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32 held in Washington anti-war protest
WASHINGTON, March 19: Thirty-two people were arrested on Wednesday when they tried to block entrances to the Internal Revenue Service in protests marking the fifth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, police said.... 
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Britain to increase number of spies
LONDON, March 19: Britain is to increase the number of spies it employs to tackle threats from extremists, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday as he presented a first report on new national security strategy....
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Tigers kill six in Bangladesh
KHULNA, March 19: Tigers stalking into Bangladesh villages around Sundarbans mangrove forests have killed six people and mauled 12 others over the last two months, forest officials said on Tuesday....
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Taslima leaves India
NEW DELHI, March 19: Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has left India for Europe after being hounded into hiding by death threats from Islamic militants, her publisher and friends said on Wednesday....
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China vows to take Olympic torch to Tibet
BEIJING, March 19: China vowed on Wednesday to take the Olympic torch to Tibet despite riots there and said it was in a “life or death struggle” over the Himalayan region with “the Dalai Lama clique”....
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Fresh attack on Afghan phone mast
KANDAHAR, March 19: Militants attacked and destroyed another cell phone antenna in southern Afghanistan overnight, police said on Wednesday as residents complained that mobile signals were dead at night....
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Russia receives US missile shield plan
MOSCOW, March 19: Russia received written US proposals on Wednesday which Washington hopes will allay Moscow’s concerns over plans to deploy elements of a missile shield in Europe, Russian news agencies reported....
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Canada recognises Kosovo
OTTAWA, March 19: Canada formally recognised Kosovo on Tuesday and ruled out possibility of any threat from separatist forces in Quebec....
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Expert warns of unrest as rice price soars
LOS BANOS (Philippines), March 19: As the price of rice hovers near record levels, many poor countries face the spectre of riots by hungry people, according to one of the world’s leading rice experts....
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UN police return to Kosovo Serb stronghold
MITROVICA, March 19: UN police in Kosovo returned to the Serb stronghold of north Mitrovica on Wednesday with heavy Nato support, having pulled out two days ago after deadly riots by Serbs opposed to secession....
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UK jobless rate dips
LONDON, March 19: Britain’s unemployment rate slid to 5.2 per cent in the three months to January, official data showed on Wednesday....
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Organic molecule on distant planet
WASHINGTON, March 19: An organic molecule has been spotted for the first time in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system, a key step toward possibly finding signs of life on a distant world, scientists said....
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Crackdown on Goa’s nightlife
PANAJI (India), March 19: Police in India’s resort state of Goa, where a British teen was murdered last month, have begun shutting down beach parties and bars at midnight, officials said on Wednesday....
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Gorkhaland fire reignited in Darjeeling
DARJEELING: India’s Darjeeling hills have come alive with fresh demands for a separate state within India for the Gorkha people, with protests threatening the area’s renowned tea and tourism industries....
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Sci-fi guru Clarke dies in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: British-born science fiction guru Arthur C. Clarke died at a hospital in Sri Lanka on Wednesday after a brief illness, his aide Rohan de Silva said. He was 90....
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Daunting road ahead for Maoists in Nepal
BHAKUNDEBESI VALLEY (Nepal): During their decade-long “people’s war”, thousands of Nepal’s Maoist rebels endured harsh jungle treks, disease and fire fights with troops....
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Media freedom takes a dip in Lanka
COLOMBO: Media freedom in Sri Lanka has taken a dip for the worst with the staff of a state-controlled television station and other journalists being hunted down in sinister fashion over the last few months....
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Foreign firms seek a bite of India’s $90bn food market
MUMBAI: When Kellogg launched breakfast cereal in India 14 years ago, it underestimated the stranglehold of traditional cooked breakfasts....
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