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| Pakistan air strikes kill at least 21, army says |
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| PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani fighter jets pounded suspected hideouts of Islamist militants in the country's north-west on Thursday, killing at least 21 insurgents, the army said. Renewed air strikes come against the backdrop of a broader military offensive in the lawless North Waziristan region on the Afghan border, where the Pakistani army has been battling to contain the insurgency since June. ... |
| Hong Kong leader hopes for fresh talks after night of clashes |
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 By Clare Baldwin and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying sought to defuse tension with pro-democracy protesters on Thursday, saying he hopes the two sides can talk next week, but anger over police violence and continued street scuffles suggest the students are not about to give up. Leung was speaking after more than two weeks of protests that have paralysed parts of the city and grabbed global headlines amid scenes of violent clashes and tear gas rising between some of the world's most valuable office buildings. ...
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| Australian naval base in lockdown, bomb squad called |
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| SYDNEY (Reuters) - A naval base in the Australian state of Victoria went into lockdown and a police bomb squad was sent to the scene to investigate unspecified "hazardous material", security officials said on Thursday. An exclusion zone of 400 metres was declared around a residential apartment at HMAS Cerberus, a naval training base on the Mornington Peninsula, 75 km (45 miles) southeast of Melbourne, Victorian police said. The incident occurred after a routine inspection at the base found the material in the apartment, the Australian Defence Force said in a statement. ... |
| Messi had nothing to do with tax affairs, father insists |
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 MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi had nothing to do with his own tax affairs and should not be included in an investigation into an alleged fraud, his father Jorge has insisted. Messi and his father, who have denied wrongdoing, have been accused of defrauding the Spanish state of more than 4 million euros (5.13 million US dollars) by filing incomplete returns for the years 2007 to 2009. Income from Messi's image rights was allegedly hidden using a web of shell companies in Uruguay, Belize, Switzerland and Britain. ...
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| Modi magic enchants voters in Maharashtra, Haryana elections - exit polls |
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 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to emerge as the largest party in two state legislatures where it has traditionally been weak, exit polls showed, thanks to intense campaigning by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Victory in the Maharashtra and Haryana state elections will make it easier for Modi to launch unpopular reforms to remove price caps on natural gas and diesel, which economists say will help India balance its accounts and reduce shortages of energy. ...
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