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Construction practices under fire
PANCAKED BUILDINGS:
Monday’s quake showed the many flaws in China’s building boom, including shoddy practices and codes ignored by builders
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Housing the newly homeless will be a massive effort
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Bloggers ask why animal signals were overlooked
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Burqa bomber kills 18 in Afghanistan
UN CRITICISM:
A UN special rapporteur yesterday condemned the lack of interest in the hundreds of civilians being killed by international troops, police and Taliban
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Junta says voters overwhelmingly backed referendum
CONSTITUTION:
The government said 92.4 percent of the 22 million voters who cast ballots backed the document. The rest will vote on May 24
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Seoul taking steps to regulate cross-cultural marriages
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Pakistani militants accuse Washington of missile attack
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Unknown Islamic group claims deadly bombings
INDIAN INCIDENT:
The claim for Tuesday night’s blast in Jaipur was made in an e-mail to media organizations
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Dalai Lama heads for Germany
SCHEDULE:
The Tibetan spiritual leader will be meeting neither German Chancellor Angela Merkel nor Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on his trip to Europe
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UN opens inquiry into peacekeeper sex abuse charges
SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS:
Aid workers said that Indian peacekeepers deployed in Congo had been accused of paying for sex with underage girls
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Swiss ‘Fusion Man’ takes to skies
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New Tallinn NATO facility seeks to fight cyber-warfare
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Bruised Brown attempts fightbackA
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Witness says Taylor rebels trained at camp in Libya
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US holding 500 minors in Iraq
SHOCKING:
Jamil Dakwar, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Human Rights Program, said it was disturbing that there was no policy to protect their rights as children
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Iraqi troops begin house-to-house searches in Mosul
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Oil firms braced for court battles
POLAR BEARS LISTED:
US Interior Department has listed polar bears as a threatened species and oil and gas firms are concerned they will now face court battles in Alaska
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McCain’s wife sells off mutual funds with links to Sudan
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John Edwards backs Obama’s bid
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Man arrested in US after ‘firebombing’ woodland
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World News Quick Take
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