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Turkish army claims killing 150 Kurd rebels in Iraq
ISTANBUL, May 3: The Turkish military said on Saturday that more than 150 Kurdish rebels were killed in a cross-border air raid into northern Iraq earlier this week, possibly including some senior members of the rebel group.But... 
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18 Honduran inmates killed
TEGUCIGALPA (Honduras), May 3: A Honduran police official says at least 18 inmates have died in a prison attack....
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Rebels clash with Yemeni forces
SANAA, May 3: Clashes erupted between Yemeni forces and rebels led by Abdul-Malik al-Houthi on Saturday, dealing a new blow to a faltering ceasefire a day after a mosque bombing killed 15 people in the northern city of Saada....
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Volcano Erupts in Chile
CASTRO (Chile), May 3: Chilean authorities were evacuating the last of thousands of residents from the vicinity of a volcano in southern Chile on Saturday, as it continued to spew fine ash for a second day after a surprise eruption....
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US missiles land near hospital: ‘Command centre’ targeted
BAGHDAD, May 3: The US military fired missiles into the heart of Baghdad’s teeming Sadr City slum on Saturday, levelling a building 50 meters away from a hospital and injuring dozens of people....
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‘West wants operation suspended during talks’: Uranium enrichment by Iran
MOSCOW, May 3: World powers concerned about Iran’s nuclear programme want Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment during a negotiation period, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying Saturday....
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Pentagon plans more troops for Afghanistan
NEW YORK, May 3: The Pentagon is considering sending as many as 7,000 more American troops to Afghanistan next year to make up for a shortfall in contributions from Nato allies,...
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British police find archive forgeries
LONDON, May 3: British police have discovered forged documents were planted in the National Archives alleging top Nazi Heinrich Himmler was murdered on Winston Churchill’s orders, the Public Record Office said on Saturday....
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Haj promotes peaceful coexistence, says study
NEW YORK, May 3: A study on the long-term effects of performing Haj has found that Muslim communities become more open in many ways after the experience....
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Malaysian women may need approval to travel alone
KUALA LUMPUR, May 3: Malaysia may require women to obtain family consent before allowing them to travel alone outside the country, state news agency Bernama reported on Saturday, quoting the foreign minister....
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Immigrant workers occupy Paris office
PARIS, May 3: Some 200 to 300 immigrant workers occupied the Paris office of France’s leading labour union on Saturday to try to win support for their fight to obtain residency permits, a union official said....
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Obama maintains lead
HAGATNA (US), May 3: Barack Obama led Hillary Rodham Clinton as votes were tallied on Saturday from the Democratic presidential caucuses on Guam in a nominating contest that has the candidates battling for every last nominating delegate....
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South Koreans oppose resumption of US beef imports
SEOUL, May 3: Thousands of South Koreans joined a candlelit vigil in central Seoul for the second straight evening on Saturday to oppose their government’s decision to resume US beef imports....
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Labour’s dusk arrives after 11 years
LONDON: On a sunny Friday in May, by the glittering waters of the Thames, Tony Blair famously declared that a “new dawn” had broken. On Friday, exactly 11 years later, and...
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Republicans use Obama to boost their candidates
WASHINGTON: Sen Barack Obama won the Democratic primaries in both Louisiana and Mississippi earlier this year, but he is now featured in television ads bought by Republicans trying to turn him...
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Giant puzzle exposes Germany’s secrets
BERLIN: It is painstaking work but help is close for the nine people who have spent years sticking together millions of pieces of paper to decipher the workings of East Germany’s once-feared Stasi secret police....
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Parents, police guard Chicago kids on risky trek to school
CHICAGO: In this gang-riddled Chicago neighborhood, keeping kids safe on the way to and from school takes an army of parents and police....
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Iraqi refugees in Syria look forward to living in Europe
DAMASCUS: “I’ll go to any country,” says Zirgon Tomas al-Aya, a 60-year-old Iraqi standing outside the UN Refugee Agency headquarters in Damascus....
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