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Murders spur LSU rethink on security (21 December 02:35) |
| As the bodies of two Indian students killed on the Louisiana State University (LSU) campus left Baton Rouge yesterday for their final rest in India, more facts have come to light about the ... |
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US scam-hit Gandhi sorry (21 December 02:35) |
| District of Columbia chief financial officer Natwar M. Gandhi apologised yesterday to city residents for the tax office embezzlement scandal and vowed to remain on the job even though Congr... |
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Doctors 'testiculate', have 'disco biscuits' (21 December 02:35) |
| Doctors have always used tribal vocabulary to communicate between themselves, but now their secret lingo is being enriched by the electronic media and urban slang, the British Medical Journ... |
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Congress stalls Pakistan aid (21 December 02:35) |
| Congress yesterday slapped restrictions on military aid to Pakistan and withheld $50million of the administration's $300million request until secretary of state Condoleezza Rice can certify... |
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Police helped militant: Probe (21 December 02:35) |
| A high-level probe into the escape of a British suspect in an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners has concluded that his police guards helped him get away, a newspaper reporte... |
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Pervez days 'numbered' (21 December 02:35) |
| Accusing President Musharraf of violating legal boundaries, deposed supreme court judge Rana Bhagwandas said "days of his (Musharraf) authoritarianism are numbered". |
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Tighter gun law in America (21 December 02:35) |
| The US Congress, prodded by the deadliest shooting rampage in modern American history, passed legislation today designed to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. |
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Winter shadow on Pak train tragedy (20 December 02:13) |
| An express train crowded with holiday travellers derailed in southern Pakistan today, killing at least 58 people and injuring another 150, officials said. |
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Britney sister pregnant at 16 (20 December 02:13) |
| Britney Spears's 16-year-old sister, who stars as a schoolgirl in Nickelodeon's popular TV show Zoey 101, is pregnant. |
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Facebook fake (20 December 02:13) |
| A British MP had his Facebook account suspended this week after the popular social networking site decided he wasn't real. |
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Musharraf's 'favourite' painter murdered (20 December 02:13) |
| Ismail Gulgee, Pakistan's most prominent artist, was found murdered today with his wife and a maid in their Karachi home, police said. He was 81. |
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Shakira in Bangla school plea (20 December 02:13) |
| Grammy Award-winning musician Shakira appealed today to the world community to help rebuild schools in cyclone-hit Bangladesh. |
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White House campus building catches fire (20 December 02:13) |
| The historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building next door to the White House caught fire this morning leading firefighters to douse the second and third floors with water to extinguish th... |
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Breather eludes Bikini Killer (20 December 02:13) |
| "Bikini Killer" Charles Sobhraj, convicted of murdering an American woman here in 1975, today failed to get any reprieve from Nepal's supreme court, which ruled that status quo will be main... |
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Bikini trick and film plot in US jail escape (19 December 12:56) |
| Two jail inmates used photos of bikini-clad women to hide holes they used to escape and left behind a thank-you note, signed with a smiley face, for a guard they claimed helped them, offici... |
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Hillary fights back, shows softer side (19 December 12:56) |
| Hillary Clinton has appealed to voters to appreciate her softer side, as she launched a fight-back for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. |
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Belgium feud snares beauty (19 December 12:56) |
| Belgium's newly-crowned beauty queen has been drawn into the bitter political feud that has left Brussels without a government for six months after it emerged that she cannot speak the lang... |
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Death star wiping out 'alien life' (19 December 12:56) |
| A black hole blasting an immense jet of energy into a neighbouring galaxy has been observed by astronomers for the first time. |
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No rigging in polls: Pervez (19 December 12:56) |
| Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has promised that next month's general election "will not be rigged". |
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Sharif loses appeal (19 December 12:56) |
| Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif has been eliminated from Pakistan's elections after his appeal against the rejection of his candidacy was rejected, an official said today. |
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Saudi pardon for rape victim (18 December 02:43) |
| Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has pardoned the victim of a gangrape whose sentencing to 200 lashes caused an international outcry, a Saudi newspaper said today. |
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Slavery charge on couple (18 December 02:43) |
| A jury today convicted a millionaire couple of enslaving two Indonesian women they brought to their mansion to work as housekeepers. |
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Queen set to become UK's oldest monarch (18 December 02:43) |
| The Queen will this week pass another milestone in her reign when she becomes the oldest monarch in the history of the nation. |
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Mosque getaway (18 December 02:43) |
| A Briton suspected in an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners fled custody after two police officers stopped en route to jail so he could say his prayers. |
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10 troops die in raid (18 December 02:43) |
| A suicide bomber killed 10 Pakistani military recruits in the northwestern town of Kohat today, the military said, the first major attack since emergency rule was lifted two days ago. |
