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Gaza faces bleak future even when bombing stops
JERUSALEM: After another sleepless night of terrifying Israeli bombardment in her battered Gaza neighbourhood, Um Mohammed was at the end of her tether.... 
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Osama warns Obama of new fronts
DUBAI, Jan 14: Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden warned US president-elect Barack Obama of new fronts in his holy war against western interests in a new voice recording posted on...
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US, allies accused of committing rights violations: War on terror
WASHINGTON, Jan 14: The Bush administration committed gross human rights violations in the fight against terrorism and allowed its allies to commit similar violations as well, says a US report released on Wednesday....
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Control established over Jaffna, says defence official
COLOMBO, Jan 14: Sri Lankan troops have established total control over the northern peninsula of Jaffna after flushing out the last remaining pockets of rebel resistance, according to defence officials....
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British ship escapes piracy
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14: A British ship came under fire in a pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden, but managed to escape after a Russian warship came to the rescue, a maritime watchdog said on Wednesday....
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Bollywood goes to China
MUMBAI, Jan 14: India’s first Hindi film to be shot on location in China is released this week, marking a watershed in relations between the two countries that have often been marked by suspicion and even war....
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Sudan army bombs Darfur rebels
KHARTOUM, Jan 14: Sudan’s army said on Wednesday it had bombed rebel positions in Darfur, a rare admission of air attacks in the western region....
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Crisis in Peru may spoil rest of Garcia’s term
LIMA: Peruvian President Alan Garcia is scrambling to limit the fallout from an economic downturn that could spoil the rest of his term and cloud campaigning for the next election in 2011....
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Manila ready to resume talks with Moros
MANILA, Jan 14: The Philippines is ready to resume peace talks with the country’s largest Muslim rebel group, the government’s chief peace negotiator said on Wednesday, after he was instructed by the president to go to Malaysia next week....
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18 illegal migrants flee Indonesian prison
KUPANG (Indonesia), Jan 14: Eighteen nationals from Afghanistan and Myanmar detained while trying to illegally enter Australia escaped from a detention centre on Wednesday in eastern Indonesia, an official said....
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Nato-trained Kosovo force to be launched on 21st
BRUSSELS, Jan 14: A Nato-trained multi-ethnic Kosovo Security Force (KSF) will be launched on Jan 21 to replace an existing civil protection force, Nato said on Wednesday....
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Father held for impersonating son in exam
TOKYO, Jan 14: A 54-year-old Japanese man was caught impersonating his 20-year-old son to take an exam, even getting a perm to make himself look younger, an official said on Wednesday....
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WWII bomb injures man in Okinawa
TOKYO, Jan 14: A Japanese worker was severely injured on Wednesday by a World War II bomb in Okinawa, which witnessed the Pacific war’s fiercest battle nearly 64 years ago, officials said....
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S. Arabia calls emergency Gulf summit today
RIYADH, Jan 14: Saudi Arabia has called an emergency summit of Gulf countries in Riyadh on Thursday to discuss the Gaza Strip crisis, state news agency SPA said on Wednesday....
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14 killed in Mogadishu clashes
MOGADISHU, Jan 14: Clashes between Islamist insurgents and Ethiopia’s last remaining troops in the Somali capital Mogadishu left at least 14 civilians dead on Wednesday, witnesses said....
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Bolivia cutting diplomatic ties with Israel
LA PAZ: Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Wednesday his country is breaking diplomatic ties with Israel over the offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed hundreds of Palestinians....
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Two ground staff of British Airways held
LONDON: Two British Airways baggage handlers will face court hearings after being arrested because the truck they were driving collided with a passenger plane at Heathrow Airport....
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340,000 miss GCSE exam target in UK
LONDON: More than 340,000 children in England missed the government’s target of achieving five good GCSE passes including English and Maths this summer, according to data published on Wednesday....
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Myanmar arrested 277 drug traffickers in December
YANGON: Myanmar police arrested 277 drug traffickers last month, state media reported on Wednesday, as the world’s second-largest opium producer sought to show it was cracking down on the narcotics trade....
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Siberia’s first metallurgists sing to spirit world
CHUVASHKA (Russia): When Olga Tannagasheva starts to sing, her gentle voice transforms into a bass-line growl designed to invoke other-worldly spirits....
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Chance to rule a big challenge for Japan Democrats
TOKYO: For Japan’s main opposition party, winning this year’s election and ending decades of one-party rule might be the easy part....
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