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton’s big win in Pennsylvania is reviving the question of whether racial prejudice among some US voters could scupper her Democratic presidential foe Barack Obama’s quest for history....
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Six-party deal under threat as US levels charges against N. Korea
WASHINGTON: US claims that North Korea helped Syria build a nuclear reactor may wreck a six-party deal under which the hardline communist state agreed to end its nuclear weapons drive, experts said....
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Republication of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ sought
BERLIN, April 25: A top figure in Germany’s Jewish community said on Friday he wants Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” -- banned in Germany since 1945 -- to be republished, but together with an accompanying commentary....
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Shark kills man
LOS ANGELES, April 25: A man swimming with a group training for a triathlon was killed by a shark off a southern California beach on Friday, fire and life guard officials...
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Russia threatens Georgia with force over ‘compatriots’
MOSCOW, April 25: Russia warned on Friday it could use military force to protect its “compatriots” in Georgia’s breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia if they were attacked....
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German pilot visits city he bombed, apologises
LONDON, April 25: A former German Luftwaffe pilot said on Friday he had returned to England to apologise for bombing a city during World War II....
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US adds laser-capable bombs to its quiver
WASHINGTON, April 25: Boeing Co says it is making “smart” bombs even smarter, able to go after moving targets in places like Iraq and Afghanistan....
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Maoists raid steel plant in India
RAIPUR, April 25: About 300 heavily-armed Maoists raided a plant of a major steel company in central India, burning 53 trucks and three heavy machines, police said on Friday....
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Carter a bigot: Israeli envoy
NEW YORK, April 25: Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations called former US President Jimmy Carter “a bigot” for meeting with the leader of the militant Hamas movement in Syria....
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NY police cleared in Wedding day shooting
NEW YORK, April 25: Three New York City detectives were found not guilty on Friday in the shooting death of an unarmed black man killed in a hail of 50 bullets...
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Vessel hired by US military fires shots at Iranian boats
WASHINGTON, April 25: A vessel chartered by the US military fired warning shots at two speedboats believed to be Iranian that approached it in the Gulf, a US defence official said on Friday....
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Brother’s death changed Osama: book
LONDON, April 25: A new book looks at Osama bin Laden through the prism of his family, and suggests that the death of his extrovert playboy brother Salem in a 1988 plane crash was an important factor in his radicalisation....
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Victorious Nepal Maoists face big tests
KATHMANDU: Former rebel Maoists have secured a surprise win in landmark elections to shape Nepal’s political future, but the ex-insurgents will struggle to keep pledges for massive reform, analysts said....
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Protein scraps help fill in dino family tree
WASHINGTON: Scraps of protein from the bones of a 68 million-year-old dinosaur and a mastodon carcass confirm their places in the family tree of life on Earth, researchers have reported....
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Greater wealth tied to lower stroke risk
NEW YORK: For people aged 50 and 64 years, being wealthy seems to protect them against having a stroke, according to new research. After age 65, however, wealth appears to make little difference in stroke risk....
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Palestinian plight is flip side of Israelis’ joy
JALAZOUN REFUGEE CAMP (West Bank): Mohammed Shaikha was nine when the carefree rhythm of his village childhood going to third grade, picking olives, playing hide-and-seek was abruptly cut short....
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Hollywood on edge as summerseason nears
LOS ANGELES: With the summer movie season set to begin with next week’s release of comic book movie “Iron Man,” Hollywood is holding its breath, hoping for a big start to the lucrative moviegoing period....
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