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| Russia bar on foreign NGOs |
| Russia yesterday suspended the activities of Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the International Republican Institute and more than 90 other foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs), saying they failed to meet the registration requirements of a controversial new law designed to bring
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| Briton ready for the worst |
| British death row inmate Mirza Tahir Hussain stared from behind the bars of his dank prison cell, his long white beard a sign of 18 years in a Pakistani prison.
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| 9/11 remains |
| Human remains thought to be from victims of the September 11 attacks have been discovered by utility workers removing rubble from manholes where the World Trade Center once s
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| Blair critic quits Labour |
| Former minister Clare Short, a vocal critic of Britain’s decision to join the Iraq invasion, quit the Labour Party parliamentary group today, accusing Tony Blair of runn
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| 5 held for Pak rape |
| Pakistani police have arrested five men accused in a gang-rape case that has evoked comparisons with Mukhtaran Mai, a Pakistani rape victim who has become an icon for interna
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| Morse saviour |
| Morse code, the dots and dashes signalling system first used at sea on the Titanic, made a comeback this week in the rescue of a stranded fisherman.
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Spanish actress Penelope Cruz in Oviedo, northern Spain, on Friday. (Reuters) |
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