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Russian military retakes Georgia border village
TBILISI, Dec 13: Russian troops reoccupied a Georgian village near breakaway South Ossetia on Saturday, forcing back Georgian police and drawing criticism from European Union ceasefire monitors.... 
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Thaksin asks army to stay out of politics
BANGKOK, Dec 13: Thailand’s ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra demanded the army stop interfering in politics during a video address to 50,000 rallying supporters ahead of Monday’s crucial vote for a new prime minister....
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Russian crowned Miss World
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 13: Kseniya Sukhinova from Russia was crowned Miss World 2008 after beating 108 other international beauties in a glittering African extravaganza held in South Africa on Saturday....
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Maoists kill six villagers in India
RANCHI, Dec 13: Maoist rebels in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand abducted six villagers suspected of being police informers and killed them in a forest, police said on Saturday....
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One killed in US bank blast
WOODBURN (USA), Dec 13: A bomb exploded inside a bank in Oregon late on Friday afternoon after explosives experts arrived to check on a suspicious object....
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Don’t treat the UK police as criminals
Jean Charles de Menezes should not have died. Full stop; no equivocation. His immigration status, his employment status, his previous dealings – if any – with the authorities, have absolutely no bearing on that judgment....
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The many faces of Nixon
HOLLYWOOD: Richard M. Nixon once said: “You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore ...”...
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Iraq’s modern-day Lawrence of Arabia
RAMADI (Iraq): Just like in the classic movie “Lawrence of Arabia,” the man’s eyes are piercing below his tribal headdress....
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Medvedev’s military reform irks Russian hawks
MOSCOW: An ambitious plan to slash the size of Russia’s military and modernise its Soviet-style structure is meeting fierce resistance from generals and politicians who usually toe the Kremlin line....
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Courting controversy
Debbie Purdy’s arrival at the royal courts of justice in London is always greeted by a media scrum. Photographers swarm, cameras flash, and, from her wheelchair, Purdy tells of her battle...
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