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12 police, 8 others killed in ambush
BAQUBA, Sept 24: Gunmen ambushed and killed 12 policemen and eight anti-Al Qaeda fighters in Diyala province north of Baghdad on Wednesday as rebel violence continued despite a security force crackdown.... 
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Floodwaters lap Taj Mahal
BHUBANESWAR (India), Sept 24: Officials in eastern India struggled to provide aid to tens of thousands of flood victims after riots broke out on Wednesday, as floodwaters lapped the Taj Mahal compound but posed no immediate threat to it....
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India links arrested militants to Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Sept 24: Indian police said on Wednesday they had arrested five members of a militant group behind a series of bombings in the country, accusing them of links to Islamist militants based in Pakistan....
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Fresh blow to Brown as another minister to quit
LONDON, Sept 24: A member of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s cabinet said on Wednesday she was quitting, reviving talk of rebellion less than 24 hours after Brown looked to have secured a stay of execution....
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Somali insurgency escalates: 15 civilians killed
MOGADISHU, Sept 24: Militants attacked African peacekeepers in Mogadishu, sparking a battle that killed 11 civilians and sent many fleeing the city in Somalia’s escalating insurgency, witnesses said on Wednesday....
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Iraq sets deadline for provincial poll
BAGHDAD, Sept 24: The Iraqi parliament finally passed a provincial election law on Wednesday, setting a Jan 31 deadline for a vote to allow more power to be handed to the country’s divided communities....
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Indian minister apologises for backing sacked workers
NEW DELHI, Sept 24: India’s labour minister on Wednesday apologised for expressing his support for sacked workers who beat their former boss to death, after his comments triggered widespread outrage....
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US praises Libya’s N-cooperation
VIENNA, Sept 24: Libya’s cooperation to regain the UN nuclear watchdog’s trust is an example to other nations, a senior US official said on Wednesday in an allusion to Iran and Syria....
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Obama effigy hung from tree at US college
LOS ANGELES, Sept 24: Officials at a US Christian college have launched an investigation after a cardboard effigy of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was hung from a tree, a statement said on Wednesday....
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Bosnians unearth more bodies
KAMENICA (Bosnia), Sept 24: Forensic experts said on Wednesday they had unearthed the remains of 362 Muslim victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre from a mass grave in eastern Bosnia....
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‘Hari Puttar’ screened after winning legal battle
MUMBAI, Sept 24: A Bollywood comedy called “Hari Puttar” premiered in Mumbai on Wednesday after winning a legal battle against US studio Warner Bros over its title....
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Policeman who quizzed school shooter now on sick leave
HELSINKI, Sept 24: A policeman in Finland who questioned but released Matti Saari a day before he opened fire in a school killing 10 people and himself, has been placed on sick leave, police said on Wednesday....
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Ancient Kabul garden in bloom again after years of ruin
KABUL: Babur’s Garden, on the slope of an arid mountain, is in flower again after years of desolation brought on by drought and war, an island of green in an Afghan capital oppressed by heat and dust....
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Tamils resent surveillance in Colombo
COLOMBO: Luxmi Wellamma fled her home in Sri Lanka’s war-torn north for what she hoped would be a safer life in Colombo....
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Daredevils to skydive over Mt Everest
KATHMANDU: Dozens of skydivers will attempt the first parachute jumps over Mount Everest next week....
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Indian art offers high appreciation at volatile time
NEW DELHI: Indian art might be just the solution for investors seeking a safe haven at a turbulent time....
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Myanmar opposition vows to fight for Suu Kyi
YANGON: Myanmar’s pro-democracy party on Wednesday vowed to continue pushing for their leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s release after several of her close confidants were freed from prison by the ruling junta....
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Whistle blows for Mumbai’s last Anglo-Indian train driver
MUMBAI: For the last 34 years, Adrian Eric Baldrey has driven trains on India’s railways but he is a dying breed and his retirement on his 60th birthday will spell the end of Mumbai’s Anglo-Indian “motormen”....
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