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Unrest intensifies in Bolivia: Reforms or death: Morales
SANTA CRUZ (Bolivia), Sept 14: Bolivia was on Sunday facing worsening strife after President Evo Morales and his political foes exchanged ultimatums and blame over unrest that has already claimed at least 17 lives.... 
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US defence contracts foretell build-up in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: The Defence Department is seeking private contractors to carry out a variety of tasks —- such as clearing landmines, building detention facilities and providing fuel — to assist US forces...
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Four killed in Australian helicopter crash
SYDNEY, Sept 14: Four people died in a helicopter crash on Sunday in Western Australia’s remote Kimberly region, police said....
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20 policemen die in Turkmen clashes
ASHGABAT, Sept 14: Turkmen police fought lengthy gun battles with a gang of drug dealers, officials said Sunday, after reports 20 police had been killed in the clashes in the capital of the reclusive Central Asian state....
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Pope says only some interfaith dialogues worth pursuing
LOURDES (France), Sept 14: The Roman Catholic Church wants to pursue inter-religious dialogues that discuss theological differences openly and to avoid polite meetings that simply lead nowhere, Pope Benedict said on Sunday....
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Kim suffers blackouts, says report
TOKYO, Sept 14: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has suffered blackouts since April and was not been well enough to make important government decisions, a Japanese report said on Sunday....
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Experiment rekindles hope for deaf
PARIS, Sept 14: Scientists on Sunday said intelligible speech is learnt in part through nerve signals from the vocal tract, a discovery that could open up an ambitious avenue of therapy for the deaf....
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Militants in Nigeria declare ‘oil war’
LAGOS, Sept 14: The most prominent militant group in oil-rich southern Nigeria on Sunday said it had declared an “oil war” and threatened all international industry vessels that approach the region....
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Democrats hit out at Palin the ‘phoney’
NEW YORK: Firing a fresh salvo in a presidential election battle that has turned into a war of the sexes, Sarah Palin has taunted Barack Obama for not picking Hillary Clinton as his running mate....
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French schools thrive on English children
EYMET (France): The tide of English people moving to the southwest Dordogne region of France each year is having an unexpected benefit on rural French schools once in danger of closing....
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Search for new political options
BERLIN: Germany’s two main parties are pondering new tie-ups with the Greens and a liberal party after next year’s election, to try to avoid a repeat of the current uneasy “grand coalition”, reports said on Sunday....
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