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Victorious Hamas goes on Gaza looting spree
Alarmed Israel grapples with 'Hamastan'
They were taking everything in the Gaza Strip yesterday -- including the kitchen sink. A day after the Islamist Hamas routed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah, the pillaging began.

9 Afghans, Nato soldier killed in suicide blasts
Two suicide attackers blew themselves up near Nato convoys in southern Afghanistan yesterday, killing five Afghan children, four young men and a foreign soldier, officials said.

Amnesty urges Lanka on UN monitors
Amnesty International urged Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to invite UN monitors to verify claims of human rights violations by both sides in the country's bitter ethnic civil war.

No consensus on first Indian female president
A contest and not a consensus for the post of president of India appears inevitable with main opposition BJP-led NDA having rejected ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA)'s appeal for backing its woman

EU, US back Abbas in Gaza crisis
The European Union yesterday condemned the "violent" seizure of power by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which Britain labelled a "coup d'etat" against beleaguered Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.

Palestinian state now a distant dream
Hamas has emerged as a force to be reckoned with, but its seizure of the impoverished Gaza Strip has effectively split the Palestinians into two entities and driven the creation of an independent state

Insufficient sleep increases risk of cardiovascular disease: Study
Chronic sleep deprivation can do more than leave you short-tempered: it can also stress your heart and raise your risk of cardiovascular disease and death, according to a study released Wednesday.

Researchers claim cancer therapy alternative
Taiwan researchers said on Thursday they have successfully tested 10 new sugar-fat compounds they believe will inhibit cancer growth while prolonging patients' survival time with limited side effects.

Indians find no clues to missing relatives in Pakistan
A group of Indian families who returned from a trip to Pakistan to search for relatives who went missing in a war 36 years ago said yesterday they were disappointed with the visit.

Oprah tops Forbes' list of power players
Oprah Winfrey continues to take over the world. The media mogul is back on top of Forbes' annual "Celebrity 100 Power List," which ranks the rich and famous based on earnings and buzz.

African nations strike deal on ivory
African nations on Thursday agreed a landmark nine-year ban on international ivory commerce which was immediately approved by a 171-nation UN forum, officials said.

Indonesia raids net terror leaders
The head of the Southeast Asian militant network Jemaah Islamiyah was arrested along with its military commander last week, in a double blow to the group blamed for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings and

Nepali Maoists lobby Carter over terror tag
The leader of Nepal's Maoists said Friday he has appealed to former US president Jimmy Carter to help remove the former rebels from a US list of terrorist groups.

Iran forcibly deports 1,00,000 Afghans
Dumped at this frontier outpost alongside hundreds of weary Afghan labourers, Khalil Jalil stepped out of Iran and back into Afghanistan only days after he said Iranian authorities beat him, threw