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Pakistan to release 51 Indian fishermen
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: Pakistan yesterday said it would release 51 imprisoned Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds, hoping that New Delhi will reciprocate the goodwill gesture as relations between...
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Tense, tight election in EU’s poorest country Bulgaria

Monday 13 May 2013
SOFIA: Bulgarians voted yesterday in a close snap general election marred by accusations of vote-rigging and expected to result in a political stalemate and fresh protests in the EU’s poorest
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Violence, fraud top worries in Philippine polls

Monday 13 May 2013
MANILA: Despite scattered killings and fears of fraud, Philippine officials say they expect congressional and local elections today to be relatively peaceful after authorities took drastic steps to
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Afghanistan accuses Iran of holding 21 laborers

Monday 13 May 2013
KABUL: Afghanistan has accused Iran of holding as many as 21 migrant Afghan workers following a border shooting incident over the weekend and has filed a formal complaint to Tehran, an official sai
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Chinese air their cases by petitioning White House

Sunday 12 May 2013
BEIJING: The poisoning of a college student 18 years ago recently re-emerged as a hot topic in China, but censors soon squelched the politically sensitive online discussions over whether the culprit m
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Pakistan’s Sharif declares election victory

Sunday 12 May 2013
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military cou
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Emboldened by resignations, opposition wants Singh to go

Sunday 12 May 2013
NEW DELHI: India’s opposition demanded yesterday the resignation of Congress Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, raising the stakes after forcing the exit of two cabinet ministers over corruption scandal
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India says working on new border agreement with China

Sunday 12 May 2013
NEW DELHI: India said yesterday it was working with China on a new border defense cooperation agreement as the neighbors seek to repair the damage from a border flare-up
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Finding woman alive lifts Bangladesh rescuers, toll soars to over 1,100

Sunday 12 May 2013
SAVAR, Bangladesh: Even amid the euphoria over finding a woman alive in the rubble of a garment factory that collapsed more than two weeks ago, rescuers yesterday returned to the grim task of dismantl
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