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20 die in Somalia blasts
MOGADISHU, Feb 6: Twenty people, most of them Ethiopians, were killed and at least 80 wounded in northeastern Somalia when twin explosions rocked a residential area late on Tuesday, the information ministry said.... 
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Israel plans barrier along Egypt border
JERUSALEM, Feb 6: Israel decided on Wednesday to start building a reinforced barrier along parts of its porous border with Egypt in a bid to prevent infiltration attempts by Palestinian militants, an official said....
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Thaksin aides in new Thai cabinet
BANGKOK, Feb 6: Thailand’s newly elected Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej unveiled his cabinet on Wednesday, bringing close aides to Thaksin Shinawatra back to government more than 16 months after the coup against him....
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Putin, Karimov discuss ‘strategic’ energy projects: Kremlin meeting
MOSCOW, Feb 6: Uzbek President Islam Karimov and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin pledged closer ties at a Kremlin meeting on Wednesday that underlined Moscow’s clout in energy-rich ex-Soviet Central Asia....
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Strike paralyses Indian state
KOLKATA, Feb 6: India’s West Bengal state was paralysed on Wednesday by a strike protesting against the police killing of five demonstrators who took part in an anti-unemployment rally, officials said....
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Rice urges allies to share Afghan combat burden
LONDON, Feb 6: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday only a small number of Nato nations had troops in the most dangerous areas of Afghanistan and urged reluctant allies to share the combat burden....
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Turkey vents rage at Germany over fire
LUDWIGSHAFEN (Germany), Feb 6: Turkish and German politicians called for calm on Wednesday after a fire in Germany which killed nine people of Turkish origin stoked tension....
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BD, India to share bird flu information
DHAKA, Feb 6: Bangladesh and India have agreed to share information on bird flu a week after the two neighbours sparred over the source of the deadly disease, a senior official said on Wednesday....
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Turkish parliament to debate scarf reform
ANKARA, Feb 6: Turkish lawmakers meet on Wednesday for a first-round vote on a constitutional reform to end a ban on Islamic headscarves in universities, a move that has pitted the government against secularists in the Muslim country....
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Breakthrough in 3-D technology
PARIS, Feb 6: Scientists in the United States on Wednesday unveiled next-generation 3-D technology that they said provided realistic, updatable holograms in nearly real time....
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Afghanistan set for another bumper opium crop
KABUL: Afghanistan, the world’s biggest opium producer, is set for another bumper crop in 2008, providing a windfall for the Taliban who tax farmers to finance their fight against government and foreign forces, the UN said on Wednesday....
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BD to explore for offshore oil, gas with foreign help
DHAKA: Bangladesh will invite foreign firms to explore for offshore oil and gas to meet soaring energy demand to sustain the nation’s fast-growing economy, an official said on Wednesday....
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Mixed emotions not to dampen new year for Kolkata Chinese
KOLKATA: The banners are up, the lion dancers are ready, but for many in Kolkata’s Chinese community, India’s largest, each Lunar New Year reunion brings mixed memories of the ebb and flow of family and friends....
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Scarce benefits come out of India’s ‘republic of work’
SHEIKHPUR (India): A dozen men shovel soil into baskets, carry them a few yards and dump the earth at the head of a new dirt road snaking through a remote Indian village....
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Kashmir’s hills come alive with happy sounds
SRINAGAR: In a sure sign that violence is waning in occupied Kashmir, Bollywood actors are once again being spotted singing, dancing and coyly flirting in the region’s idyllic Himalayan countryside....
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Corruption allegations cause little harm to Mayawati
NEW DELHI: India’s so-called Dalit Queen, a former schoolteacher who has become the country’s most powerful untouchable politician championing the poorest people, was on Wednesday revealed to be on track to earn Rs 600m this year....
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Tortured Nepal journalist urges reconciliation
KATHMANDU: A journalist who was tortured and imprisoned for two years by Nepal’s army during the country’s bitter civil war is calling for perpetrators of serious human rights abuses to own up to what they did....
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Army makes inroads into LTTE territory
COLOMBO: At least forty Tamil Tiger insurgents were killed on Wednesday, the government military said as the Air Force and ground troops pushed further into the north to take control of...
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