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Six MPs among 30 killed in Somalia hotel attack
Al-Shabab claims responsibility

Blow to Obama on stem cell research policy
Washington: U.S. President Barack Obama's support for embryonic stem cell (ESC) research suffered a serious setback this week when a federal judge ruled that a presidential order permitting such research clashed with a Congressional ban on use ...

Beijing's ten-day traffic jam drags on
BEIJING: Over three days and two nights, Wang, a truck-driver, managed to haul his coal-carrying truck over a grand distance of ten km. Mr. Wang's truck, and several hundred others, have over the past ten days been inching their way ...

Nepal air crash kills 14
Kathmandu: Fourteen people, including three crew members, were killed in a plane crash near the capital on Tuesday morning. Four Americans, one British and one Japanese citizen were among those dead. The Agni Air plane departed from ...

Baby girl for Cameron
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron's wife gave birth to a baby girl on Tuesday, while the couple were away from London on their summer vacation. Mr. Cameron's office said the baby was born at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in ...

Mexico's Navarrete is Miss Universe
Las Vegas: Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete (22) was crowned Miss Universe 2010 on Tuesday, beating off competition from 82 contestants including Miss India. Ms. Navarrete, dressed in a red gown with a flowing train, impressed judges by ...

Hitler may have had Jewish and African roots
London: Adolf Hitler may have had Jewish and African ancestors, according to DNA tests. Saliva samples taken from 39 relatives of Hitler show he probably had biological links to the Jewish community and people from north Africa, such as the ...

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India keen to help build Afghan civil infrastructure
NEW DELHI: While professing disinterest in large scale training of Afghan security personnel, New Delhi will be “very happy to hear of capacity building projects” in which Kabul requires assistance, during talks with Afghan Foreign ...

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