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    Putin regrets collapse of Soviet Union
    MOSCOW: The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, described the break-up of the Soviet Union as the biggest political catastrophe of the 20th century and rejected Western sermons on democracy in Russia. "It must be admitted that the collapse of ...

    "I prayed not to be elected Pope"
    VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI said on Monday that he had prayed to God during the conclave not to be elected Pope but that ``evidently this time He didn't listen to me.'' For the first time since his election, Benedict shed light on his ...

    Iraq bursts on British election scene
    Tony Blair faces fresh allegations on advice on legality of invasion

    Plight of girl soldiers in armed conflicts
    LONDON: A hidden army of more than 120,000 girls is working or fighting with armed groups around the world, and international programmes to help them often fail or make things worse, Save the Children says in a report published on ...

    Jail for arranging "sham'' marriages
    LONDON: A woman, who allegedly ran a thriving racket in arranging sham marriages between unsuspecting British women and Indian men wanting to settle in Britain, has been jailed for 10 years. Jaswinder Gill (42), who duped many aspiring British ...

    Wreckage beneath sea off Hawaii
    HONOLULU: From junked trucks to World War II submarines, vast fields of far-flung wreckage exist beneath the blue-green ocean off Hawaii. ``It's like an obstacle course under water, especially at Pearl Harbor,'' said John Smith, science ...

    Bush's aide in travel expenses row
    WASHINGTON: A trip to Britain, including an ``educational'' meeting with Lady Thatcher and a lot of golf in Scotland, has become a full-blown American scandal, imperilling the U.S. President, George Bush's right-hand man in Congress. When Tom ...

    Chernobyl: call for more compensation
    MOSCOW: Hundreds of survivors of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster have marched in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, demanding greater compensation from the Government. Nineteen years ago, reactor No. 4 at the power station exploded sending radioactive ...

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