| Millions
begin China holiday without power
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Guangzhou,
Feb 6:
Millions of Chinese began the biggest holiday of the year without
power on Wednesday after more than a week of fierce winter weather,
but tens of thousands of stranded passengers had finally found
trains, buses and planes to get home for family reunions.
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| Rice
says NATO may seek more Afghan forces
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London,
Feb 6:
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she will raise with
Afghanistan's U.S.-backed president the case of an Afghan reporter
sentenced to death for insulting Islam, a case that has not
drawn...
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| Clinton,
Obama close, McCain leads
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Washington,
Feb 6:
Democrat Hillary Clinton traded key ''Super Tuesday'' victories
with rival Barack Obama and Republican John McCain rolled to
big wins in the US Northeast as 24 states voted in contests
that could help pick the presidential nominees of both parties.
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| US
slaps new sanctions on Burma
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Washington,
Feb 6:
The Bush Administration has targeted family members of the leaders
of Burma in the additional sanctions that the US has announced
over its military government's human rights violations and suppression
of democracy.
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