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PM condoles Fahim's death
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today condoled the death of the first Vice President of Afghanistan, Mohammad Qasim Fahim, describing him as a close friend of India. Fahim, 56, died of natural causes today.
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No locals committed self-immolations in Tibet: Official
Beijing: A senior Chinese official from Tibet today refuted reports that 120 selfimmolations opposing the Chinese rule happened in the Himalayan region in recent times.
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Clashes in Ukraine as rival rallies raise tensions
Kiev: ProRussian activists today attacked a proKiev rally in Crimea with clubs and whips as thousands took to the streets across Ukraine in rival demonstrations, escalating separatist tensions in the troubled exSoviet state.
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Missing Malaysian jet: terror angle being probed
Kuala Lumpur/Beijing: Malaysia today launched a terror probe into the mysterious disappearance of a plane with 239 people aboard after it emerged that two passengers boarded the flight with stolen passports, even as a massive multinational search mission continued for the second day w
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Suicide bomber kills 34 at crowded Iraq checkpoint
Hilla (Iraq): A suicide bomber killed 34 people, including two state television employees, at a checkpoint near Baghdad today, after Iraq's premier accused Riyadh and Doha of fuelling bloodshed in the country.
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