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| Toll rises as protests worsen |
| Muslim protests against cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad claimed three more lives today when Afghan police fired at a crowd trying to storm a US military base.
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| Double standards |
| Muslims have decried as hypocrites western dailies which have cited free speech as the reason for printing disrespectful cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, saying the same new
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| Maoists mull V-day gift |
| The Royal Municipal Polls are a failure despite what King Gyanendra’s courtiers may claim. Few voters turned out to cast ballots today.
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| China bar on tobacco ventures |
| China will not allow new cigarette factories, including joint ventures with foreign partners, as part of efforts to reduce smoking in a country that puffs its way through alm
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| Koizumi cool on succession |
| Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi backed away from his vow to change the law to let women inherit the throne today, one day after sudden news that a royal princess wa
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Alicia Keys at a pre-Grammy party in Beverly Hills. (Reuters) |
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