London, Feb 12 - Catching killer weeds and invasive species has just got easier with geographic profiling (GP), a statistical tool that tracks wanted criminals, a study reveals.

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Kabul, Feb 12 - Seven Taliban militants have been killed, two injured and 18 detained as suspects since Saturday in joint operations launched by the Afghan forces backed by NATO-led coalition troops, the Afghan interior ministry said Sunday.

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Hyderabad, Feb 12 - Emergency services in Andhra Pradesh's government-run hospitals remained crippled Sunday as junior doctors demanding hike in stipend continued their strike, causing severe inconvenience to patients.

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Thane, Feb 12 - Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, who is 86, addressed a massive rally for the Feb 16 civic polls in Mumbai's adjoining Thane city, where he lashed out at Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar.

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New Delhi, Feb 12 - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) are not into talks on a post-poll alliance in case they fail to get a majority on their own in Uttar Pradesh, says BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitha

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New Delhi, Feb 12 - This Valentine's Day, couples can snuggle up on park benches and corners unhassled. Moral brigades who crack down on love-struck couples on Valentine's have no intention to play spoilsport on Feb 14, an activist of a right wing group said.

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New Delhi, Feb 12 - As the number of middle-income families going on domestic vacations and business travellers on a tight budget keeps rising, international hoteliers are rushing in to capture the mid-market segment bridging the gap between luxury and budget hotels in India.

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Yangon, Feb 12 - Myanmar President U Thein Sein has stressed upon investment in the education sector, saying that it is the best guarantee and most valuable for the country's future, official media reported Sunday.

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Male, Feb 12 - Thousands of supporters of ousted Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed rallied in protest in the capital Saturday night as the new President Mohamed Waheed Hassan was busy approaching parties to form a coalition government.

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New Delhi, Feb 12 - With passenger fares on a freeze for years and little money to expand the world's second largest railroad network under a single management, Minister Dinesh Trivedi has an unenviable task when he presents the annual Railway Budget March 14.

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Beijing, Feb 12 - A Chinese woman writer has run into a controversy after she set up a website that asks people to stay virgins before their wedding.

Freelance writer Tu Shiyou from Wuhan said she was driven to set up the website by the recent trend of youngsters supporting premarital sex, the China Daily reported.

The 38-year-old writer has never been in a relationship.

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Agra Feb 12 - A 72-year-old woman who lived alone was found murdered in Jaipur House area here late Saturday evening, an official said.

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New Delhi, Feb 12 - The largest Indian business delegation to Pakistan, consisting of some 150 members and led by Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, will take part in a series of events, including an "India Show" in Lahore, over four days startin

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Srinagar, Feb 12 - Rain and snow has been forecast again across the Kashmir Valley Sunday and over the next two days, an official said.

The fresh snow and rain is due to the western disturbance, he said.

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New Delhi, Feb 12 - It was a bright, pleasant Sunday morning for the capital with the minimum temperature settling at 9.2 degrees Celsius, a notch below the average for the season. The met department forecast light rain in parts of the city later in the day.

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New Delhi, Feb 12 - In Kerala, Gabriel Garcia Marquez is among the most popular novelists - thanks to his translated works in Malayalam.

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Islamabad, Feb 12 - The prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fell by about Rs. 3 to about Rs. 128 per kilogram in the country.

Chairman of All Pakistan LPG Distributors Association Abdul Hadi Khan said the marketing companies have slashed their profits to boost demand.

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Nairobi, Feb 12 - Kenya has sealed its border with Somalia to prevent Somali militants from entering the country.

Internal Security Minister George Saitoti Saturday called on the security agencies to remain vigilant and vet all visitors to the country, Xinhua reported.

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Islamabad, Feb 12 - Tearful pleas of a 14-year-old Pakistani boy for forgiveness fell on deaf ears after a court handed him a prison sentence for stealing a kite.

"Please give me pardon, I will never touch a kite, my annual paper is on tomorrow," Arsalan pleaded.

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Islamabad, Feb 12 - Seven people died in an explosion in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar city, a media report said Sunday.

The blast took place in a house next to Kohat road. Three others were injured.

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