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Mendis, Karunaratne lead Sri Lanka fightback after India enforced follow-on
So that was my plan, basically try and get him play a sweep and one run is a good trade off for a top edge, that's how I look at it. It seems like that but in reality it was just a year ago, during July-August, that they won the three Tests by impressive margins - 106, 229 and 163 runs.
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12 killed in Nigeria church attack
He extended his heartfelt condolences to families of the victims, people and government of Anambra state, Nigeria and the Catholic Church over the sad and unfortunate incident. The governor, however, reassured them that the suspects and all those involved in perpetrating such heinous crimes would be brought to book while the government would take up the bills of the hospitalised persons.
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RSS cadres attacking, killing our men in Kerala, says CPI-M
Rajesh pointed out that Jaitley should find time to visit the bereaved families of the soldiers who killed in wars. Jaitley's comments come close on the heels of the murder of a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( RSS ) cadre, Rajesh, allegedly by a mob with links to the CPI (M) or CPM.
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Israel plans to shut down local Al-Jazeera offices
Hen said that the GPO had also sent a request to the Israeli security agencies to assess the security risk of banning Al Jazeera and make its decision based on that. Journalists and representatives from Al Jazeera were not permitted to attend. Al Jazeera correspondent reported that Israel is also seeking to shut down Al Jazeera's cable and satellite transmissions in the country.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin goes bare-chested fishing in Siberia
The water in the lake does not get warmer than +17 Centigrade, but "it did not stop the president from swimming in the lake". Putin's affinity for the tough guy pose has been documented with shots of him bare-chested on horseback, diving in a submarine in Lake Baikal - the world's deepest - and flipping a Judo opponent.
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President Paul Kagame Wins Presidential Elections By A Landslide
But he has also faced mounting criticism for what human rights groups say are widespread abuses, a muzzling of independent media, and suppression of political opposition. Under his rule, some dissidents were killed after fleeing overseas, in cases that remain unsolved. In 2003, he was officially elected to office under the auspices of a new constitution and was re-elected in 2010 for a seven-year term.