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Rain fury continues in Gujarat
Rains continued to lash Indian state of Gujarat on Thursday, even as high alert was sounded in Vadodara, Surat, Navsari, Dangs and south Gujarat after all major dams and lakes overflowed, prompting large-scale
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Fugitive 'hero' surrenders in Indian court
A former Indian bureaucrat, named an "Asian hero" by Time magazine for his handling of flood relief in impoverished Bihar state, surrendered to a court Thursday after being on the run for over a month
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Tight security for 7th trans-Kashmir bus run
Security was tight Thursday for more than 40 passengers who left on the seventh run of the trans-border bus service connecting the Indian and Pakistani zones of divided Kashmir, police said.
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Tigers kill three Sri Lankan troops
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed three soldiers from a military intelligence unit in a gunbattle in eastern Sri Lanka on Thursday, the defence ministry said.
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'Myanmar's generals deaf to the world'
By blocking their ears to repeated calls for the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and that they give up the chairmanship of ASEAN in 2006, Myanmar's generals have shown they will listen to
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BJP leader, activists arrested, then released
Arun Jaitley, General Secretary of India's main opposition BJP, was on Thursday arrested and later released along with 273 other party workers when they tried to march to Punjab Raj Bhavan in protestagainst
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Israel seals off Gaza settlements
Israel sealed off its settlements in the Gaza Strip Thursday in an effort to prevent an influx of more ultra-nationalist youths who are trying to halt the pullout from the territory.
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Ship carrying tsunami aid hijacked
Gunmen have hijacked a UN-chartered ship carrying food for tsunami victims off Somalia and demanding a ransom of half-a-million dollars, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the ship's owners said Thursday.
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'Iran leader linked to 1979 hostage crisis'
Three Americans held hostage in the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran remember Iran's president-elect as a key player in the seizure, The Washington Times reported on Thursday.
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Iraq calls on Islamic states for support
12 more die in Iraq
Iraq's foreign minister called on Islamic nations to support Baghdad in the fight against insurgents, who killed at least a dozen more people, as President George W.
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Spanish MPs approve gay marriage
Spanish deputies have approved a controversial new law allowing gay couples to marry and adopt children, which has deeply divided this predominantly Roman Catholic country.
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We have enough evidence to try Darfur criminals
ICC tell UN
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has told the UN Security Council it has enough evidence of widespread killing, rape and destruction in Sudan's Darfur region to warrant bringing suspects to trial.
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White House endorses US intelligence changes
President Bush approved dozens of changes at US spy agencies on Wednesday to better combat weapons of mass destruction, including creating a new center and moving FBI counterterrorism and intelligence
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