| Italians
head to polls as economy falters |
Rome,
April 13:
Italians began voting on Sunday in general elections likely
to usher conservative Silvio Berlusconi into the prime minister's
office for a third time at the expense of new centre-left flagbearer
Walter Veltroni.
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| Clinton
fights to keep White House quest alive
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Washington,
April 13:
Hillary Clinton on Sunday battled to keep her White House hopes
alive going into a tense 10-day stretch which could define the
end game of her enthralling Democratic tussle with Barack Obama.
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| French,
Canadian foreign ministers in Kandahar
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Kandahar,
Afghanistan, April 13:
The foreign ministers of France and Canada on Sunday visited
a NATO air base in southern Afghanistan, where both countries
have troops deployed in the fight against Taliban rebels.
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| S
Korea confirms bird flu strain |
Seoul,
April 13:
South Korea on Sunday confirmed its latest case of bird flu
as from the deadly H5N1 strain, adding to a string of outbreaks
in recent weeks which led to the culling of more than half a
million poultry.
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