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Moscow plans naval base in Georgia
MOSCOW, Jan 26: Russia will start building a naval base this year in Georgia’s Black Sea separatist region of Abkhazia, Russian media reported on Monday, a step Tbilisi said would violate its sovereignty.... 
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Nato, Russia agree to renew political dialogue
BRUSSELS, Jan 26: Nato and Russia agreed on Monday to continue their rapprochement, with the military alliance’s secretary general likely to meet a top Russian minister next month, Nato and Russian officials said....
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Fatah links reopening of border crossings to ‘national unity govt’
CAIRO, Jan 26: Fatah called on Monday for the forming of a national unity government acceptable to the international community before Gaza’s crossings open, a position in apparent conflict with that of Hamas....
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Somali insurgents capture parliament
BAIDOA (Somalia), Jan 26: Insurgents captured Somalia’s parliament and fought government troops in a central town after Ethiopia withdrew its last soldiers and left a security vacuum in the Horn of Africa nation, witnesses said....
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‘Slumdog’ emerges as Oscar favourite after another win
LOS ANGELES, Jan 26: “Slumdog Millionaire,” the rags to riches tale of a Mumbai slum dweller, emerged as favourite to win the best picture Oscar after winning the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards on Sunday....
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Man finds US military files on MP3 player
WELLINGTON, Jan 26: A New Zealand man has found confidential US military files on an MP3 player he bought in an Oklahoma thrift shop, a television network reported on Monday....
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Manila seeks foreign help in peace talks with Moros
MANILA, Jan 26: The Philippine government is seeking foreign help to try restart stalled peace talks with Muslim rebels, President Gloria Arroyo said on Monday....
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Pirates kill Greek sailor
YAOUNDE, Jan 26: A Greek sailor was shot dead by pirates off the coast of Cameroon at the weekend, the state radio broadcaster said on Monday, the latest in a series of attacks on shipping in African waters....
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Madagascar protesters burn radio, TV stations
ANTANANARIVO, Jan 26: Two people died on Monday when tens of thousands of anti-government protesters flooded the streets of Madagascar’s capital, burning the state-owned TV and radio station....
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Last link to Reuters dynasty dies
LONDON, Jan 26: Marguerite Baroness de Reuter, a European aristocrat from a bygone age and last survivor of the family that founded the international news agency, died on Sunday aged 96, friends said....
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Rabbi told Israeli troops to ‘show no mercy’
JERUSALEM, Jan 26: An Israeli human rights group on Monday called for the immediate dismissal of the chief military rabbi, claiming he gave soldiers fighting in Gaza pamphlets urging them to show no mercy....
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EU to take Iranian group off terror list
BRUSSELS, Jan 26: European states agreed on Monday to remove exiled Iranian opposition group the People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran from an EU list of banned terrorist groups, an EU official said....
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List of ‘terrorist groups’
Forty-seven organisations remain on the European Union’s list of terrorist groups after the bloc’s decision on Monday to strike off The People’s Mujahideen of Iran....
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Shaky governments in Europe face growing anger
RIGA: On a frigid evening this month, more than 10,000 people gathered outside a 13th-century cathedral in this Baltic capital to protest the government’s handling of Latvia’s economic crisis and demand early elections....
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Indonesia struggles to cast off Suharto’s shadow
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s former president Suharto has been dead for a year, but the country he ruled for three decades until his ouster in a populist uprising in 1998, is still dealing with his legacy....
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Antarctic sea creatures hypersensitive to warming
ROTHERA BASE (Antarctica): Thriving only in near-freezing waters, creatures such as Antarctic sea spiders, limpets or sea urchins may be among the most vulnerable on the planet to global warming, as the Southern Ocean heats up....
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Sri Lanka Tigers set to return to guerrilla warfare
COLOMBO: After a series of battlefield defeats, Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels have lost their conventional fighting capability, but analysts say they will fight on using guerrilla tactics....
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India grapples with high maternal death rate
PURULIA (India): In Sindri village in a dirt-poor district of eastern India, Manohar Kumbhakar and his family are still mourning the death of his wife, who died in childbirth aged 25 while being treated by a local quack....
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