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Hillary campaign suffers setback: Top aide quits
WASHINGTON, April 7: Hillary Clinton’s uphill quest to beat Barack Obama to the Democratic presidential nomination stuttered on Monday after her top aide quit over a firestorm sparked by his lobbying ties to Colombia.... 
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Bombings rock Nepal: Elections on 10th
KATHMANDU, April 7: Nepal was rocked by two bombings on Monday, the latest violence to hit campaigning for this week’s vote on the country’s political future following a peace deal with Maoist rebels....
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AI urges India to probe unmarked graves
SRINAGAR, April 7: Amnesty International on Monday urged India to launch an urgent inquiry into nearly 1,000 unmarked graves found in the rebellion-hit region of Indian occupied Kashmir during the past two years....
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Tamil Tigers set up presence in US
WASHINGTON, April 7: The Tamil Tigers, a Sri Lankan rebel group responsible of killing about 4,000 people in the past two years, have quietly established a US presence to help finance their separatist campaigns, The Washington Times reported on Monday.Citing...
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Heston’s struggle for rights of gun owners
WASHINGTON: Charlton Heston, who died on Saturday, was much like Ronald Reagan, minus the presidency. Both were actors and union leaders whose politics switched to the right over time....
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Russia’s biggest party asks Putin to lead it
MOSCOW, April 7: Russia’s biggest party will invite Vladimir Putin to become its leader, the party’s chief said on Monday, a role that would further bolster Putin’s influence after he steps down from the presidency next month....
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Graft charge is political: Hasina
DHAKA, April 7: Detained former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told a court on Monday a graft charge against her over a power plant deal was politically motivated, her lawyer said....
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Zimbabwe court delays poll ruling
HARARE, April 7: Zimbabwe’s High Court on Monday again postponed a decision on an opposition bid to force out the result of a presidential election which President Robert Mugabe wants to delay....
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Casablanca bombing convicts escape from jail
RABAT, April 7: Nine Muslim extremists serving jail terms of up to life for the 2003 Casablanca bombings that killed 45 people tunnelled their way out of a Moroccan prison on Monday....
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Thai PM slams fortune teller over downfall prediction
BANGKOK, April 7: Thailand’s combative prime minister has lashed out at a famous fortune teller for predicting his new government’s downfall in another military coup, local press reported on Monday....
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Dubai crown prince buys camel for $2.7m
ABU DHABI, April 7: The crown prince of Dubai has bought a camel for a record 2.72 million dollars, an organiser at a camel beauty pageant said on Monday....
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Pakistan-India N-war would cause ozone hole: study
WASHINGTON, April 7: A nuclear war between Pakistan and India would cause more than slaughter and destruction -- it would knock a big hole in the ozone layer, affecting crops, animals and people worldwide, US researchers said on Monday....
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Italy’s poll ‘swing state’ is far, far away
ROME: The voters most likely to upset Italy’s close parliamentary election next week are not in Rome, Florence or Milan. In fact, they’re not even in Italy....
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Democratic president may reassess Iraq promises
WASHINGTON: Democrats running for US president have promised to pull troops from Iraq, but some analysts and defence officials question whether either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton would fulfil that pledge if elected....
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Secret of universe lies underground: physicist
GENEVA: British scientist Peter Higgs, whose work is the cornerstone of modern physics, said on Monday he is putting champagne on ice in the hope a new experiment confirms his theories on how the universe works....
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‘Irregular warfare’: future and present
WASHINGTON: Prepare for “irregular warfare”....
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Educated women take fresh look at marriage
SYDNEY: Women with a university degree are more likely to marry than their less-educated sisters, according to Australian research released on Monday that reverses long-held views about bookish females....
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