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WELLINGTON, FEB 22 (AP): More than 10,000 New Zealanders stood in silence, some in tears, at a Christchurch park on Wednesday while police officers and firefighters read out the names of all 185 people, who died in a devastating earthquake one year ago.
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KABUL, FEB 22 (REUTERS): Four people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests in Afghanistan which flared for a second day on Wednesday in several cities over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam’s holy book, at NATO’s main base in the country.
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VIENNA/TEHRAN, FEB 22 (REUTERS): The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran’s suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback likely to increase the risk of confrontation with the West.
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 BAGRAM (AFGANISTAN), FEB 21 (REUTERS): About 2,000 Afghans protested outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday over a report that foreign soldiers improperly disposed of copies of the Koran.
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