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KSA: Coronavirus patent complicating diagnosis
GENEVA: Saudi Arabia lamented Thursday that foreign drug companies had patented the new SARS-like novel coronavirus that has killed 22 people worldwide in less than a year, slowing down the diagnosis...
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Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf to seek cleric help in Taleban peace talks

Wednesday 22 May 2013
PESHAWAR: Pakistani politician Imran Khan’s party has sought the help of an elderly pro-Taleban cleric to initiate peace talks with the militants, party officials
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Bangladesh panel to recommend life in prison over building collapse

Wednesday 22 May 2013
DHAKA: A committee investigating a deadly collapse of a building housing garment factories in Bangladesh will recommend that nine people detained in connection with the
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Nigeria seeks Niger’s military support against Boko Haram

Wednesday 22 May 2013
NIAMEY: Nigeria has asked neighboring Niger for support in a week-old offensive against insurgent bases in its semi-desert frontier region, underlining moves toward West
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Fighting in eastern DR Congo leaves 19 dead

Wednesday 22 May 2013
GOMA, DR Congo: Nineteen people have been killed and 27 injured in fierce clashes between the army and M23 rebels in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said as fighting r
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Chinese PM vows to open up markets to India

Wednesday 22 May 2013
NEW DELHI: Visiting Premier Li Keqiang promised yesterday to open China’s vast domestic market wider to India and forge a “dynamic trade balance” to de
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Karzai to push for Indian military aid

Wednesday 22 May 2013
NEW DELHI: President Hamid Karzai held talks with Indian leaders yesterday, hoping to secure more military aid as he looks to beef up his security forces after internati
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11 policemen dead in Afghan violence

Wednesday 22 May 2013
KABUL: A roadside bomb in western Afghanistan and clashes in the volatile south left 11 police officers dead, officials said yesterday.
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Myanmar Muslims jailed for killing Buddhist monk

Wednesday 22 May 2013
MEIKHTILA, Myanmar: A Myanmar court sentenced seven Muslims to prison yesterday — one of them to a life term — in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly
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Philippines protests Chinese warship’s presence

Tuesday 21 May 2013
CAVITE, Philippines: The Philippines has protested the presence of a Chinese warship, two surveillance vessels and fishing boats off a shoal occupied by its military in the disputed Spratly Islands, i
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Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province council

Tuesday 21 May 2013
KABUL: A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief yesterday in northern Afghanistan in an attack outsid
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