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US tests anti-missile shield planned for Eastern Europe: ‘Countermeasures’ fail to deploy
WASHINGTON, Dec 6: The Pentagon said it successfully intercepted a long-range missile target on Friday in a simulated attack to test the defence system it wants to expand in Eastern Europe to counter attacks from North Korea or Iran.... 
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Winfrey named most powerful woman in showbiz
LOS ANGELES, Dec 6: The Hollywood Reporter on Friday named US talk show host Oprah Winfrey the most powerful woman in entertainment on its annual “Power 100 List”....
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16 killed in Philippines robbery shootout
MANILA, Dec 6: Sixteen people died after suspected robbers engaged police in a shootout outside the headquarters of a transport firm in a Manila suburb, police said on Saturday....
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Shah Rukh to star in film on Islam, terrorism
MALACCA (Malaysia), Dec 6: India’s top Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan will star in a new movie exploring the issue of Islam in the post 9/11 world and the misperception that all Muslims are terrorists....
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Bangladeshi worker steals to be deported
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6: A Bangladeshi man, dissatisfied with his salary in Malaysia, stole two padlocks from a supermarket so he would be deported, a local daily said on Saturday....
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South Lebanon farmer grows giant potato
TYRE (Lebanon), Dec 6: A south Lebanon farmer couldn’t believe his peeled eyes when he found he had grown a massive potato, he said on Saturday, adding that he now hopes to enter the Guinness World Records book....
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NY diamond gang arrested
NEW YORK, Dec 6: New York police on Friday announced the arrest of 12 men in plots to hijack Federal Express trucks, including one believed to be carrying millions of dollars in diamonds....
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US gun laws linked to crimes
WASHINGTON, Dec 6: US states with lenient gun laws suffer most from fatal shootings of police officers and handgun killings, and are the main source for weapons used in out-of-state crimes, according to a study released on Friday....
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Relationship counselling on the rise in Britain
LONDON, Dec 6: Couples are struggling to stay together as they face money worries and the threat of redundancy in the economic downturn, said Britain’s counselling service Relate, which has seen its workload soar....
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Baghdad mayor has grand plans for city
BAGHDAD: When Saber al-Essawy looks out across the crumbling concrete tenements and cratered streets of Baghdad’s largest slum he envisions decades of neglect melting away, money flooding in and the gardens blooming....
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Death and diamonds in Zimbabwe
MUTARE (Zimbabwe): Ronald seems a respectable, church-on-Sunday type. Not the kind you would find prospecting for diamonds here in Zimbabwe’s wild east, a world of swaggering foreigners, dirty money and shoot-to-kill police....
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What will Arnold Schwarzenegger’s next role be?
SACRAMENTO (California): With Arnold Schwarzenegger’s governorship entering its final years and his ability to attract the spotlight intact, one question is arising more frequently: What will Arnold do? ...
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Fallen star who fumbled American dream
FOR many Americans, the sentence handed down to O.J. Simpson by a Nevada judge on Friday was justice delayed after he was acquitted of a double murder years ago....
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