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Obama’s grandmother dies
HONOLULU: U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama’s grandmother, whose personality shaped much of his life has died, said Mr. Obama on Monday, one day before the election. Madelyn Payne Dunham was 86. Mr. Obama announced the news ...

Castro praises Obama
HAVANA: Cuban leader Fidel Castro praised Barack Obama on Tuesday as smarter and less warlike than John McCain, but stopped short of endorsing either U.S. presidential candidate. Mr. Castro said he delayed weighing in until the U.S. ...

World hopes for a “less arrogant U.S.”
BERLIN: The world was riveted by the election drama unfolding on Tuesday in the United States, inspired by the hope embodied by Barack Obama or simply relieved that — whoever wins — the administration that spawned Abu Ghraib and ...

Debut of Chinese J-10, FBC-1 fighters
ZHUHAI (Guangdong): The 7th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition — Airshow China — opened on Tuesday with the star attraction of the home debut of China’s home-built J-10 fighter. China will also ...

China-Taiwan pacts usher in new era
BEIJING: Experts from across the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday hailed the agreements signed and the talks between the heads of the two main negotiating bodies of China and Taiwan, saying they opened a new era in cross-Strait ties. During the ...

Swraj Paul’s trust opens new educational academy
LONDON: A new educational academy, sponsored by UK-based Indian industrialist Swraj Paul’s charitable trust, the Ambika Paul Foundation, opened its doors at Tipton in the West Midlands on Tuesday. Set up in collaboration with the ...

Troops at a decisive stage: Colombo


Restaurateur alleges beating by nuns, priest
Rome: An Italian has claimed he was beaten up by two 83-year-old nuns and a priest in a row over the ownership of a restaurant in a small southern town. Aniello Esposito, 49, told the police he arrived at the restaurant he runs in ...

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