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Police arrest three Maoists in Jharkhand

Khunti, Mar 12 (ANI): Police arrested three Maoists in Khunti district of Jharkhand. The arrest took place after an encounter between police and members of rebel outfit People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) in Murhu forests in the district. During the encounter, 25 rounds were fired by the police. The Superintendent of Police (SP) of Khunti, Aneesh Gupta, said a commander of PLFI, Pradeep Karkatta who was behind many major Maoist incidents was also arrested. Mar 12, 2014
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BJP calls Congress supporter of Maoism

New Delhi, Mar 12 (ANI): Following the Maoist attack on police in Chhattisgarh that killed 16 involved in a mine clearing operation, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called ruling Congress an 'intellectual supporter' of Maoism. Expressing grief over the incident while addressing a news conference in New Delhi, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said that they wanted to see how the central government would respond to the attack. Mar 12, 2014
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Abhishek Manu Singhvi applauds SC's direction on tainted lawmakers

New Delhi, Mar 12 (ANI): Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi applauded the direction of Supreme Court that set a deadline for lower courts to complete trials of lawmakers and legislators, involved in criminal offences, within a year. The SC directed that trial in all the criminal offences involving lawmakers and legislatures should be concluded by holding it on a day-to-day basis. Mar 12, 2014
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Only BJP can give good governance: Rajnath Singh

Hyderabad, Mar 12 (ANI): BJP President Rajnath Singh said that analysts of the whole world have come to a conclusion that only BJP can provide good governance in the country. Singh was speaking at a rally in Hyderabad. Mar 12, 2014
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Philippine typhoon mother rises from ruins

In the aftermath of the Philippines' deadliest storm, an exhausted young woman gave birth to a girl on a filthy floor with little more than determination to sustain them. Duration: 02:27 Mar 12, 2014
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In Mexico, auto boom fuels Japanese culture mix

Japanese car manufacturer Honda has just opened a new factory creating 5,000 jobs. As a result, the Mexican city of Celaya in Guanajuato state is trying to learn more about Japanese culture and has set up a school to teach Japanese. Duration: 02:06 Mar 12, 2014
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Ugandan activists challenge anti-gay law in court

Ugandan gay rights activists and politicians filed a challenge in court Tuesday to a tough new anti-gay law that has sparked international outrage and led to cuts in foreign aid. Duration: 01:24 Mar 12, 2014
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Spain honors 191 victims of 2004 Madrid train bombs

Spaniards commemorated Tuesday their country's deadliest peacetime attack, a decade to the day since Al-Qaeda-inspired bombers blew up four packed commuter trains and killed 191 people in Madrid. Duration: 00:45 Mar 12, 2014
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Clashes erupt in Turkey after teen protester dies

Turkish riot police fired tear gas Tuesday at protesters massed outside a hospital after the death of a teenage boy wounded during anti-government protests last year and left comatose. Duration: 00:44 Mar 12, 2014
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Swedish-British journalist gunned down in Kabul

A gunman shot dead a Swedish-British journalist at close range in central Kabul on Tuesday in an unexplained daylight murder that shocked foreign residents living in a city on high alert ahead of elections. Duration: 00:30 Mar 12, 2014
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Judge killed by Israeli troops at Jordan border buried

Raed Zeiter, a Palestinian with Jordanian citizenship who worked as a judge in Amman, was buried in the West Bank city of Nablus. The 38 year-old man was shot at the Allenby Bridge crossing between the West Bank and Jordan. Duration: 00:25 Mar 12, 2014
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