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Squash: Ghosal enters semis of Windy City Open
Chicago, Feb 11 (IANS) Top seed Saurav Ghosal signalled the end of the road for title-holder Olivier Pett when he beat the English qualifier in four games in the quarter-finals of the METRO Windy City Open squash, the PSA World Tour International 25 squash event here Friday. Ghosal, the World No.27 from India, fought back from a game down to overcome Pett, ranked almost 40 places lower, 5-11, 11-7,

US envoy urges renewed Bahrain crisis talks
The U.S. State Department's top human rights envoy is urging Bahrain's Sunni monarchy and Shiite-led opposition to resume talks aimed at ending yearlong unrest in the strategic Gulf nation.

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No evidence North Korean leader dead: US official
The US intelligence has found no evidence to suggest that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was dead, an official said following web posts in China that claimed Kim was assassinated in Beijing.

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Pakistan army tries 5 officers over extremist ties

The Pakistani army has started court martial proceedings against five officers over suspected ties to a banned extremist group that has called for ousting the U.S.-backed government, security

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US Navy to name littoral combat ship after former congresswoman Giffords

US Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has announced that the next Independence variant littoral combat ship will be named after former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who survived an assassination

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CIA website hacked
Hacker group Anonymous Friday night took down the website of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), media reports said Saturday.

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