TV sting alleges corruption by IPL players

India’s cricket board called an emergency meeting on Tuesday after a sting operation by a local TV channel alleged corruption in the Indian Premier League and other domestic competitions.

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It’s raining, again: Britain endures damp drought

Sodden fields. Deep puddles. Flash floods. This is what drought looks like in Britain.

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Analysis: Obama has 2 narratives on Afghanistan

In President Barack Obama’s twin narratives, the United States is both leaving Afghanistan and staying there.

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Troubling signs for 6-term Republican senator

Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar’s allies have largely disappeared from the television airwaves just days before Tuesday’s primary, a sign that even friends of the six-term Republican think he’s in trouble and could lose to tea party-backed challenger Richard Mourdock.

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Malians stock up before anti-junta sanctions bite

BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malians rushed to stock up on petrol and cash on Tuesday after neighbours went ahead with trade and diplomatic sanctions aimed at forcing the military junta to hand over power. For long one of the most stable democracies in West Africa, Mali has plunged into turmoil since a widely condemned March 22 coup that emboldened Tuareg rebels to seize half the country in their quest for a northern homeland. …

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Fire at Moscow market kills 17 migrant workers

A blaze Tuesday at a Moscow market killed 17 migrant workers who were unable to escape from the metal shed where they were sleeping, the city fire department said.

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Three US primaries may lift Romney

US voters in three contests Tuesday could hand Mitt Romney a nearly unassailable lead in the Republican nominations race as he shifts focus to the November election against President Barack Obama.

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JetBlue captain: ‘They’re going to take us down’

Screaming “They’re going to take us down,” a JetBlue pilot stormed through his plane rambling about a bomb and threats from Iraq Tuesday until passengers on the Las Vegas-bound flight tackled him to the ground just outside the cockpit, passengers said.

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Mo. judge hears motions in case against bishop

A Jackson County judge said Tuesday he hopes to rule on motions by the end of next week in a misdemeanor case involving the highest-ranking U.S. Roman Catholic official accused of shielding an abusive priest.

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Amish buggy legislation wins final passage in Ky.

Kentucky’s General Assembly gave final passage Tuesday to legislation that would exempt the Amish from a longstanding requirement that they affix bright orange safety triangles on their slow-moving buggies.

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