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May take 9 years to settle boundary row with India: Dhaka 14 March 2010, 14-1 Hrs Dhaka, March 14 Bangladesh's foreign affairs ministry has projected a nine-year period to settle maritime boundary dispute with India and Myanmar and has sought funds till 2017-18, a media report said Sunday.
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Woman, 92, held for killing husband 14 March 2010, 14-1 Hrs Sydney, March 14 A 92-year-old woman has been charged with murder after her husband, 98, was found dead at their home in this Australian city, a media report said Sunday.
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Eight shot dead at Mexican birthday party 14 March 2010, 14-1 Hrs Mexico City, March 14 (IANS/EFE) Eight people were killed by a group of gunmen during a birthday party at a ranch in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, media reports said.
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7-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia 14 March 2010, 14-0 Hrs Jakarta, March 14 (DPA) An earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale struck the eastern Indonesian islands Sunday morning in North Maluku province, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, meteorologists said.
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'Oil mafia siphoned Rs.90 bn annually during Musharraf regime' 13 March 2010, 13-1 Hrs Pakistan's oil mafia is alleged to have siphoned Rs.90 billion annually during former president Pervez Musharraf's tenure by supplying substandard diesel at the rates of the high quality premium variety, a media report said Saturday.
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Magnitude-6 quake strikes Indonesia's West Papua 13 March 2010, 13-1 Hrs A magnitude-6 earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua before midday Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, geophysicists said.
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30 hurt in Muslim-Christian clashes in Egypt 13 March 2010, 13-1 Hrs Thirty people were injured when clashes broke out between Christians and Muslims in a rural area in northern Egypt, media reports said.
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Starving sea lions wash ashore in California 13 March 2010, 13-0 Hrs Los Angeles, March 13 (DPA) Hundreds of starving sea lions are washing ashore along the California coast as El Nino weather conditions warm the Pacific Ocean and drive away their usual prey, according to media reports Friday.
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Sarkozy dusts off rumours of marriage strain 12 March 2010, 12-2 Hrs London, March 12 French President Nicolas Sarkozy Friday termed as 'ridiculous rumours' the media reports about extramarital affair of his wife Carla Bruni, who was reported to have been holidaying in Thailand with an old friend.
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Jessop workers to get wage hike 12 March 2010, 12-2 Hrs Kolkata, March 12 The workers of the Jessop and Co will get an immediate wage hike as the management and workers' union have signed a long-term wage settlement agreement.
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