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12 killed in Iraq attacks
BAGHDAD, June 8: A wave of bomb and mortar attacks, including a strike on Baghdad’s heavily fortified government and embassy compound, killed at least 12 people in Iraq on Sunday, officials said.... 
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11 killed as Afghan police convoy attacked
KABUL, June 8: Insurgents attacked a police convoy in central Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 11 police and wounding one, an official said. Militants in the east attacked and killed four men, including a local government official....
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BBC journalist shot dead
KABUL, June 8: An Afghan journalist working for the BBC was found shot dead on Sunday, a day after gunmen abducted him in the volatile southern province of Helmand, the broadcaster said....
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Khaleda, Hasina to be freed
DHAKA, June 8: Bangladesh’s army-backed government is preparing to free the country’s top two political party leaders — former premiers who are being held on corruption charges, reports said on Sunday....
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Obama, McCain go head to head
WASHINGTON, June 8: From Iraq to diplomacy, via healthcare and jobs, the battle for the US presidency took shape on Sunday with only two viable contenders left standing: Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain....
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Zimbabwe opposition leader freed
HARARE, June 8: A Zimbabwe court on Sunday freed an opposition lawmaker arrested twice in recent days, his lawyer said, as a doctors’ group reported nearly 3,000 victims of political violence ahead of this month’s presidential run-off....
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Young celebrity couple take early awards: Bollywood Oscars
BANGKOK, June 9: Hot young celebrity couple Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone picked up honours on Sunday as the best new actors at the “Bollywood Oscars.”...
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Earth is beautiful, says astronaut
TOKYO, June 8: Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, on his first mission in space, said on Sunday he was in awe of the Earth as he spoke with his prime minister in Tokyo....
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Greece rocked by strong quake
ATHENS, June 8: A strong earthquake measuring 6.5 on the open-ended Richter scale struck the Peloponnese region of Greece on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring more than 20, authorities said....
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How net’s political rumours corrupt mainstream media
LONDON: To anyone puzzled by Hillary Clinton’s tardiness in conceding defeat, distinguished US journalist James Fallows provided this explanation: “The Hillary team doesn’t worry about hurting Barrack Obama’s prospects of winning...
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Development threatens Indian slum dwellers
MUMBAI: Prakash Kajuri is asset rich but cash poor. The Mumbai courier earns about $6 a day delivering packages in India’s most populous city but his home is sitting on land worth about $2 million....
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Brain sparks make for smarter species: study
PARIS: Relentless evolution towards more intelligent species may have been driven not just by progressively larger brains but by the increasingly complex way in which they were wired, says a study released on Sunday....
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Peace waiting for a chance in war-torn Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: It has been nearly three weeks since former LTTE member Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan, now the deputy leader of the pro-government paramilitary-cum-political group, the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Puligal (TMVP), was...
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