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Cheney warns Palestinians: Anti-Israel violence
RAMALLAH, March 23: US Vice President Dick Cheney warned the Palestinians on Sunday that attacks on Israel were killing hopes for their “long overdue” state, as the sun set on his Easter weekend peace push.... 
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Conversion row sparked by Pope
VATICAN CITY, March 23: Pope Benedict called in his Easter message on Sunday for an end to injustice worldwide. He expressed joy at what he called continuing conversions to Christianity hours after he had baptised a prominent Italian Muslim convert....
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US in stiff competition with Russia, China: Sale of fighter jets in Asia
WASHINGTON, March 23: The United States is bracing for tough competition from Russia and China as cash-flush Asian economies look up to the trio for a new breed of fighter jets to beef up their air forces, experts say....
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Egypt releases 33 Hamas activists
ISMAILIA, March 23: Egypt released 33 members of Hamas who had been detained after Palestinian militants breached the border in January, security sources said on Sunday.The...
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Thousands protest against US military in Okinawa
OKINAWA, March 23: Thousands demonstrated against the US military on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Sunday, following a string of incidents involving US personnel, including alleged rapes....
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Protester sets himself ablaze
YANGON, March 23: A 26-year-old man set himself on fire in Yangon’s Buddhist temple in an apparent protest against economic hardship in military-ruled Myanmar, witnesses and police said on Sunday....
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Church-govt row over UK fertility bill
LONDON, March 23: The Catholic Church seems all set to engage the Brown government in a bruising fight over a bill which in the opinion of its leading lights would allow the Frankenstein fiction to turn into a reality....
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Bhagat Singh’s village to be developed into museum
NEW DELHI, March 23: On the 77th martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev on Sunday, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal announced that Bhagat Singh’s native village of Khatkar Kallan would be developed as a museum to martyrs....
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Echoes of 1968 haunt divided Democrats
NEW YORK: Forty years ago, John Froines was a radical leading anti-war hippie protests to the Chicago Democratic Convention. After the 1968 convention descended into riots and more than 25,000 troops...
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Sarkozy set for pomp visit to London
PARIS: President Nicolas Sarkozy travels to London this week for a state visit high in pageantry as the French leader tries to regain popularity at home with a more statesmanlike image.As...
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Asian giants seen keeping US trove
TOKYO: With the dollar plunging and the Federal Reserve slashing interest rates, markets are on alert for any signs that foreign investors, particularly in Asia, are buying fewer US assets....
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Where bears outnumber people
LONGYEARBYEN (Norway): The road sign depicts a white polar bear against a black background, a vivid reminder of the danger the animals present in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, where bears outnumber people and encounters sometimes prove fatal....
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