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Ethnic Unrest in Southeast
Nepal govt, Maoists agree to protesters' demands
Nepal's government and former rebel Maoists have agreed to demands by protesters in the southeast of the country for greater political representation in an effort to halt ethnic unrest in which nine people
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British police thwart terrorism kidnap plot
8 held in major security raid
Police in central England arrested eight people in a major security swoop yesterday which a defence source said involved a plot to kidnap and possibly kill a Muslim British soldier.
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Over 50 killed as Iraq Shias mark Ashura
At least 56 people were killed in vicious tit-for-tat sectarian attacks in Iraq as hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims observed an annual mourning ritual that culminated on Tuesday.
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Mandela for Gandhi's non-violence approach
Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela joined top leaders, Nobel laureates and elder statesmen on Monday calling on the world to reinvent Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent approach to solving
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Blair faces new grilling over funding scam
British Prime Minister Tony Blair faced growing pressure yesterday to answer more questions about a "cash-for-honours" probe threatening his government, after a key ally was re-arrested over the row.
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Indian 'House of Horrors’
Policewoman being quizzed over bribes
Indian detectives yesterday were grilling a policewoman who reportedly accepted bribes from a businessman charged with raping and butchering 21 people, mostly children, in his "House of Horrors.
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Sexual Harassment
Ex-Israeli minister Ramon found guilty
An Israeli court found ex-justice minister Haim Ramon guilty of sexual harassment yesterday in a key verdict to affect a major cabinet reshuffle planned by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
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Bombings by Tigers kill 7
Six policemen and a civilian were killed in a roadside bomb attack carried out by Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka's restive east, the defence ministry said yesterday.
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Castro appears healthier in TV video
Emerging from months of seclusion, Cuban President Fidel Castro appeared on television Tuesday in apparent good spirits, telling his Venezuelan counterpart his recovery from surgery was "far from being
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Militants torch school in Afghanistan
Insurgents burned down a primary school in southeastern Afghanistan, police said yesterday, in the second such attack this year targeting the country's struggling education system.
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