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| Talks begin after Bangla clashes |
| Separate clashes between rival political activists and police left one man dead and about 65 people injured as a major political alliance in Bangladesh staged a nationwide transport blockade today to force electoral reforms.
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| Saudis arrest 136 Qaida suspects |
| Saudi security forces arrested 136 suspected al Qaida militants, most of them Saudis, during a series of raids across the country over the past three months, the interior min
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| Afghan opium record |
| Opium production in Afghanistan, which provides more than 90 per cent of the world’s heroin, broke all records in 2006, reaching a historic high despite ongoing US-spons
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| Putin cross with UK on spy |
| The espionage saga unravelled with the death of a former Russian spy could trigger a diplomatic dust-up with President Vladimir Putin reportedly expressing his anger at Brita
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| Pinochet back from brink |
| Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet suffered a heart attack today and was given a bypass operation which his son said brought him back from the brink of death.
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| Tehran to fingerprint Americans |
| US citizens wishing to enter Iran are to be fingerprinted on arrival after the republic’s hardline vetting body approved a parliamentary bill backing the move, Iranian m
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The Kennedy Center on Saturday honoured five persons for their lifetime contributions to the arts and American culture. (From left to right) Director ... | Read
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