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Sri Lanka loses hundreds in unrest
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COLOMBO: Heavy fighting between rebels and government soldiers
subsided in northern Sri Lanka Thursday, a day after intense
artillery battles left hundreds killed or wounded, according to
officials on both sides.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said
they were planning to return the 30 bodies of government troops they
captured after Wednesday’s battle at Muhamalai on the Jaffna
peninsula.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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‘Superdelegates’ on the spot after
Clinton’s Pennsylvania triumph
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WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton, buoyed by her win in the Pennsylvania
primary, piled pressure Wednesday on top Democratic Party officials
who hold the key to her gripping White House feud with Barack Obama.
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Google submits data on pedophiles
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RIO DE JANEIRO: Internet giant Google on Wednesday handed over data
stored by 3,261 suspected pedophile users on its Orkut social
networking site to Brazil’s congressional committee, local media
reported.
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Cambodia genocide court
will not go bust–officials
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PHNOM PENH: Officials at Cambodia’s UN-backed genocide tribunal
said they were confident the cash-strapped court would be able to
gather the funds needed to stay on schedule and put surviving Khmer
Rouge leaders on trial.
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Scientists say menstrual
blood can repair hearts
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TOKYO: The monthly discomfort many women see as a curse could pay
off someday as Japanese researchers say menstrual blood can be used
to repair heart damage.
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WORLD
INBRIEF
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YANGON: Over four million up-to-age population in Myanmar’s
biggest city of Yangon have been declared as being eligible voters
for the country’s constitutional referendum slated for May 10, the
leading local weekly Myanmar Times reported Thursday.
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