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Lebanon leaders sign deal to end crisis
DOHA, May 21: Rival Lebanese leaders signed a deal on Wednesday to end 18 months of political conflict, pulling their country away from the brink of civil war and paving the way for the election of a new president.... 
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Israel and Syria launch indirect peace talks
JERUSALEM, May 21: Israel and Syria announced on Wednesday they had resumed peace talks through Turkish mediators after an eight-year freeze, with Damascus saying it had a prior Israeli undertaking to return the whole of the occupied Golan Heights....
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Mirwaiz wants talks in Srinagar, Muzaffarabad
NEW DELHI, May 21: Kashmir’s resistance leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq urged India and Pakistan on Wednesday to hold their future peace talks in Srinagar and Muzaffarabad with the involvement of the...
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Former LTTE rebel becomes CM of Sri Lankan province
COLOMBO: Ten years ago, he was believed to be the mastermind behind the LTTE attack on Sri Lanka’s most hallowed Buddhist shrine, the Temple of the Tooth in the historic city of Kandy....
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BD govt head hopeful of return to democracy
DHAKA: The head of Bangladesh’s army-backed interim government said on Wednesday that a final round of talks with political parties would steer the nation to democracy through elections in December....
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Sarabjit’s appeal gets linked to Guru’s fate
NEW DELHI, May 21: Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patilhas has put it bluntly. He was quoted by Press Trust of India on Wednesday as wondering how people who were seeking clemency...
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Mob burns 15 women to death
NYAKEO (Kenya), May 21: A rampaging mob in western Kenya burnt 15 women accused of witchcraft to death, a local official and villagers said on Wednesday....
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Iconic hotel survives bitter Afghan history
KABUL: On the western edge of Kabul, in the saddle between two hills, stands a flaking monument to what the city once aspired to be — a cosmopolitan destination drawing chic travellers from the world over....
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62 protesters held over Bhopal gas-leak disaster
NEW DELHI: Indian police detained 62 protesters calling for a cleanup of the 1984 Bhopal industrial disaster as they demonstrated near the prime minister’s official residence on Wednesday, an organiser said....
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BD farmers’ game show is hit with city dwellers
SHAMHUGANJ (Bangladesh ): Traditional rural games are being revived in Bangladesh with a television show in which farmers compete to show off their skill sowing seeds, raft racing and climbing oiled banana trees....
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Nepal capital tense over murder of businessman
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s capital was brought to a tense standstill on Wednesday after the family of a businessman murdered by Maoists called a general strike, backed by rival political parties....
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Bollywood muscles in on Hollywood
CANNES: With India’s entertainment billionaires seemingly blessed with limitless pockets, Bollywood is flexing its movie muscle, taking on Hollywood in unexpected corners of the globe and buying up theatres worldwide....
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