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Mexican army soldiers stand guard next to a tunnel at the border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday, June 4, 2010. According to the army, the 500 feet long tunnel was used to smuggle people and drugs into the US, and one person was detained during the operation. (AP Photo)
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 Gulf News 
US is responsible for dire situation across its border
| After the arrest last week of one of Mexico's most ruthless drug lords, "La Barbie", media coverage has highlighted his American-born, football star origins. But the kingpin is the product... (photo: AP)
Man smoking in Dubai UAE
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 Herald Tribune 
US smoking rate still stuck at 1 in 5 adults
| ATLANTA - Frustrated health officials say that U.S. smoking rates continue to hold steady, at about one in five adults lighting up regularly. AC = 1234 | --> | About 21 percent of U.S. adults were s... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
British man shot dead by bandits in Philippines  London Evening Standard 
British man shot dead by bandits in Philippines
A Londoner told today how his father was shot dead in front of his mother by robbers in the southern Philippines. | James Nicholas, 28, from Pinner, said: "My father drove through a hail of bullets an... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
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Nepalese Maoist rebel leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, known as Prachanda, listens to a speaker at a meeting organized by Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006.  The Times Of India 
Dogged by taints, Maoists lose Nepal PM poll again
KATHMANDU: Reeling under the double whammy of bribery allegations and a lawmaker receiving life term for murder, Nepal's Maoist party lost Tuesday's prime ministerial election, for the seventh time in... (photo: AP / Gurinder Osan)
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The Defence Minister, Shri A. K. Antony addressing the audience during the roll out ceremony, at Bangalore on July 06, 2010. Deccan Herald
Antony orders fresh probe into Capt Kohli's death
New Delhi, Sept 7, (PTI): Tuesday, September 07, 2010 --> | Defence Minister A K Antony has ordered a re-investigation into the mysterious death of Captain Sumit Kohli in... (photo: PIB of India)
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso briefs the media prior to a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the chancellery in Berlin, on Friday, June 11, 2010. The New York Times
EU Calls 'Barbaric' Plans to Stone Iranian Woman
| Filed at 5:26 a.m. ET | BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union has condemned the death sentence by stoning for a widowed Iranian woman convicted of adultery. | European Co... (photo: AP / Markus Schreiber)
Barroso   Death   EU   Photos   Plans  
 Emraan Hashmi The Siasat Daily
Emraan won't turn gay at any cost
| Mumbai, September 07: Quiz actor Emraan Hashmi about his serial kisser tag and he seems totally unperturbed by it. "I am used to the tag by now. I have broken the no ki... (photo: AP / )
Actor   Celebrity   Photos   Star  
Gen. David Petraeus, Commander, U.S. Central Command, is seen at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington,Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Zeenews
Koran burning will endanger US lives: Petraeus
Kabul: The US commander of the Afghan war has warned that troops' lives will be endangered if a Florida evangelical church goes ahead with a planned burning of the Koran ... (photo: AP / Cliff Owen)
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Bollywood stars Salman Khan sign on a board as he arrived for the premiere of "Baabul," or "Bride's Parents," at a cinema in Kuala Lumpur Twin Towers, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006. Scores of Bollywood stars, including heartthrobs Salman Khan and John Abraham, were in Kuala Lumpur Thursday for a three-day Indian cinema extravaganza. The Siasat Daily
Salman Khan To Sadhana's Rescue
| Mumbai, September 07: Actor Salman Khan has become the first prominent Bollywood personality to support yesteryear style icon Sadhana, who has alleged harassment by a b... (photo: AP / )
Actor   Bollywood   Entertainment   Mumbai   Photos  
Protests against AFSPA- India- The Hindu
On AFSPA
| The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act is indeed a draconian law which offers immunity to army officers from the law of the land ("A modest proposal on AFSPA," Sept. 6).... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
India   Law   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958  
Women suspected of having "illegitimate sex acts" or extramarital affairs are sometimes killed to protect a family's honour . The Independent
The crimewave that shames the world
| It is a tragedy, a horror, a crime against humanity. The details of the murders - of the women beheaded, burned to death, stoned to death, stabbed, electrocuted, strang... (photo: IRIN / Tom Spender)
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