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Haiti cholera toll goes up to 724

PORT-AU-PRINCE: The toll in the cholera epidemic in Haiti has risen to 724, authorities said.The disease has infected a total of 11,125 people nationwide, according
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Blast rocks Karachi; 18 killed, 130 hurt

KARACHI: At least 18 people were killed and 130 others injured on Thursday when a powerful car bomb destroyed the office of the CID, spearheading ...
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British aid workers held captive on Gaza aid ship

LONDON: Seven British aid workers are among a group being held in the Libyan sea on board a boat due to deliver aid to Gaza, ...
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S Africa turns apartheid-era nukes into medicine

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa has transformed apartheid-era nuclear weapons into a tool for detecting cancer and heart disease, with a new technology that could ease global ...
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Pakistan taxes own citizens to raise money for flood relief

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan increased income tax on the relatively well off today to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for the victims of the country's devastating ...
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Mom tries to sell baby to buy new car, held

MIAMI: A Florida woman is charged with trying to sell her infant son in order to pay for a new car, police said.The baby's grandmother ...
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China jails man who led war on toxic baby milk

BEIJING: A Chinese court on Wednesday handed down a two-and-a-half year jail sentence to a man who organised a website for parents of children who ...
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Shahzad to be sentenced today for trying to bomb Times Square

NEW YORK: Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American arrested for the failed Times Square bombing, will be sentenced today. The 30-year-old, who described himself as a "Muslim ...
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Car bomb explodes outside N Ireland shopping centre: Police

BELFAST: A car bomb exploded on Tuesday outside a shopping centre in Northern Ireland, causing substantial damage but no injuries amid an upsurge in violence ...
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Philippines to jail out-of-tune singers of anthem

MANILA: The Philippine House of Representatives has passed a bill that would send to jail people who sing out of tune the country's national anthem, ...
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