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| Palin stays home, gets travel allowance |
| Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her first 19 months in office, charging a “per diem” allowance intended to cover meals and incidental expenses while travelling on state business.
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| Khaleda granted bail |
| The Bangladesh high court granted bail to detained former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia today, clearing the way for her release after 12 months behind bars on corruption c
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| Zardari in good neighbour vow |
| Slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s widower Asif Ali Zardari today pledged to improve ties with neighbours as he was sworn in as Pakistan’s fourteenth
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| Indians hurt in Tiger air raid |
| The Sri Lankan military said it had shot down a Tamil Tiger plane for the first time today after the rebels launched a pre-dawn air raid and ground assault on a military base
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| 50 die in China mud avalanche |
| More than 50 people were killed and hundreds more may be missing in north China after a reservoir of mining waste collapsed, burying cars and homes under a wall of sludge.
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