India votes in monthlong national elections begins
Voters across 714 million people participate as India's 543 seat lower house election opens. Urban focus after district redraws, with Congress and BJP seen as main rivals amid coalition formation and backroom bargaining. The Mumbai attack criticism frames governance debates.
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Ex-prosecutor named border czar in new border role
Alan Bersin, named Wednesday to oversee U S efforts to curb drugs and illegal immigration from Mexico, returns to border work he led in the 1990s as Clinton era prosecutor and former Justice Department special representative for the Southwest border. He serves as assistant Homeland Security secretary for international affairs.
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Women protest Afghan law on husbands rights to sex and escape
Dozens of young women faced counter demonstrations in Kabul as both sides clashed over a recent law allowing a husband to demand sex from his wife every four days and restricting a wife's movements without a male escort. Police kept the groups apart amid chants labeling protesters as dogs.
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French seize pirate vessel off Horn of Africa
The United States and allies battled Somali pirates on two fronts. France seized a pirate mother ship 550 miles east of Mombasa, detaining 11 suspected Somalis aboard the Nivose. The Libyan cargo ship Safmarine Asia was attacked earlier, while the U S Navy Bainbridge reached the scene as pirates fled.
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Car Bomb Kills 11 in Kirkuk During Convoy Patrol
A car bomb near a government security convoy in Kirkuk killed 11 guards and wounded about 20 as the Northern Gas Company convoy passed. The blast underscored Kurdish aims to annex the oil city amid broader ethnic tensions with central government forces.
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U.S. Iraq War Death Toll Rises with Guard Unit Losses
An Associated Press tally reports 4 273 U S military deaths in the Iraq war since March 2003. Brig Gen Sarhat Qadir says all the dead were guards for a government security agency serving a gas company. Wounded include 13 guards and eight civilians. Salman Hadi 38 described the blast during return home.
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Residents flee as dam erodes near Kathryn North Dakota
Residents of Kathryn and nearby Valley City evacuated due to water spilling over and eroding the Clausen Springs Dam. National Guard helicopters dropped sandbags to shore up the structure while officials urged thousands in Valley City to leave low lying areas to keep evacuation routes open.
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Egypt archaeologists seek Cleopatra Antony tombs at Ta posiris Magna
Archaeologists will excavate three sites at the Ta posiris Magna temple near Alexandria to locate the tombs of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony. Radar surveys last month revealed deep shafts inside the temple, suggesting potential burial chambers.
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