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| Police charge on huge Nepal protest march |
| Nepali police beat pro-democracy activists with rattan canes and fired teargas today to break up the largest anti-king protest in the capital since a campaign was launched 10 days ago.
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| UK writer Spark dead |
| Ascerbic Scottish-born novelist Muriel Spark, best known for her book The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, has died in Italy at the age of 88 and was buried in Tuscany today
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| Rumsfeld play a big success |
| A play that skewers US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld as arrogant and war-mad has opened to a largely favourable welcome in New York this week, even as former generals tur
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| Tigers quit talks, blasts kill seven |
| The Tamil Tigers said today they were pulling out of peace talks with the Sri Lankan government as two blasts killed seven servicemen, fuelling fears of renewed civil war on
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| Danube hits highest level |
| The Danube rose to its highest level in more than a century today, but the breaching of a dam in Romania eased pressure on towns and villages struggling to hold back the floo
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Two piglets swim in the third Pig Olympic Games in Moscow on Saturday. Hundreds of Russians cheered 12 piglets who competed in three events: pig-raci ... | Read
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