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How Israel gets away with murder
LONDON: When Lord Derby asked Sir Lewis Namier, the great historian of Georgian England, why he, as a Jew, didn’t write Jewish history, Namier replied: “There is no modern Jewish history,... 
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Clashes in Somalia claim 29 lives
MOGDASIHU, Jan 11: Clashes between Islamist militias have killed at least 29 people and wounded more than 50 others in central Somalia, witnesses said on Sunday....
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BD democracy still fragile: analysts
DHAKA: Armed with a massive parliamentary majority, Bangladesh’s new prime minister Sheikh Hasina finally has a chance to lead the country away from its paralysing culture of revenge politics....
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Ruling coalition wins most seats: By-election in Thailand
BANGKOK, Jan 11: New Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s government won the most seats in by-elections on Sunday, early results showed, strengthening his shaky coalition in its first test at the polls....
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From video games to movies, 3D is on the march
LAS VEGAS, Jan 11: Viewing in three dimensions is everywhere at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — from webcams to video games to home theatre systems — and some TV manufacturers...
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Power crisis hits Nepal
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Nepal’s state-run power monopoly increased daily power cuts to 16 hours from 12 hours on Sunday because growing demand for electricity in winter was putting further strain on generating capacity, an official said....
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Japan seeks new ties with S. Korea
SEOUL, Jan 11: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso sought on Sunday to build closer economic ties with South Korea to help both countries weather the global financial crisis....
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North Korea warns against Aso’s visit to Seoul
SEOUL, Jan 11: North Korea on Sunday warned that Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso’s visit to Seoul would force already tense inter-Korean ties into a “catastrophic stage”....
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Overeating in the genes for some children
LONDON, Jan 11: When it comes to cookies, some children really can’t help themselves, British researchers said on Monday....
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Egypt returns stolen artefact to Iraq
CAIRO, Jan 11: Egypt’s antiquities chief unveiled on Sunday a bronze statue of what he described as an ancient Mesopotamian goddess that had been looted from Iraq....
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Two men stoned to death in Iran
TEHRAN, Jan 11: Two men have been stoned to death for adultery at a cemetery in the northeastern city of Mashhad while a third escaped with his life, the Iranian newspaper Etemad Melli reported on Sunday....
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Singapore MP set on fire
SINGAPORE, Jan 11: A Singaporean member of parliament was attacked and set on fire on Sunday by a 70-year-old man who was angry at not being given a Chinese New Year gift, the country’s state broadcaster said....
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Nine killed after dancers clash at peace rally
JUBA (Sudan), Jan 11: At least nine people were killed in tribal clashes sparked by arguments between dancers at a peace rally, south Sudan’s army said on Sunday....
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Economic slump crashes big weddings
NEW DELHI: For couples about to be married here, the global economic crisis has forced the big fat Indian wedding onto a crash diet....
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‘Natural killers’ have a memory too
PARIS: US scientists have discovered that a component of the immune system that was previously deemed a blunt weapon against microbes turns out to be rather sophisticated with a memory of past invaders....
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