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    Suspect Neo-Nazi Gang Leader Extradited to Israel

    Israeli police on Monday detained an Israeli national suspected of heading a local neo-Nazi group, following a four year international manhunt. Detectives waited at Ben Gurion Airport for the arrival of Dmitri Bogovitch, 24, who was arrested in Kyrgyzstan on Monday and placed on a flight to Tel Aviv, local media reported Tuesday. He was […]

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    Texan Declared Innocent after 30 Years in Prison

    A man in the U.S. state of Texas was declared innocent and freed on Tuesday after spending 30 years in prison on rape and murder charges. Cornelius Dupree Jr., 51, had his conviction overturned on Tuesday after DNA evidence exonerated him, according to a CNN report. Dupree reportedly has served more years in a Texas […]

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    Female Mayor Inaugurated in Oakland

    Jean Quan walks to the Fox Theater for her inauguration in Oakland, California, the United States. Jean Quan is the first female mayor in Oakland for 150 years.

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    Bomb explosion in Pak injures 5 children

    In Pakistan, five children were injured when a remote-controlled bomb ripped through a school bus. Authorities said the blast took place in Turbat, a town in Baluchistan province near the Iranian border. The bus was carrying students of paramilitary soldiers, and police said several of the children were seriously hurt. Baluchistan borders both Iran and […]

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    No joint declaration with Japan, says S Korea

    South Korea says it has never discussed a joint declaration with Japan on boosting bilateral military cooperation. A foreign ministry official on Tuesday dismissed a news report earlier in the day on the issue. Yomiuri Shimbun, a leading Japanese daily newspaper, reported earlier on Tuesday that Seoul and Tokyo are planning to sign the declaration […]

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    Ivory Coast inching closer to conflict as incumbent Prez refuses to quit

    The delegation of African leaders has left the Ivory Coast with the nation’s incumbent president still refusing to quit, taking the country a step closer to open conflict. After several hours of talks, the presidents of Benin, Sierra Leone and Cape Verde came away with little to show for their efforts. Embattled incumbent Laurent Gbagbo […]

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    Sri Lanka sees 8 per cent economic growth in 2010

    Post conflict Sri Lanka has seen an estimated eight percent economic growth in the year 2010, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka announced on Tuesday while releasing the monetary policy of the country titled ‘Roadmap: Economic and Financial Sector Policies for 2011 and beyond’. The Governor of the Central Bank in Sri Lanka Ajith Nivard […]

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    Canadian girl becomes the youngest to discover Supernova

    A 10-year-old girl in Canada has become the youngest person to discover a supernova – an exploding star which can briefly outshine a whole galaxy. Kathryn Gray was studying images taken at an amateur observatory which had been sent to her father. She spotted the magnitude 17 supernova on Sunday. Supernovas – which are rare […]

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    Pak’s Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer assassinated

    The Governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Salmaan Taseer was on Tuesday assassinated by one of his security guards in a gun attack at a market in the heart of Islamabad. 46-year-old Taseer was getting into his car at Kohsar Market in Islamabad when the guard from the Elite Force of Punjab Police, shot him with […]

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    China stepping up efforts to protect Tibet’s environment

    China has spent a whopping USD 1.53 billion over the past five years to protect the environment in Tibet including establishment of nature reserves aimed at preserving wetlands and forests in the Himalayan region. The spending on improving the environment has gone up by three times compared to 2001-2005 period, Zhang Yongze, the head of […]

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