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INTERNATIONAL
| IMF chief grilled for second day |
| French prosecutors began questioning IMF chief Christine Lagarde for a second day to decide if she should be charged over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon during her time as finance minister. |
| Massive Far East quake felt in Moscow |
| A massive undersea earthquake on Friday in Russia’s Far East prompted a tsunami warning and was felt in cities including Moscow far to the west, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. |
| Militants kill three soldiers in Kashmir |
| Militants killed three soldiers on Friday in an ambush outside Srinagar, the main city of Indian Kashmir, an army spokesman said. |
| New concerns for China’s rising middle class |
| With two cars, foreign holidays and a cook for their apartment, one Beijing family epitomises the new middle class created by China’s decades of rapid economic growth — and its resulting worries. |
| Obama 'redefines' US war on terror |
| Twelve years after the “war on terror” began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States back from some of the most controversial aspects of its global fight against militants. |
| Highway bridge collapses in US |
| Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river in a rural area north of Seattle collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles and people into the frigid water below, authorities said. |
| 56,700 Indians face deportation from Saudi |
| As many as 56,700 Indians face deportation from Saudi Arabia in the next one-and-half months and ten officials have been despatched to the kingdom to help the Indian mission prepare emergency certificates for their exit, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on Thursday. |
| Plea for chief ministership to Chennithala deepens crisis |
| TRIVANDRUM - The crisis in Kerala’s ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) deepened on Thursday with a strong section in the ‘I’ group in the Congress that heads the coalition demanding chief ministership to their leader and Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Ramesh Chennithala. |
| Malayalam actor Mani gets anticipatory bail |
| TRIVANDRUM - The Kerala high court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to cine actor Kalabhavan Mani in connection with a case filed against him for allegedly assaulting two forest officials while discharging their official duty. |
| Li for broader cooperation |
| ISLAMABAD - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met Pakistan’s new leader Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and invited him for an official visit to China after he takes over as prime minister early next month. |
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