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Sri Lanka ammunition dump explodes, thousands flee

  Colombo / AFP A key military ammunition dump in Sri Lanka exploded Sunday showering shrapnel over a large area on the edge of the capital forcing thousands to flee to safety, officials said. There were no immediate reports of casualties at the Salawa military camp where security forces are known to store some of their heavy weaponry and ammunition, ...

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Tata Motors sues Jiangling over copyright SUV design

  Mumbai / Reuters Tata Motors Inc.’s Jaguar Land Rover said it sued Jiangling Motors Co. over copyright and unfair competition. Reuters reported that the dispute is over the Chinese company’s Landwind X7 sport utility vehicle that looks like the Land Rover Evoque, citing a person with familiar with the matter. Stuart Schorr, a Jaguar Land Rover spokesman, confirmed a ...

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Unwed women targeted in ‘black-market baby scam’

  Gwalior / AFP In an intensive care unit, a nurse soothes a crying baby rescued in a raid on a private Indian hospital that police suspect was selling abandoned newborns on the black market. “She is too weak and needs special care,” the nurse said, patting the girl born underweight and premature and receiving treatment at another hospital, run by ...

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