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Top arms dealer captured in Thailand
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BANGKOK: Notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, branded the “Merchant
of Death” for feeding weapons to conflict zones around the world,
was paraded handcuffed by Thai police Friday after his capture in a
dramatic sting operation.
The mustachioed Russian’s dealings are said to
have inspired the Hollywood movie “Lord of War,” starring
Nicolas Cage as a ruthless arms trader.
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Malaysia’s ruling party bent
on stopping opposition
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s ruling coalition made an all-out push
Friday on the eve of elections to counter a resurgent opposition
that is hoping to deny it a two-thirds majority for the first time.
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Eight teens killed in Jerusalem attack
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JERUSALEM: A Palestinian gunman opened fire inside a Jewish
religious school in Jerusalem late Thursday, killing eight teens in
an attack that threatened to blow off peace efforts amid
ever-escalating violence.
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Democrat ‘brawl’ goes on
as Clinton stays in the hunt
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WASHINGTON: Democrats groped for ways to avert civil war at their
presidential convention in August, as Barack Obama obliterated fundraising
records in his corrosive fight against Hillary Clinton.
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Strikes cripple German transport
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BERLIN: German transport workers paralyzed local train and bus
services Thursday on the second day of strikes by public workers to
back demands for wage increases to counter rising fuel and food
prices.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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QUITO: The rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has
agreed to release at least 12 hostages in Ecuador in early March,
Ecuadoran Internal and Foreign Security Minister Gustavo Larrea said
Thursday.
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