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Boat carrying Muslims capsizes
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A boat carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized off western Myanmar with many feared drowned at the start of a mass evacuation from low-lying regions ahead of an approaching storm, a UN official said on Tuesday.
Pakistani prisoner dies in India after beating
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A convicted Pakistani militant jailed in India died on Thursday after being beaten by another inmate in an apparent revenge attack for the death of an Indian spy prisoner, threatening already fraught relations between the nations.
Maduro sends military to fight crime
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday sent some 3 000 troops into the streets of the capital of Caracas to crack down on rampant crime that has made the Opec nation one of the most dangerous in the world.
Libya crisis deepens
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Libya’s political crisis deepened on Wednesday as armed groups surrounding two ministries in the capital said they had formed an alliance to present an expanded list of six demands that included the resignation of prime minister Ali Zeidan.
Ahmadinejad may face polls charges
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may face charges for accompanying his former chief of staff to register for June’s presidential vote, the country’s electoral watchdog said.
Three killed after ship crash in Italy
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At least three people were killed and six injured when a container ship rammed a control tower in the North Italian port city of Genoa late on Tuesday, harbour officials quoted on local television said.
Sharif poised to form strong government
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Toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled, Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and looks set to form a stable government capable of implementing reforms needed to rescue the fragile economy.
Pakistan’s Sharif for warmer ties with India
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Nawaz Sharif, seen as the front-runner in Pakistan’s election race, said he would not allow militant groups to attack rival India from his country and would work to improve ties with New Delhi if elected.
Bangladesh fire kills eight more, toll hits 892
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Eight people were killed when a fire swept through a clothing factory in Bangladesh, police and an industry association official said yesterday, as the death toll from the collapse of another factory building two weeks ago climbed above 900.
Three US women missing for years rescued in Ohio
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Three young women who vanished in separate incidents about a decade ago in the US state of Ohio have been found alive in a house in Cleveland.
