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Baghdad ‘prepared’ for early US withdrawal
BAGHDAD, Jan 22: Iraq said on Thursday it is prepared for an early reduction of US troops after President Barack Obama asked the American military to draft plans for a withdrawal from Iraq.... 
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Obama takes oath for second time
WASHINGTON, Jan 22: Out of “an abundance of caution”, US President Barack Obama took the oath of office a second time on Wednesday at the White House because a word was out of sequence when he was sworn in on Tuesday....
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OIC urges Obama to help bridge West-Islam divide
RIYADH, Jan 22: The Jeddah-based Organisation of the Islamic Conference has urged the new US President Barak Obama to help foster a constructive dialogue between Islam and the West....
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Colombo seizes Tigers command centre
COLOMBO, Jan 22: Sri Lankan troops have seized a Tamil Tiger command centre in the island’s north as ground troops advance further into the rebels’ remaining territory, the military said on Thursday....
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A robot that nets intruders
TOKYO, Jan 22: Japanese companies on Thursday unveiled a security robot that can be operated remotely by cellphone and launch a net to capture an intruder....
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China ready to mend ties with France
BEIJING, Jan 22: China said on Thursday it was ready to mend ties with France following a deep row over Tibet, in its first conciliatory move since tensions flared last year....
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Violence mars LB elections in BD
DHAKA, Jan 22: Violence broke out in Bangladesh on Thursday as the country held its first local council polls in 19 years as part of key administrative reforms, police and officials said....
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Former KGB agent to spend millions to save UK daily
MOSCOW, Jan 22: Russian billionaire and ex-KGB spy Alexander Lebedev on Thursday pledged to spend tens of millions of pounds to ensure the survival of his newly-acquired London Evening Standard newspaper....
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Ban asks SC to ‘do more’ on ME
UNITED NATIONS. Jan 22: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called for massive international efforts to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. Mr Ban has just returned from Gaza after seeing first-hand the...
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Guantanamo closure: questions and answers on options
PRESIDENT Barack Obama ordered the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison for foreign terrorism suspects within a year, acting quickly on Thursday to seek to restore America’s damaged moral standing in the world....
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Rudd raps Muslim cleric over sex rights sermon
SYDNEY, Jan 22: A Muslim cleric who reportedly said men have a right to force their wives to have sex and to hit them if they are disobedient has been condemned by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd....
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Berlin moves to stop printing of Hitler-era newspaper
BERLIN, Jan 22: German authorities launched legal action on Thursday against a British publisher who reprinted and sold a Nazi newspaper featuring fiery remarks by Adolf Hitler’s propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels....
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‘Benjamin Button’ leads nominations
BEVERLY HILLS (California), Jan 22: Period love story “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” emerged as the front-runner for the Academy Awards here on Thursday after landing a whopping 13 nominations....
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List of Academic Award nominees
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, Frost/Nixon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Reader...
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Drug gangs ‘threaten Philippines security’
MANILA, Jan 22: Illegal drug gangs have penetrated Philippine politics “from the municipal to the national level”, officials said on Thursday, adding the narcotics problem was so grave it was a threat to national security....
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Nepal bans Indian film
KATHMANDU, Jan 22: Nepal’s Maoist-led government banned a new Bollywood film on Thursday after angry protests over a reference in it to India being Lord Buddha’s birthplace, an official said....
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Italy to ban protests near places of worship
ROME, Jan 22: Italy is to introduce far-reaching restrictions on where demonstrations can be held after a row over a recent protest by Muslims outside Milan cathedral, Italian newspaper reported on Thursday....
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Broadcaster shot dead in Philippines
COTABATO (Philippines), Jan 22: A Muslim activist and part-time radio broadcaster has been ambushed and killed by gunmen in the southern Philippines, police said on Thursday....
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So far, he’s missed the point on Gaza
It would have helped if Obama had the courage to talk about what everyone in the Middle East was talking about. No, it wasn’t the US withdrawal from Iraq....
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Smugglers back in business at Gaza-Egypt border
RAFAH: Dozens of Gazan smugglers were back on the border with Egypt on Wednesday openly repairing and restarting tunnels between the two territories after three weeks of intense Israeli air strikes....
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Zoos trying to save Australian species
SYDNEY: The two baby Tasmanian devils playing in a glass enclosure at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo are not just crowd-pleasers: these furry black creatures could be the saviours their species desperately needs....
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French truffle purists sniff out Chinese intruders
SARLAT (France): As France’s truffle season gets into full swing, local devotees of the luxury fungus are on the lookout for an unwelcome Asian rival to their own “black diamond”....
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