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White House support boosts Wolfowtiz’s survival chances
WASHINGTON, April 15: A strong support from the White House appears to have boosted World Bank chief Paul Wolfowtiz’s chances for survival, although he is still under a cloud.... 
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Tensions high in Nigeria after polls
ABUJA, April 15: Tensions ran high in many places across Nigeria on Sunday as voters awaited results from state elections a day earlier that were marred by rigging and violence....
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Arab states alarmed at Iran''s N-power
NEW YORK, April 15: Iran''s ascendancy in the Middle East as a nuclear power has alarmed the Sunni Arab states in the region who are now aspiring to acquire nuclear technology...
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N. Korea funds available at Macau bank: US
BEIJING, April 15: The United States has told North Korea it can access funds that had been frozen at a Macau bank and urged Pyongyang to start shutting down its nuclear reactor and invite back international inspectors....
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Kabul rules out hostage deal amid fighting
KABUL, April 15: Afghan and NATO forces killed at least 10 Taliban in an overnight assault in eastern Afghanistan, hours before a suicide bomber killed four people on Sunday in rising violence after the annual winter lull....
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15 Muslim Brotherhood students held
SHIBIN EL-KOM (Egypt), April 15: Egyptian police detained 15 students from the Muslim Brotherhood on Sunday, one day after Egypt''s biggest opposition group said it would contest elections for the upper house of the parliament....
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French historian Remond dies
PARIS April 15: Renowned French historian and commentator on the political life of France, Rene Remond, died on Saturday of cancer, his family said. He was 88....
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UK Muslims want women allowed to wear veil
LONDON, April 15: Britain’s Muslim community overwhelmingly believes that women should be allowed to wear the veil, despite fears that it presents a barrier to integration, The Sunday Telegraph said quoting an about to be published Gallup poll....
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Russia launches new generation N-submarine
MOSCOW, April 15: Russia launched its first new generation nuclear submarine since the fall of the Soviet Union on Sunday, as the Kremlin seeks to upgrade its undersea nuclear strike force....
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India says it can extend N-missile range beyond Asia
NEW DELHI: Buoyed by the successful test of a missile that can hit China, India says it can extend its nuclear range beyond Asia, but experts say it is unlikely to take such a step for fear of upsetting the West....
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Sri Lanka peace process in tatters
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka''s peace process is in tatters with both the government and Tamil Tigers once again pushing for a military solution, according to diplomats close to efforts to end the conflict....
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Hopes rise for Buddha statues in Bamiyan
BAMIYAN (Afghanistan): Snows are melting in central Afghanistan and roads to the town of Bamiyan have reopened after unseasonal rain -- and work on restoring the giant Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban can resume....
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Hillary urges Everest clean-up
KATHMANDU: Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mount Everest, urged people on Sunday to keep the mountain clean....
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British press pores over end to royal romance
LONDON: British newspapers devoted page after page on Sunday to speculation over why Prince William''s romance with Kate Middleton ended, with one saying Queen Elizabeth had told him “we don''t want another Diana”....
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