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  • Wave of bombings across Iraqi capital kills 69

    Baghdad: A wave of 16 bombings ripped across Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 69 people in the worst violence in Iraq for months. The apparently coordinated attacks struck days after the last American forces left the country and in the midst of a major government crisis between Shiite and Sunni politicians that has sent sectarian tensions soaring.....

    Baghdad: A wave of 16 bombings ripped across Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 69 people in the worst violence in Iraq for months. The apparently coordinated attacks struck days after the last American forces left the country and in the midst of a major government crisis between Shiite and Sunni politicians that has sent sectarian tensions soaring.....

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  • Prince Harry to return to Afghanistan battlefield

    LONDON: Prince Harry has said he is returning to serve in Afghanistan, after months of combat helicopter training in the United States.

    The Sun newspaper reported on Wednesday that the 27-year-old, who is third in line to the British throne, confirmed he would be deployed.....

    LONDON: Prince Harry has said he is returning to serve in Afghanistan, after months of combat helicopter training in the United States.

    The Sun newspaper reported on Wednesday that the 27-year-old, who is third in line to the British throne, confirmed he would be deployed.....

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  • ISI chief Pasha gets stick for ‘memogate’

    ISLAMABAD: The 'memogate' scandal that alleged the Pakistani army was planning a coup in the country has had an unlikely fall guy: ISI chief, Lt Gen Shuja Pasha...

    ISLAMABAD: The 'memogate' scandal that alleged the Pakistani army was planning a coup in the country has had an unlikely fall guy: ISI chief, Lt Gen Shuja Pasha...

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  • Ship with Indians on board freed

    ROME: Somali pirates have freed an Italian oil tanker hijacked in February with five Italians and 17 Indians on board after nearly 11 months in captivity, the Italian government said on Wednesday...

    ROME: Somali pirates have freed an Italian oil tanker hijacked in February with five Italians and 17 Indians on board after nearly 11 months in captivity, the Italian government said on Wednesday...

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  • World's richest lottery to shower 3.7 billion euros on Spaniards

    MADRID: Millions of crisis-hit Spaniards are snatching up tickets for the world's richest lottery draw tomorrow, which will shower them with a record 3.6 billion euros (USD 4.7 billion) in prizes.....

    MADRID: Millions of crisis-hit Spaniards are snatching up tickets for the world's richest lottery draw tomorrow, which will shower them with a record 3.6 billion euros (USD 4.7 billion) in prizes.....

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  • The power brokers behind North Korea's next leader

    North Korea's young and inexperienced next leader will lean on a seasoned inner circle headed by his aunt and uncle to guide him through the transition to supreme ruler.

    Kim Jong Un, who vaulted into the leadership role with the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, made his public debut as anointed successor only 15 months ago. Since then, the whirlwind political campaign has barreled ahead _ but perhaps not fast enough to mask the air of uncertainty felt in the streets of Pyongyang, the North Korean capital.....

    North Korea's young and inexperienced next leader will lean on a seasoned inner circle headed by his aunt and uncle to guide him through the transition to supreme ruler.

    Kim Jong Un, who vaulted into the leadership role with the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, made his public debut as anointed successor only 15 months ago. Since then, the whirlwind political campaign has barreled ahead _ but perhaps not fast enough to mask the air of uncertainty felt in the streets of Pyongyang, the North Korean capital.....

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  • Death Toll From Philippine Flash Floods Tops 1,000

    LIGAN, Philippines –  The official death toll from last week's massive flash flooding in two southern Philippine cities topped 1,000 on Wednesday as authorities said they lost count of how many more were missing in one of the worst calamities to hit the coastal region....

    LIGAN, Philippines –  The official death toll from last week's massive flash flooding in two southern Philippine cities topped 1,000 on Wednesday as authorities said they lost count of how many more were missing in one of the worst calamities to hit the coastal region....

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  • Iraq Vice President Denies Charges of Running Death Squads

    BAGHDAD –  Iraq's Sunni vice president has denied Shiite accusations that he organized death squads, describing the charges as a trumped-up case brought only after the departure of U.S. troops about assassinations allegedly committed five years ago....

    BAGHDAD –  Iraq's Sunni vice president has denied Shiite accusations that he organized death squads, describing the charges as a trumped-up case brought only after the departure of U.S. troops about assassinations allegedly committed five years ago....

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  • Rage grips Pakistan over NATO attack

    (Reuters) - Fury spread in Pakistan Sunday over a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and could undermine the U.S. effort to wind up the war in Afghanistan.

    Sunday night in Pakistan, more than 40 hours after the incident, many questions remained...

    (Reuters) - Fury spread in Pakistan Sunday over a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and could undermine the U.S. effort to wind up the war in Afghanistan.

    Sunday night in Pakistan, more than 40 hours after the incident, many questions remained...

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  • Was Strauss Kahn set up in sexual assault case

    New York: Months after former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid, an investigative report shedding fresh light on the incident implies that the one time French presidential hopeful may have been set up in a conspiracy to discredit him ahead of the country’s 2012 polls...

    New York: Months after former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid, an investigative report shedding fresh light on the incident implies that the one time French presidential hopeful may have been set up in a conspiracy to discredit him ahead of the country’s 2012 polls...

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