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Michelle Obama beats Fallon in fitness challenge
Michelle Obama and "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon turned the White House into a playground to promote the first lady's "Let's Move!" fitness campaign.
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Santorum wins 3 states in GOP primary
Rick Santorum, the former Senator from Pennsylvania, on Wednesday won the Republican caucuses in three states, reshaping the party's primary race and staking out his claim to be the main alternative to front-runner Mitt Romney.
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Mubarak's wife attempted suicide
The wife of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has confessed in her memoirs about an attempt to commit suicide when she knew she would be arrested for corruption.
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Santorum reignites White House bid
Former US senator Rick Santorum rejuvenated his presidential hopes on Tuesday with overwhelming victories over front-runner Mitt Romney in Republican nominating contests in Missouri and Minnesota.
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US drone attack kills 10 in Pakistan
A US drone aircraft killed 10 suspected militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan region near the Afghanistan border on Wednesday, security officials and residents said, the fifth such strike this year.
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‘MPs entered Pak House with arms’
Two Pakistani MPs entered the country’s parliament carrying weapons, lawmaker Ejaz Virk has claimed, prompting interior minister Rehman Malik to order a probe into the matter.
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US mulling apology for Nato raid: Report
The report in the New York Times also said that Pentagon is sending a top general to Islamabad for talks with the Pakistani army leadership said.
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Osama ‘aide’ set to get bail in Europe
Abu Qatada, who has been imprisoned without charge for six-and-a-half years, will be subject to strict bail conditions that will confine him to his home for 22 hours a day as he fights deportation to his home country , Jordan.
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Bangla coup plotters wanted to derail war crime trials
Bangladesh may have foiled a coup by army officers aligned with the fundamentalist outfit Hizb ut Tahrir, but is worried about the entrenched presence of men and officers with radical religious views in armed forces.
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US sanctions psychological war, says Iran
Washington ordered the new penalties on Monday, giving US banks powers to freeze assets linked to the Iranian government and close loop Iran has used to move money despite earlier restrictions imposed by US and Europe.
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After bloodshed, Syria pledges restraint
Russia won a promise from Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday to bring an end to bloodshed in Syria, but Western and Arab states acted to isolate Assad further after activists and rebels said his forces killed over 100 in the city of Homs.
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Pak cabbie admits to aiding Qaida in Kashmir
A Pakistani-American cabbie has pleaded guilty to charges of funnelling money to al-Qaida commander Ilyas Kashmiri, who is now believed to have been killed, for terror activities in Jammu & Kashmir and faces up to 15 years in jail.
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Europe tractors to beat the big freeze
Authorities used everything from ice-breaking explosives to tractors on Tuesday to overcome Europe’s big freeze, as dozens more died of hypothermia and tens of thousands remained cut off by snow.
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British MP ticks off India on Jarawa issue
A British MP has moved a motion on the Indian government’s lack of action against exploitation of the Jarawa tribe in the Andaman islands in the form of “human safaris” for tourists.
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Dickens@ 200: Man of great expectations
He wrote about life in the modern city, with its lawyers and criminals, bankers and urchins, dreamers and clerks. He created characters still known to millions — Ebeneezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim, Pip and Miss Havisham, Fagin and Oliver Twist.
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Ex-TV host in Maldives hot seat
Mohammed Waheed Hassan, vice-president of Maldives, was sworn in as president of the Indian Ocean archipelago on Tuesday afternoon after Mohammed Nasheed was compelled to resign following widespread protests against him.
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To cut corners, Britain to give MPs free iPads
Tens of thousands of pounds may be spent by the House of Commons to give every British parliamentarian a free iPad tablet computer, as part of a modernisation plan.
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Greece, Bulgaria battle flooding, 8 dead
Swollen rivers in Bulgaria and Greece burst their banks Tuesday, leaving dozens of homes underwater, as Bulgarian officials declared a day of mourning for eight people confirmed killed after a dam collapse nearly washed away their village.
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Egypt gears up for presidential vote
Egypt's military leader has told electoral officials to speed up preparations for presidential elections.
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Iran's parliament summons Ahmadinejad
Iran's parliament on Tuesday decided to summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for questioning over a long list of accusations, including that he mismanaged the nation's economy.
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Iran's parliament summons Ahmadinejad
Iran's parliament on Tuesday decided to summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for questioning over a long list of accusations, including that he mismanaged the nation's economy.
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Chinese workers freed in Sudan
A group of Chinese workers "kidnapped" by rebels in Middle East-world southern Sudan 11 days ago have been freed and flown to Kenya, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
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Iran arrests several for links to BBC
Iranian authorities have arrested several people over alleged links to the British Broadcasting Corporation's Farsi-language service, Iran's semiofficial Mehr news agency reported Monday.
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Pakistan gets new fighter planes from US
With an eye to India, Pakistan on Monday received the last of 18 F-16 fighter jets from the US.
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Intense cold wave grips Europe
Europe continues to battle the intense cold and heavy snowfall and it is expected that the weather will stay the same till the end of the week.
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