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| Nepal parties, Maoist rebels approve interim constitution |
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KATHMANDU, Saturday, (Reuters) - Nepal's ruling alliance and Maoist rebels today approved the draft of an interim constitution, a key step to implement their landmark peace deal ending a conflict which has killed thousands, negotiators said. |
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| Palestinian civil war looms as Abbas calls for early elections |
| GAZA CITY/RAMALLAH, Saturday (Reuters/AFP) - President Mahmoud Abbas called today for Palestinian elections, throwing down the gauntlet to his Hamas rivals after days of factional violence that has sparked fears of civil war. |
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| Everybody loves Raymond's dad |
 Peter Boyle, the actor who played the hilariously grouchy father on ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' as the final note of a distinguished career that also included a memorable role in Mel Brooks' ''Young Frankenstein,'' has died. He was 71. |
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| Horror-struck Ipswich prostitutes |
|  LONDON- (AP)-Their corpses were naked, dotted by jewellery and unmarked by signs of struggle or trauma -- raising questions of whether a suspected serial killer may have drugged five young prostitutes before stealing their lives in the provincial English town of Ipswich. |
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| Researchers reverse
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| OTTAWA (Reuters) - Nerve cells in the pancreas may be a cause of type-1 diabetes in mice -- a finding that could provide new ways to treat the disease in humans, Canadian and U.S. scientists said on Friday. |
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| Singh welcomes Pak
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| NEW DELHI, Saturday, (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has welcomed a proposal made earlier this month by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to settle the Kashmir dispute, an Indian official said today. |
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| Bhutan's king abdicates, hands power to son |
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| GUWAHATI, India, Saturday (AFP)- The king of the remote Himalayan country of Bhutan has abdicated in favour of his Oxford-educated son, a royal official said Saturday, stunning the tiny Buddhist nation. |
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| California judge declares lethal injection unconstitutional |
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| OCALA, Florida, Saturday (AP) - Governor Jeb Bush suspended all executions in Florida after a medical examiner said that prison officials botched the insertion of the needles when a convicted killer was put to death earlier this week. |
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| U.S. families mourn lost soldiers, question war |
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| HUMBOLDT, Kan., Dec 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Army National Guard Spc. John Wood is everywhere inside the quiet clapboard house just off the main street in Humboldt, Kansas. |
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| A battle between liberation and anti-liberation forces in B’desh |
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| Joi Bangla was the slogan that resounded in the streets of Dhaka and outside this month 35 years ago. |
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| Britain’s counter-terrorism measures on top gear |
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| A few months back British intelligence warned the government that London is a prime target for jihadist terrorists. |
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