Putin makes surprise visit to Chechnya

RUSSIA: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday made an unannounced visit to Chechnya, the government said, amid concerns over mounting Islamist violence in Russia’s restive Caucasus region.

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Parliamentary elections:

Japan heads for historic change

JAPAN: Japan heads for elections Sunday that look set to shift the political landscape of the world’s second largest economy, with a centre-left party ending half a century of almost unbroken conservative rule.

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Airstrike kills four Palestinians

Israeli raid in Gaza:

PALESTINE: Four Palestinians were killed early yesterday in an Israeli airstrike at smuggling tunnels in southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, witnesses and medical sources said.

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