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At least 13 people were killed and dozens hurt in a fire that swept through a hotel in central Paris early Friday near the Galeries Lafayette luxury department store, fire officials said.
15 Apr 2005
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Nationalism in Asia tears at global ties
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Looking out at northeast Asia today, it is easy to believe that economic globalisation will soon make national borders irrelevant.
15 Apr 2005
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UN body slams Israel on settlements
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The United Nations Commission on Human Rights has condemned Israel’s use of force against Palestinian civilians and called on the Jewish state to stop building settlements in the occupied territories.
15 Apr 2005
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Hamas poll plan to defeat Abbas
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Militant Islamic group Hamas has said it aims to topple Mahmoud Abbas’s moderate Fatah movement from the leadership of the Palestinian parliament and is claiming Israel’s planned Gaza pull-out as a victory for Hamas’s campaign of violence.
15 Apr 2005
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Roadside bombs kill one, Injure 8 in Iraq
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Militants exploded three roadside bombs Friday in the Iraqi capital, killing at least one civilian and wounding eight, officials said, the latest in a string of deadly attacks across Baghdad.
15 Apr 2005
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U.S. troops engaged in war of words in Iraq
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It’s just spray-painted graffiti, but the writing on the wall gets the attention of U.S. troops: “Warning to all policemen: You will be killed.” Soldiers then storm into the compound, demanding the owners erase the death threat against the Americans’ Iraqi allies.
15 Apr 2005
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Pope possibilities include Cuban, Indian
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Recalling that Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla made almost no top-contender lists the last time a pope was chosen, prognosticators this time are casting a wide net — along with a dozen front-runners, cardinals from Cuba, Canada, India, even Indonesia have been mentioned.
12 Apr 2005
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Muslim protestors pelt pro-war MP
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Muslim protestors pelted a pro-war MP of the ruling Labour Party with eggs and vegetables here as an opinion poll showed more than half of all voters think Britain and the US were wrong to invade Iraq.
12 Apr 2005
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Indonesian volcano spews ash, sparking panic
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A volcano coughed into life on Indonesia’s disaster-blighted island of Sumatra, spreading new panic in the wake of the recent tsunami and earthquakes and prompting thousands to flee their homes.
12 Apr 2005
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UK media has less room for Asians
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A recent survey carried out by ‘The Guardian’ newspaper in Britain has revealed just how few Asians there are in the top media jobs in the UK.
12 Apr 2005
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