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83 dead in Mozambique explosion
MAPUTO, March 23: An explosion at an arms depot near the international airport in Mozambique''s capital has left 83 people dead and more than 300 injured, many of them children, the government said on Friday.... 
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37 killed in Sri Lanka battle
COLOMBO, March 23: Sri Lankan troops advanced into territory held by Tamil Tiger rebels on Friday, shifting the battle lines to the island''s north where the latest death toll on both sides hit 37, the military said....
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Special economic zones to stay: Singh
NEW DELHI, March 23: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday that his government would not reverse plans to create “special economic zones” for industrialisation despite deadly riots.“SEZ...
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US plays down China threat
BEIJING, March 23: The US military''s top commander said here on Friday that he did not believe China''s armed forces were a threat and played down the prospects for hostilities in the Taiwan strait....
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Rocket brings down cargo plane over Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, March 23: Suspected insurgents shot down a cargo plane over Mogadishu on Friday during a third straight day of clashes with Ethiopian troops propping up the Somali government....
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Thais rally against junta
BANGKOK, March 23: About 2,000 Thais held an anti-junta rally organised by members of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra''s political party on Friday, demanding an end to the military-installed government....
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Gates seeks closure of Guantanamo
NEW YORK, March 23: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said that the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be closed because the international community would view any trials there as tainted, The New York Times reported on Thursday....
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UN set to vote on Iran sanctions today
UNITED NATIONS, March 23: The 15-member Security Council is expected to vote on Saturday on the new draft resolution which expands the sanctions on Tehran for refusing to halt its nuclear enrichment programme, western diplomats said on Friday....
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Visa delivered to Iranian leader: US
WASHINGTON, March 23: The United States has delivered visas for Iran''s President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and his delegation to attend the United Nations meetings in New York, the State Department said on Friday....
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Hostage swap by Italy raises stakes
ROME: Ransom rumours in Iraq and Afghanistan are nothing new, but Italy’s public admission of a “prisoner swap” with the Taliban sets a dangerous precedent which raises the stakes for Western hostages, analysts say....
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War of attrition in Iraq’s insurgent heartland
RAMADI (Iraq): Crouched around the camera’s high-tech screen, the US Marines watch as flames burn the camouflage netting around one of their lookout posts on a nearby roof, just hit by a burst of machinegun fire....
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North Korea walkout rings alarm bells
BEIJING: North Korea’s abrupt walkout on nuclear talks over frozen funds should ring alarm bells about the myriad of other pitfalls that await the disarmament process, analysts said on Friday....
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Britain sets ambitious carbon cut targets for itself
LONDON: Judging by past performance Britain will struggle to meet ambitious “green” targets of slicing a third off climate warming carbon dioxide emissions within 12 years, risking international embarrassment....
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Blacks, too, relish denial of history
LOS ANGELES: For black people obsessed with scrubbing the hated “n-word” clean from the American lexicon, I have another suggestion: the word “positive”....
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Spotlight on Indian writers at Paris book fair
PARIS: With Indian writers reaping awards and topping best-seller lists worldwide, this year’s Paris book fair is putting the spotlight on the country’s literary output....
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Voter list highlights Palestinian suspicions
RAMALLAH: An update of Palestinian voter rolls will start next week after months of delay and resistance from Hamas that exposed the mistrust between the main factions now sharing a unity government....
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City blackouts help BD farmers
DHAKA: It is twilight and Dhaka’s glitzy, neon-lit shopping centres stand out like beacons in the gloom. This is the busiest time of day but soon every shop will fall dark...
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Illyrian ships discovered in Bosnia
SARAJEVO: Illyrian ships believed to date back more than 2,000 years have been discovered for the first time at a marshland in southern Bosnia, local archaeologists said on Friday....
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BD drive against bird flu
DHAKA, March 23: The government of Bangladesh has launched a drive to prevent proliferation of avian flu, urging all concerned to make its efforts success without being panicked of the virus....
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Vietnam minister jailed
HANOI: A Vietnamese court on Friday sentenced a former deputy trade minister to 14 years'' jail for accepting bribes in return for lucrative quotas to export textiles to the United States....
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