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Sadr group ends political boycott
BAGHDAD, Jan 21: The political group of radical anti-US Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr announced on Sunday it has ended a two-month boycott of the Iraqi government in a boost for embattled Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki....
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Tigers’ explosives-laden boat slams ship
COLOMBO, Jan 21: Tiger rebels rammed an explosives-laden boat against a private merchant vessel operated by foreign crew in Sri Lanka''s northern waters on Sunday, sparking a land, sea and air battle, the navy said....
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Indonesian province jolted by quake
JAKARTA, Jan 22: A major 6.5-magnitude undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia''s northern Sulawesi province on Sunday, the country''s meteorology agency said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or serious damage....
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Two killed in Assam blasts
GUWAHATI, Jan 21: At least two people were killed and seven wounded in two separate explosions on Sunday in India''s insurgency-hit northeastern state of Assam, officials said....
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Iran defiant on UN sanctions
TEHRAN, Jan 21: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Sunday that Iran will never bow to UN resolutions over its nuclear programme, as the military prepared for war games that will include short-range missile tests....
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Venezuela to back Syria, Iran against US
CARACAS, Jan 21: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez vowed on Sunday that his government would always back US foes Syria and Iran in the face of threats from Washington....
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India urges Myanmar to evict rebels
NEW DELHI, Jan 21: New Delhi has urged Myanmar to evict anti-India insurgent groups operating out of bases there, a foreign ministry statement said here on Sunday....
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Teenager confesses to killing journalist
ISTANBUL, Jan 21: A 17-year-old prime suspect in the killing of Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, one of his country''s most prominent ethnic Armenians, has confessed to the murder, a prosecutor said on Sunday....
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Libya to lay off 400,000 employees
TRIPOLI, Jan 21: The Libyan government plans to lay off 400,000 people, or more than a third of its workforce, to try to ease budget pressures and stimulate the private sector, Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi said....
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Kenya sends suspects to Somalia
MOGADISHU, Jan 21: Kenya has sent about 30 prisoners shackled hand-and-foot on a plane to Somalia after arresting them near the border on suspicion of belonging to an ousted Islamist movement, their representatives said on Sunday....
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A hope for unity in Iraq: Change of command
WASHINGTON: The change of command in Iraq offers an opportunity to move past the divisive domestic debate over the deployment of more troops to Baghdad and instead put the pressure where...
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Potential risks of synthetic biology
BROOKLIN, Canada: Anyone with a laptop and a mailbox could create their own bacteria or virus, for good or ill, thanks to a rapidly evolving new technology called synthetic biology, activists warn....
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Racism is penetrating into British society
LONDON: So, thank God, Jade has been evicted. Imagine if she hadn''t, that Shilpa had walked the plank? It would have represented a popular endorsement of flagrant racism....
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Regular workouts can ward off fibroids
NEW YORK: Exercising regularly may help prevent women from developing uterine fibroids, a new study shows....
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Women now have choices
LOS ANGELES: According to a news report last week, for what is probably the first time, more American women — 51 per cent — are living without a husband than with one....
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