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Suicide car bomb, gunfight kill 22 civilians in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Jan 24: Twenty-two civilians were killed on Saturday in Mogadishu by a suicide car bomb targeting African Union peackeepers and the ensuing gunfight, an official and medics said.... 
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700 immigrants break out of Italian centre
ROME, Jan 24: Hundreds of illegal immigrants broke out of their holding centre and staged a dramatic protest against their plight in Italy’s Lampedusa island on Saturday before returning to the facility....
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China asks US to handle ties with care
BEIJING, Jan 24: China’s Foreign Minister has urged US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to be careful with sensitive issues that could strain ties, calling the relationship between their two nations one of the world’s most important....
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Archbishop accuses Obama of ‘arrogance’
ROME, Jan 24: A senior Vatican official on Saturday attacked US President Barack Obama for “arrogance” for overturning a ban on state funding for family-planning groups that carry out or facilitate abortions overseas....
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The spy who defied death in Afghanistan
KABUL, Jan 24: On the road to the Afghan mountains, the spy knew the game was up. The Taliban had caught him red-handed. There was only one question: would it be...
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Bishop denying Holocaust rehabilitated
VATICAN CITY, Jan 24: Pope Benedict on Saturday rehabilitated a traditionalist bishop who denies the Holocaust, despite warnings from Jewish leaders that it would seriously harm Catholic-Jewish relations and foment anti-Semitism....
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Two more arrested in Satyam scam
NEW DELHI, Jan 24: Indian police have arrested two senior officials of global accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers over fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services, reports said on Saturday....
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Curfews, transport bans for Iraq polls
BAGHDAD, Jan 24: Iraqi election officials on Saturday ordered transport bans and night-time curfews to boost security during the provincial polls on Jan 30 and 31....
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Britain lags behind in well-being: study
LONDON, Jan 24: Britain has been ranked 13th in a survey of personal well-being in Europe that found Denmark, Switzerland and Austria the nicest places to live....
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Gaza: the children’s stories
GAZA: Amira Qirm lay on a hospital bed on Friday with her right leg in plaster, and held together by a line of steel pins dug deep into her skin....
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Israeli Arab parties back in contest
JERUSALEM: A sharp polarisation between Israeli Arab parties and the rest is expected to mark the upcoming elections on Feb 10....
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Breaking down barriers at Paris school
PARIS: By her own admission, Houria Khemissi was an exception at her high school in a drab Paris suburb – while her friends agonised over exams, she cruised through and set her sights higher....
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Elusive search for Kruger crocodile die-off baffles scientists
JOHANNESBURG: When three rotting crocodile carcasses were spotted in a remote corner of South Africa’s world-famous Kruger National Park wildlife reserve, alarm bells started ringing for scientists....
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