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Congo govt agrees to hold talks with Tutsis
GOMA (Congo), Dec 5: Congo’s government will meet eastern Tutsi rebels in Kenya on Monday for their first direct talks to formalise a ceasefire and discuss a peace process after weeks of fighting, the foreign minister said on Friday.... 
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Russia to build four N-plants in India, help in space flights
NEW DELHI, Dec 5: Russia on Friday signed landmark accords with its traditional ally India on issues ranging from nuclear energy to space, as President Dmitry Medvedev met Indian leaders in a bid to bolster ties....
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Paper ‘steals’ Empire State Building
NEW YORK, Dec 5: City crime is one thing, but a New York tabloid upped the ante on Wednesday — stealing the entire Empire State Building....
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O.J. Simpson gets 15 years’ jail
LAS VEGAS, Dec 5: Disgraced former American football star O.J. Simpson was sentenced on Friday to at least 15 years in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping during a 2007 raid on a Las Vegas hotel room....
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Teddy bears launched into space
LONDON: Four teddy bears, fully decked out in custom-made spacesuits, were launched to the edge of space this week as part of a British university experiment....
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Maoists kill five police officers in India
PATNA: Suspected Maoist rebels killed five police officers Friday in an ambush in eastern India, officials said....
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Lankan army claims major success
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan army on Friday claimed a major success in its offensive to capture the Tamil Tigers’ stronghold of Kilinochchi by seizing a village astride a highway linking the...
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Schools to offer free food, grants to lure children
MANILA: Philippine schools will use free food and grants to lure back millions of children who have dropped out due to poverty and other reasons, the education department said on Friday....
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Passengers rescued from Antarctic cruise ship
BUENOS AIRES: More than 80 passengers and some crew members were evacuated on Friday from a luxury Antarctic cruise ship that ran aground the previous day during a trip to observe seals, penguins and whales in the area....
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Afghanistan policy review nearly complete: Rice
COPENHAGEN: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday the Bush administration’s review of its policies in Afghanistan was almost complete....
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Russia grounds MiG-29s after accident
MOSCOW: Russia’s air force commander grounded all of the country’s MiG-29 fighter jets on Friday after one of the aircraft crashed in eastern Siberia, the defence ministry said....
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Rifts in political elite worsen Kuwait crisis
KUWAIT: Divisions within Kuwait’s ruling family are exacerbating a political crisis that has paralysed legislation and threatened economic reforms in the OPEC state, lawmakers, analysts and diplomats said....
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Thai crisis, king’s health put focus on succession
SINGAPORE: At times of crisis, Thais have traditionally looked to the widely revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej to heal divisions and halt a slide towards turmoil....
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Villages where every woman has been raped
They came out of the forest. Men with guns appearing barely human to the frail, ageing woman who months later recounted her ordeal, bent double after surgery to save her womb....
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US military, rights groups fret over Iraqi prisoners
BAGHDAD: They have outraged Iraqis and been condemned by human rights groups, but next year the prisons in which US forces hold thousands of Iraqis will be flung open under a US-Iraq security pact....
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Hippies’ old vehicles evoke lost era in Kathmandu
KATHMANDU: Naresh Shrestha’s small Mercedes-Benz bus first rolled into Kathmandu sometime in the heady 1970s, laden with hippies completing the arduous overland journey from Europe....
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