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Polls show Democratic primaries are too close to call
US: INDIANA and North Carolina vote today in
primaries that will shape the final weeks of the Democratic
presidential campaign, as polls show both contests too close to
call. p
Crisis for Bolivia's Morales as rich region declares autonomy
BOLIVIA: The indigenous majority supports the
president, but wealthy provinces are rebelling, writes
Rory Carroll p
Inquiry call over alleged Kosovan organ trafficking
US: A human rights watchdog says new evidence has emerged to warrant an investigation into claims that ethnic Albanian guerrillas in Kosovo killed Serbs and sold their organs at the end of the war in Kosovo. p
Other World Stories
Nepali police beat pro-Tibet protesters and detain 125
NEPAL: Nepali police beat up pro-Tibet protesters
in Kathmandu yesterday and detained at least 125 people as
demonstrators tried to storm the Chinese embassy demanding freedom
for their Himalayan homeland. pGerman woman accused of hiding 3 babies in freezer
GERMANY: POLICE ARE questioning a woman (44) in
western Germany accused of hiding three dead babies in her freezer
for 20 years. pReports claim Hizbullah is training militants in Iran
US: The Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group
Hizbullah is providing training in Iran for Iraqi militants,
according to interrogation reports cited by US officials, the
New York Times reported yesterday. pGunmen kill 16 ranchers in Mexico
MEXICO: Heavily armed men killed at least 16 people, all members of a ranchers' association, in two different massacres in southern Mexico over the weekend, Mexican media said yesterday. pPeres against using military means to counter nuclear threat from Iran
MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELI PRESIDENT Shimon Peres yesterday likened the Iranian nuclear threat to Nazi Germany, but said he did not support military action against Tehran in a bid to scuttle its nuclear programme. pActivists outraged at plan to hold poll despite disaster
BURMA: TROPICAL CYCLONE Nargis, which ripped
through Burma on Saturday, is the most serious natural disaster to
hit the country in decades, causing what one United Nations
official described as "catastrophic" damage to the most-densely
populated areas. pImprisoned woman 'tried to make life normal'
AUSTRIA: AUSTRIAN WOMAN Elisabeth Fritzl, imprisoned by her father for 24 years, made an "extraordinary effort" to make life as normal as possible for her children in their cellar prison, doctors have said. pSpanish documentary offers Cliff and Coulter congratulations - 40 years on
SPAIN: Pop singer Cliff Richard was robbed of
victory in the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest after Gen Francisco
Franco fixed the vote, according to a Spanish television
documentary. pIn one of last acts as president, Putin sets new rules for foreign investment in Russia
RUSSIA: IN ONE of his last acts as Russian president, Vladimir Putin yesterday signed a long-awaited law restricting foreign investment in 42 "strategic" sectors, including energy, telecoms and aerospace. pFood protests: Man killed in Somali riot over prices
SOMALIA: A young man was killed when thousands of Somalis protested in Mogadishu yesterday over the refusal by food traders to take old currency notes blamed for causing inflation, witnesses said. pIt's not cricket, say objectors to gyrating cheerleaders
LETTER FROM INDIA: Millions are titillated by the uninhibited gyrations while others want them banned, finding them a licentious western import that is offensive to native conservative traditions. pIn Short
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