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Tens of thousands rally against Putin
MOSCOW: Tens of thousands of Russians flooded downtown Moscow on Saturday to demand an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule, casting a strong challenge to his bid to reclaim the presidency in March. Protesters wearing white ribbons and holding placards reading "Russia Without Putin!" and "For Free Elections" are marching to a square across the river from the Kremlin where a rally will be held. Saturday's crowd appeared to
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Philippine boxer dies after fight injury
MANILA: An undefeated Philippine boxer has died after sustaining head injuries during a fight and falling into a coma, a hospital official said on Saturday. Flyweight Karlo Maquinto, 21, died in hospital late on Friday, Dr Chester Tan, a surgeon at Manila's Far Eastern University Hospital said. The right-hander, fighting only his ninth bout as a professional boxer, was taken to hospital last Saturday after rallying from two early
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Flights from Heathrow Airport hit by cold snap
LONDON: Heathrow Airport said it would operate a much reduced service on Sunday with snow and freezing temperatures predicted to hit much of England over the weekend. Heavy snow is forecast overnight across central and southern England, with a possibility of up to 15 cm could fall in the London area. Temperatures were also not expected to climb above -2 Celsius, leading to icy conditions. As a result, just 70 per cent of normal
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Chennai wins $2m bid for Jadeja in IPL auction
BANGALORE: India allrounder Ravindra Jadeja fetched a fee of more than $2 million in the Indian Premier League player auction on Saturday, with Chennai Super Kings prevailing in fierce bidding. Chennai and Deccan Chargers both offered $2 million for Jadeja before Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai clinched him in a tie-breaker for an undisclosed sum. Jadeja played for Kochi Tuskers Kerala last year before the team was barred for
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India court rejects home minister prosecution bid
NEW DELHI: An Indian court on Saturday threw out a petition to prosecute the country's powerful home minister in a massive corruption scandal over the alleged mis-selling of mobile telephone licences. The plea "to summon Chidambaram as an accused is dismissed," Special Judge OP Saini told the courtroom in a brief statement. The ruling came as a huge relief to the Congress-led coalition government, whose reputation has been batter
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Taliban deny their leader sent letter to US president
KABUL: The Afghan Taliban on Saturday denied that their leader Mullah Omar had written to President Barack Obama last July. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said reports that Omar had sent a letter indicating an interest in talks key to ending the war in Afghanistan were "baseless allegations." "The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is strongly condemning these rumours and allegations," Mujahid said in an email to media
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Missile shield plans proceed despite Russia’s fears: Nato
MUNICH: Nato leaders on Saturday downplayed Moscow's fears that a new Europe-based missile defence system represents a threat to Russia, while vowing to move ahead with it, even if those concerns cannot be fully addressed. Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that the alliance expects to have first elements of the defence system up and running by its summit in Chicago in May, and that it would continue to work on
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2nd teacher arrested amid Los Angeles sex abuse probe
LOS ANGELES: Days after the arrest of a school teacher accused of taking bondage-style photos of students with cockroaches on their faces, a second instructor from the same school was arrested on Friday on suspicion of molesting two girls, authorities said. Publicity surrounding the arrest of the first teacher, Mark Berndt, 61, led to complaints being brought against his colleague, Martin Springer, 49, though the two cases were be
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Indian cricket team loses its long-time sponsor Sahara
NEW DELHI: India's national cricket team has lost its major sponsor Sahara India after an 11-year association. Sahara India announced on Saturday it will end its sponsorship of the national team and would also give up its ownership of Indian Premier League team Pune Warriors. The sponsorship contract was not due to expire until next year but Sahara said it will only stay on for a few months while the Board of Control for Cricket
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David Beckham sent off at kids' football match
LONDON: Football icon David Beckham was shown the red card and ordered out of a park while watching a children's match, he said in an interview to be screened late on Saturday. The former England captain was sent off after protesting a decision to send off one of the youngsters, he told ITV television. The Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder, 36, who was waiting for a match his nine-year-old son Romeo was due to play in, had to go and
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Younis, Ali put Pakistan in command against England
DUBAI: Former captain Younis Khan scored the first century of the series and propelled Pakistan to 222-2 against England in the third and final Test on Saturday. Khan grafted an unbeaten 115 off 195 balls and youngster Azhar Ali was 75 not out off 246 deliveries as Pakistan finished the second day with a productive overall lead of 180 runs. The pair advanced Pakistan's bid to record its first ever clean sweep against England
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Missile shield plans proceed despite Russia’s fears: Nato
MUNICH: Nato leaders on Saturday downplayed Moscow's fears that a new ..
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Flights from Heathrow Airport hit by cold snap
LONDON: Heathrow Airport said it would operate a much reduced service ..
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Younis, Ali put Pakistan in command against England
DUBAI: Former captain Younis Khan scored the first century of the seri..
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2nd teacher arrested amid Los Angeles sex abuse probe
LOS ANGELES: Days after the arrest of a school teacher accused of taki..
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David Beckham sent off at kids' football match
LONDON: Football icon David Beckham was shown the red card and ordered..
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Philippine boxer dies after fight injury
MANILA: An undefeated Philippine boxer has died after sustaining head ..
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Taliban deny their leader sent letter to US president
KABUL: The Afghan Taliban on Saturday denied that their leader Mullah ..
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India court rejects home minister prosecution bid
NEW DELHI: An Indian court on Saturday threw out a petition to prosecu..
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Tens of thousands rally against Putin
MOSCOW: Tens of thousands of Russians flooded downtown Moscow on Satur..
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Chennai wins $2m bid for Jadeja in IPL auction
BANGALORE: India allrounder Ravindra Jadeja fetched a fee of more than..
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