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Sarkozy new love: a model (18 December 02:43) |
| Rumours of romance are swirling around Nicolas Sarkozy, the French President, after he was photographed at the weekend with a former supermodel. |
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Saddam yacht for sale (18 December 02:43) |
| A super-yacht which was built for Saddam Hussein is on sale for £17 million. |
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Plane plot suspect escapes (17 December 01:29) |
| A Briton suspected in an alleged plot to bomb aircraft flying from Heathrow has escaped from police custody in Pakistan, a deep embarrassment to the government of President Pervez Musharraf... |
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Basra security off Britain's hands (17 December 01:29) |
| The UK handed over security in Basra province to Iraqi forces today, effectively marking the end of nearly five years of British control of southern Iraq. |
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Victory Day in boycott shadow (17 December 01:29) |
| Bangladesh celebrated the 36th anniversary of indep- endence from Pakistan today amid a boycott call by the powerful Awami League party over allegations the government had condoned war cr... |
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Celine's titanic confession (17 December 01:29) |
| Celine Dion called it a wrap at Caesars Palace, acknow- ledging in her final show that pregnancy and poor early reviews almost sank her titanic five-year engagement. |
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Pervez lifts emergency after 6 weeks (16 December 12:41) |
| President Pervez Musharraf lifted a six-week-old state of emergency today, saying he imposed it as a last resort to save Pakistan from destruction from a conspiracy. |
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Suicide raid on army base (16 December 12:41) |
| A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed at least five people today outside an army camp in northwest Pakistan, the army spokesman said. |
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Nepal polls to be held in April (16 December 12:41) |
| Twice-postponed elections for a Constituent Assembly that will decide Nepal's political future will take place by early April, political leaders agreed today. |
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Pope gets offer to mend image (16 December 12:41) |
| Italian film and opera director Franco Zeffirelli is offering his services to Pope Benedict as an image consultant, saying the German pontiff comes across as cold and needs to review his wa... |
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US university milks tragedy (15 December 01:54) |
| Students at the Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge are up in arms over the insensitivity shown by the university authorities following the murder of two Indian students last ni... |
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Pervez in change rush (15 December 01:54) |
| President Pervez Musharraf made last-minute changes to Pakistan's Constitution yesterday, shoring up his legal defences before he lifts a six-week-old state of emergency, a senior official ... |
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'Assassination' plot (14 December 01:41) |
| Pakistan's intelligence agencies have claimed to have foiled a plot to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf (in picture) by arresting members of the al Qaida here. |
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Jet follows Dalai, supports China (14 December 01:41) |
| Jet Li, a prominent follower of Tibetan Buddhism, says he has met the Dalai Lama and respects his teachings but believes that Tibet and China are part of one country. |
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Hall of fame (14 December 01:41) |
| The Material Girl is about to become a Hall of Famer. |
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Rock pioneer Turner dead (14 December 01:41) |
| Ike Turner, the musician and former husband of the singer Tina Turner, has died at his California home aged 76. |
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Slap for 'wrong' wife (14 December 01:41) |
| Kenya's First Lady slapped a government official during an Independence Day celebration after he introduced her by the name of a woman widely believed to be President Mwai Kibaki's second w... |
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Study: Wealth is key to marriage (13 December 12:44) |
| A man's riches, not his looks, are most important if he wants to settle down, according to a pioneering study of the "marriage market" by psychologists. |
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Malaysia denies it is a police state (13 December 12:44) |
| Malaysia denied today it was a police state, despite launching the biggest crackdown on anti-government activists in a decade. |
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Russia bars UK agency (13 December 12:44) |
| Russia ordered the British government's cultural arm today to halt work at its regional offices, in the latest round of a bitter dispute over the murder of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinen... |
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After Gurgaon, bullets fly at Vegas students (13 December 12:44) |
| A group of students ran into gunshots in Las Vegas a few hours after India went to bed with the realisation that its schools are no longer impervious to the "American gun culture". |
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Killers' defiant message (12 December 01:32) |
| Bodies and burning debris littered some of the leafiest, most affluent neighbourhoods of Algiers today as bombers sent a defiant message to a government trying to bury Algeria's unhappy pas... |
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Government may try to rig polls, says Benazir (12 December 01:32) |
| The participation of Pakistan's two main Opposition parties in a January election will either force the government to make it fair or try to rig it so much it will be obvious, former Prime ... |
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Indian doctor held in Texas (12 December 01:32) |
| An Indian lady doctor, who left Britain nearly 10 years ago days after one of her patients died after receiving an adrenalin injection from her, has been arrested in America and now faces p... |
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Malay protest blocked (12 December 01:32) |
| Police arrested about 20 Opposition activists who tried to gather at Malaysia's parliament for a pro-democracy demonstration today, thwarting the latest in a rare string of public protests. |
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