Sri Lanka presidential contenders wrap up campaigning ahead of Saturday vote
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COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's presidential candidates wrapped up their campaigning on Wednesday, 48 hours before the election, pledging to fix...
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Exclusive-Ammunition from India enters Ukraine, raising Russian ire
NEW DELHI - Artillery shells sold by Indian arms makers have been diverted by European customers to Ukraine and New Delhi has not...
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Analysis-Sri Lanka's presidential election to test economic green shoots
LONDON/COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's knife-edge election on Saturday has raised doubts over when its long-awaited debt deal with bondholders will...
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Hezbollah pager attack puts spotlight on Israel's cyber warfare Unit 8200
LONDON/JERUSALEM - The mass pager attack against Hezbollah in Lebanon has turned the spotlight on Israel's secretive Unit 8200, the...
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Hezbollah devices explode again in Lebanon, raising fears of wider Israel conflict
BEIRUT - Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon's south in the country's deadliest day ...
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Hezbollah pager blasts test war readiness of Lebanon's hospitals
BEIRUT - When streams of bloodied people converged on Lebanon's hospitals on Tuesday, it was a test of whether the crisis-hit health...
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Israeli PM Netanyahu says we will return residents of the north to their homes
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Wednesday to return tens of thousands of residents evacuated from northern...
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UN Security Council to meet Friday over Lebanon pager blasts
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations Security Council will meet on Friday over the pager blasts in Lebanon targeting militant group...
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Blinken warns against further Middle East escalation after Lebanon blasts
CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday warned against the risk of escalation in the Middle East after the detonation...
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Who still uses pagers anyway?
As mobile phones became the world's main communications tool, pagers, also known as beepers because of the sound they make to notify...
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Factbox-What is Israel's secretive cyber warfare unit 8200?
JERUSALEM - Although Israel has not commented on the intelligence operation that caused thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah operatives...
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India's cabinet accepts recommendation to hold simultaneous national, state elections
NEW DELHI - India's cabinet has accepted a recommendation to hold simultaneous elections to state assemblies and the national parliament,...
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