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Spain goes to the polls today
BRUSSELS, MARCH 13. The general election in Spain on Sunday will highlight the departure of the Prime Minister, Jose Maria Aznar, from day to day politics, paving way for his handpicked successor, Mariano Rajoy, a 48-year-old lawyer. After eight ...

Spain follows up two leads
MADRID, MARCH 13. The Spanish Interior Minister, Angel Acebes, said today enquiries into Thursday's bomb blasts in Madrid ``are progressing'' with the Government following up two leads. ``Police investigations are advancing rigorously and ...

Financial issues 'precipitated' crisis in LTTE
COLOMBO, MARCH 13. An erstwhile confidant of V. Muralitharan, the expelled regional special commander of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), has cited "financial irregularities'' as the reason that `precipitated' the crisis in the ...

Five arrested
MADRID (SPAIN), MARCH 13.The Spanish Interior Minister, Angel Acebes, on Saturday announced the arrest of five persons, including three Moroccans, for the Madrid bombings. The other two, "Hindus of Spanish origin," were being questioned but were ...

MCC kills 4 in Gaya
GAYA, MARCH 13.Five persons were killed and three injured in a naxalite attack and retaliatory violence at Adai village in Bihar's Gaya district early this morning. Around 150 activists of the outlawed Maoist Communist Centre swooped down on ...

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    India & World
    Priyanka causes a sensation
    KARACHI, MARCH 13.The stands near the VIP enclosure and the media box at the cricket stadium here came alive when Priyanka Vadra, accompanied by husband Robert Vadra and brother Rahul Gandhi, paid a surprise visit. Cameramen jostled to take ...

    India, Philippines sign extradition treaty
    SINGAPORE, MARCH 13.India and the Philippines are engaged in a ``security dialogue'' for the first time in their bilateral interactions, even as they signed an extradition treaty in Manila on Friday. The fight against terrorism and inter-state ...

    South African leader of Indian origin dead
    DURBAN, MARCH 13. The South African Transport Minister of Indian origin, Dullah Omar, died today at the age of 70 after battling cancer for more than a year. Mr. Omar, whose parents arrived in Cape Town from Gujarat in the early 1930s was taken ...

    Canada for expanding economic ties with India
    OTTAWA, MARCH 13. At a time when the industrialised world is looking intensively at the emerging markets, say that of India, China or Brazil, Canada wants to make sure that it is not left behind. With a two-way trade of 2.2 billion in Canadian ...



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