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Sarkozy, Royal battle on after heated TV debate
French presidential rivals Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal traded fresh barbs yesterday after neither delivered a knock-out blow in a heated television debate seen as a last chance to swing undecided
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Scottish Election
Nationalists hope for independence boost
Voting got under way in Scotland yesterday, with nationalists hoping to become the largest party in the Scottish parliament and bring their dreams of independence move closer to reality.
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11 foreigners kidnapped in Nigeria
Nigerian militants yesterday kidnapped three South Korean and eight Filipino workers after a gunfight at their construction site, the South Korean foreign ministry and Nigerian police sources said.
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Gere Kiss Fuss
Shetty raps Indian 'lunatic fringe'
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty yesterday blamed India's "lunatic fringe" for an uproar over enthusiastic kisses bestowed on her by Hollywood heart-throb Richard Gere at an AIDS charity event.
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Gunfire near Indian PM's residence
Gunshots were fired close to the official residence of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday but the incident was a personal dispute and completely unrelated to the premier, police said.
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2 hurt in Assam bomb blast
Two people were critically wounded by a bomb blast yesterdayat a food depot in India's northeast state of Assam that police said could be linked to a ransom demand by separatist rebels.
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Curfew in Nepal town as cops, Maoists clash
An indefinite curfew has been imposed in a western Nepal border town following clashes between police and unarmed Maoist cadres that injured at least 17 people, officials said yesterday.
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