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When did we stop caring about civilian deaths during wartime?
I wonder if we are “normalising” war. It''s not just that Israel has yet again got away with the killing of hundreds of children in Gaza.... 
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Thousands of tons of goods blocked at Gaza crossings: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 31: Thousands of tons of aid goods are waiting on the Gaza borders to be sent to war victims, but closure of crossing points put many challenges before the UN aid agency....
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N. Korea angling for Obama’s attention
SEOUL (South Korea): Sharpening its rhetoric, North Korea is trumpeting its refusal to honour accords designed to keep the peace with South Korea, particularly along a disputed maritime border that has long been a flash point....
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Waiting game on forgotten frontline: Djibouti-Eritrea border
DJIBOUTI-ERITREA BORDER: Camped in dunes near the Eritrean border, Djibouti soldiers wait for the enemy on this largely forgotten frontline between two small African states – on one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes....
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Half-brother of Obama arrested on drug charge
NAIROBI, Jan 31: The half-brother of President Barack Obama was arrested for alleged possession of marijuana on Saturday near his home in a Nairobi shantytown, police said....
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LTTE appoints new man for lobbying govts
COLOMBO, Jan 31: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has appointed Selvaraja Pathmanathan as the head of its newly-created department of international relations. He succeeds the late Anton Balasingham who,...
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Briton in ‘nail-bomb’ plot jailed for 18 years
LONDON, Jan 31: A Muslim convert described as the “least cunning” terrorist ever to come before a British court was on Friday sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in prison for a bungled suicide nail bombing....
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5 newborns die in Indian hospital fire
CHANDIGARH, Jan 31: Five newborns were killed and another was injured on Saturday in northern India after a short circuit sparked a fire in the hospital maternity ward where they were being treated for jaundice....
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US man freed 23 years after wrongful conviction
MILWAUKEE, Jan 31: A man sentenced to life in prison for killing a woman in 1984 had his conviction overturned and was released on Friday after spending 23 years behind bars....
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30,000 come out in support of Thaksin
BANGKOK, Jan 31: Some 30,000 supporters of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra gathered in Bangkok on Saturday promising to fight on indefinitely unless the new Thai government leaves office within 15 days....
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Italy’s new culture tsar takes over
ROME: With a background in Big Macs and designer handbags, Mario Resca did not seem the obvious choice to become the chief adman for culture in the nation that gave the world Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci....
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Writers in Vietnam turn away from war
HANOI: As communist Vietnam has become more open to the outside world, and less focused on the bitter legacy of war, the country’s authors too have moved on, offering readers stories about modern everyday life....
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