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  • Syria twin blasts leave scores dead

    Damascus: Two strong explosions ripped through the Syrian capital on Thursday, killing or wounding dozens of people and leaving scenes of carnage in the streets in an assault against a centre of government power.

    Damascus: Two strong explosions ripped through the Syrian capital on Thursday, killing or wounding dozens of people and leaving scenes of carnage in the streets in an assault against a centre of government power.

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  • Nine Pakistanis jailed for gangrape, child sex abuse in Manchester

    Manchester: Judge Gerald Clinton on Wednesday  sentenced a 59-year-old ringleader(name withheld)  to 19 years imprisonment and eight other Pakistani men for jail terms from four to 12 years on charge of gangraping and sex abusing upto 47 girls, some as young as 13,  in Greater Manchester, Daily Mail reported. 

    Manchester: Judge Gerald Clinton on Wednesday  sentenced a 59-year-old ringleader(name withheld)  to 19 years imprisonment and eight other Pakistani men for jail terms from four to 12 years on charge of gangraping and sex abusing upto 47 girls, some as young as 13,  in Greater Manchester, Daily Mail reported. 

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  • US: Scientists find key to happiness

    Washington: Happiness can be fleeting, but by hanging on to those good times and not comparing your personal experiences to those of others can help you remain happy for longer, a new study has suggested.

    Washington: Happiness can be fleeting, but by hanging on to those good times and not comparing your personal experiences to those of others can help you remain happy for longer, a new study has suggested.

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  • 85 pc Indian-Americans support Obama for 2nd term: Survey

    Washington: The Indian-American community has come out in strong support of US President Barack Obama, who kicked off his re-election campaign with two rallies in Ohio and Virginia, with an overwhelming 85 per cent of them favouring a second term for him.

    Washington: The Indian-American community has come out in strong support of US President Barack Obama, who kicked off his re-election campaign with two rallies in Ohio and Virginia, with an overwhelming 85 per cent of them favouring a second term for him.

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  • France gets new leader, Europe new direction

    Paris, May 7: France handed the presidency to leftist Francois Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programs who says the state should protect the downtrodden—a victory that could deal a death blow to the drive for austerity that has been the hallmark of Europe in recent years.

    Paris, May 7: France handed the presidency to leftist Francois Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programs who says the state should protect the downtrodden—a victory that could deal a death blow to the drive for austerity that has been the hallmark of Europe in recent years.

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  • Japan nuclear power-free as last reactor shuts

    TOKYO: Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the switching off of the last of their nations 50 nuclear reactors on Saturday, waving banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent anti-nuclear symbol.

    TOKYO: Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the switching off of the last of their nations 50 nuclear reactors on Saturday, waving banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent anti-nuclear symbol.

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  • Indian scribe becomes first Asian-origin UK councillor

    LONDON: Philip Abraham, an Indian journalist from Kerala , has been elected as a councillor in the UK, becoming the first person of Asian origin to be elected to the Loughton town council.

    LONDON: Philip Abraham, an Indian journalist from Kerala , has been elected as a councillor in the UK, becoming the first person of Asian origin to be elected to the Loughton town council.

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  • Osama wanted Ilyas Kashmiri to kill Obama

    WASHINGTON: Osama bin Laden had planned to kill US President Barack Obama and General David Petraeus, who was then top US commander in Afghanistan, and had issued instructions to Ilyas Kashmiri to set up two units to target planes carrying them.

    WASHINGTON: Osama bin Laden had planned to kill US President Barack Obama and General David Petraeus, who was then top US commander in Afghanistan, and had issued instructions to Ilyas Kashmiri to set up two units to target planes carrying them.

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  • Obamas ex recalls his sexual warmth

    MELBOURNE: US President Barack Obama had a fling with an Australian woman in New York in the 1980s and a new biography threatens to bare this torrid affair.

    MELBOURNE: US President Barack Obama had a fling with an Australian woman in New York in the 1980s and a new biography threatens to bare this torrid affair.

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  • Australian ex-girlfriends diaries show Obama in love

    WASHINGTON: Secret diaries of an Australian woman who was one of young Barack Obamas girlfriends, show the warmth and trust of the future president in love, but also hint at his reserve and "coolness."

    WASHINGTON: Secret diaries of an Australian woman who was one of young Barack Obamas girlfriends, show the warmth and trust of the future president in love, but also hint at his reserve and "coolness."

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