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| Zardari relents, approves Sharia in Swat |
| Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, under pressure from conservatives, has signed a regulation imposing Islamic law in northwestern Swat valley as part of a deal to end Taliban violence.
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| US eases Cuba travel restrictions |
| President Barack Obama opened a crack today in a decades-old US embargo against communist Cuba, allowing American telecommunications firms to start providing service for Cuba
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| Unfazed pirates hijack 2 ships |
| Somali pirates hijacked two more cargo vessels and opened fire on a third today in attacks that showed their determination to continue striking shipping in the area's st
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| Lovers killed |
| Taliban gunmen executed a young couple in southern Afghanistan for trying to elope, shooting them with rifles in front of a crowd in a lawless, militant-controlled region, of
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