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Swedish riots spread beyond capital
STOCKHOLM: Riots in Sweden spread beyond the capital yesterday, the sixth straight night of unrest that flared in Stockholm’s immigrant-dominated suburbs and has sparked a debate over...
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Philippines, Taiwan to ‘cooperate’ in shooting probes

Tuesday 21 May 2013
MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday that it would make “coordinated efforts” with Taiwan to look into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman but stopped short of a joint investi
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Asia-Pacific leaders warn of water conflict threat

Tuesday 21 May 2013
CHIANG MAI, Thailand: Fierce competition for water could trigger conflict unless nations cooperate to share the diminishing resource, leaders from Asia-Pacific nations w
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India and China vow to end long-running border dispute

Tuesday 21 May 2013
NEW DELHI: The Indian and Chinese premiers pledged yesterday to resolve a border dispute that has soured ties for decades, saying good relations between the two Asian gi
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Incoming PM Nawaz Sharif calls for talks with Taleban

Tuesday 21 May 2013
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taleban militants at war with the government yesterday, potentially charting a course
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Musharraf granted bail in Benazir case

Tuesday 21 May 2013
ISLAMABAD: A judge granted bail to Pakistan’s former military ruler yesterday in a case related to the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, his lawye
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8 shot dead by Maoist

Tuesday 21 May 2013
RAIPUR: Indian police reported yesterday that eight villagers, including three children, died in crossfire between security forces and Maoist rebels, but opposition poli
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Tornadoes slam central US; 2 dead in Oklahoma

Tuesday 21 May 2013
SHAWNEE, Oklahoma: Tornadoes ravaged portions of Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open.
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Canadian prime minister heads to Peru, Colombia

Tuesday 21 May 2013
OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads to Peru and Colombia on a two-day visit beginning tomorrow to bolster trade with Latin America and beyond.
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Drug traffickers targeting Australia

Tuesday 21 May 2013
SYDNEY: Australia seized a record 23 tons of illicit drugs in 2011-2012 with arrests at a 10-year high, data showed yesterday, as officials warned the country had become
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Cameron faces rebellion over controversial bill

Tuesday 21 May 2013
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron faces further dissent from within the ranks of his Conservative Party as a bill to legalize gay marriage returns to Parliame
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