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Former army chief denies thousands of civilians died in final war against Tamil rebels
A day after his release from jail, ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka Tuesday said the Sri Lanka government must co-operate with any international probe into alleged war crimes as he denied thousands of civilians were killed in the final phase of the country's 25 year old civil war in 2009.
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New majority in US: Non-white births
Is the US turning towards a major demographic shift? May be so, if the new data from the US Census Bureau is any indicator.
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Trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic opens at UN tribunal
Former Bosnian Serb army commander General Ratko Mladic on trial at ICTY.
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Tehran hangs man for killing of nuclear scientist
Iran has hanged a man convicted of killing one of its nuclear scientists in 2010, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday.
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Expatriation of Facebook Co-founder Draws Ire
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, who is set to earn billions when the social networking giant goes public on the U.S. stock market Friday, has drawn criticism for renouncing his U.S. citizenship in a move that could save him millions in taxes.
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Powerful drug growing in Colombia forests turns people into 'zombies'
A hazardous drug derived from a particular type of tree common in Colombia can eliminate free will and can wipe the memory of its victims.
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49 mutilated bodies found on Mexican highway
At least 49 mutilated bodies were found on the side of a highway in Cadereyta, a city in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, police said.
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Bangladeshi Islamist leader Ghulam Azam charged with 1971 war crimes
A special tribunal set up in Bangladesh has charged top Islamist leader Ghulam Azam with war crimes allegedly carried out during the 1971 war that liberated the country from Pakistan.
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11 people killed in aeroplane crash in western Nepal
An aeroplane belonging to Agni Air crashed in Jomsom in western Nepal crashed Monday morning.
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