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Bombers kill 47 in Baghdad: Plot against Maliki’s family foiled
BAGHDAD, Aug 13: Bombers killed at least 47 people and injured 148 more on Sunday in a coordinated series of blasts which demolished two buildings in a commercial district of Baghdad, a defence official said.... 
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Mahathir out to topple PM, says report
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13: Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamed is out to topple his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as fears grow over divisions in the ruling party, reports said on Sunday....
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Castro asks compatriots to stay optimistic
HAVANA, Aug 13: On his 80th birthday, Fidel Castro cautioned Cubans he faced a long recovery from surgery and advised them to prepare for ‘adverse news’, but urged them to stay...
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India stops Assam operations
GUWAHATI, Aug 13: India said on Sunday it was suspending anti-insurgency operations in northeastern Assam state for 10 days despite a week-long wave of bombings that has left 10 dead and wounded 50 more....
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UPA can win mid-term polls: survey
NEW DELHI, Aug 13: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s beleaguered United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will be a clear winner if India goes for mid-term polls any time soon, a major survey published on Sunday said....
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BD criticises BJP leader’s statement
DHAKA, Aug 13: Bangladesh has strongly protested against a provocative statement by a leading opposition leader of India, asking his government to attack Bangladesh....
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China typhoon toll hits 134
BEIJING, Aug 13: Typhoon Saomai killed at least 134 Chinese and left over 163 missing, state media said on Sunday, as reports emerged of fishing villages crushed by the strongest storm to make landfall for half a century....
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Hezbollah shatters Israel’s invincibility myth
MISGAV AM (Israel): Whether Israel’s war with Hezbollah ends this week or weeks from now, it has exposed serious deficiencies in the Jewish state’s formidable fighting machine and the strategies that...
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Free speech not possible in the land of the free
IT used to be said that academic rows were vicious because the stakes were so small. That’s no longer true in America, where a battle is underway on campuses over what...
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Olmert faces battle for survival
JERUSALEM: Lebanon has a habit of bringing down Israeli leaders. If the war subsides between Israel and Hezbollah guerillas after a truce due this week...
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Villagers keep girls from schools in Turkey
ANDAC (Turkey): Meryem Isikci’s parents took her out of school at 13 after people in her village started gossiping about what she might be getting up to outside class....
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