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Suicide bombing kills 18 near Baghdad
BAGHDAD, May 14: At least 18 people were killed and 35 wounded in a suicide bombing on Wednesday at a funeral vigil just west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, security officials said.... 
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US to stand by Israel against ‘Iran threat’: Bush
JERUSALEM, May 14: US President George Bush backed Lebanon’s government and Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts at the start of a Middle East visit on Wednesday in which he praised Israel at 60 as a model for regional democracy....
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Four killed during poll violence in India
KOLKATA, May 14: At least four people were killed on Wednesday after rival parties contesting local elections in the east Indian countryside threw crude bombs, fired guns and set fire to a village, police said....
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Austrian kills five of his family
VIENNA, May 14: An Austrian man has confessed to hacking his wife, daughter, parents and father-in-law to death with an axe, leaving the bodies strewn at locations throughout the country, police said on Wednesday....
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Hillary’s big win in white, working class state
WASHINGTON, May 14: Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton’s landslide win in West Virginia primary highlights her claim that her rival Barack Obama may have problems in winning over working class white voters....
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Russia seeks security guarantees for Iran
MOSCOW, May 14: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Wednesday on the top UN powers to give Iran security guarantees to help resolve the crisis over Tehran’s nuclear programme, Russian news agencies reported....
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Berlusconi govt wins first vote of confidence
ROME, May 14: The new right-wing government of Silvio Berlusconi, who is embarking on a third stint as prime minister, easily won a first vote of confidence in parliament on Wednesday....
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Grim Brazilian drama opens Cannes film festival
CANNES (France), May 14: A grim Brazilian drama about society’s descent into anarchy opened Cannes film festival on Wednesday and politics dominated the opening news conference held by jury president Sean Penn....
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Israel is ‘dying’, says Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN, May 14: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned on Wednesday that Muslims would uproot Israel at the first opportunity, saying the Jewish state was “dying,” a local news agency reported.His...
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Arab League in bid to resolve Lebanon crisis
BEIRUT, May 14: An Arab League delegation met with rival leaders in Beirut on Wednesday in a bid to mediate a settlement to deadly sectarian gunbattles that have driven Lebanon close to civil war....
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Greenhouse gases highest in 800,000 years: study
OSLO, May 14: Greenhouse gases are at higher levels in the atmosphere than at any time in 800,000 years, according to a study of Antarctic ice that extends evidence that mankind is disrupting the climate....
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Iran awaits new international nuclear offer
BRUSSELS, May 14: Iran is ready to receive a new international offer of political and trade incentives aimed at encouraging it to suspend uranium enrichment, its ambassador to the European Union said on Wednesday....
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Police sift for clues after serial blasts in Jaipur
JAIPUR: Police sifted for clues on Wednesday after seven near-simultaneous bomb blasts tore through crowded markets in the Indian tourist city of Jaipur, killing at least 80 people....
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Kabul to ask for $50bn aid at Paris conference
KABUL: Afghanistan will ask international donors for $50 billion in aid at a conference in Paris next month, President Hamid Karzai’s senior economic adviser said....
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Hindus, Muslims help victims
When Indian television news broadcasts appealed for blood donors on Wednesday, a day after 63 people were killed in bomb blasts in India’s Jaipur city, Yaseef Khan rushed to help....
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Eight killed in BD train accident
DHAKA: At least eight people were killed and dozens injured when two trains carrying hundreds of passengers collided at a station east of the Bangladesh capital early on Wednesday, police and witnesses said....
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Bangladesh govt invites parties to poll talks
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim government invited political parties for talks on elections planned for December, while pressing on with the prosecution of two detained former prime ministers....
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Malaysia’s court refuses to release ethnic Indian activists
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s highest court on Wednesday refused to release five ethnic Indian activists being held indefinitely under a tough security law for mounting an anti-discrimination rally....
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US Marines run into ‘continuous resistance’
KABUL: Marines have faced “continuous resistance” from the Taliban since an operation began two weeks ago to remove a key militant stronghold in southern Afghanistan, the force said on Wednesday....
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BD to import more rice to feed poor
DHAKA: Despite a bumper crop, Bangladesh plans to increase rice imports in the coming year so as to help make the essential foodstuff affordable to millions of poor people, a senior food official said on Wednesday....
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Election victory complicates problems for Lanka’s ruling party
COLOMBO: Winning the eastern provincial council elections which was held last Sunday has only enhanced the problems of the UPFA government. The victory, which election monitors cry foul and which was...
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