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    FGN5 US-LAWMAKERS-LD DACA
Influential US lawmakers urge Biden admin to expand DACA eligibility to 2,00,000 documented dreamers
    Washington: A bipartisan group of 49 influential US lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to include some 2,00,000 documented dreamers, an overwhelming majority of whom are Indian-Americans, in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme to grant them protection from deportation. By Lalit K Jha
    
     FGN16 NZ-SOLOMON-ISLANDS-LD UNREST
New Zealand to send military, police to Solomon Islands
    Wellington: New Zealand will send up to 65 military and police personnel to the Solomon Islands in the coming days after rioting and looting broke out there last week over several issues, including concerns about the country's increasing links with China. (AP)

     FGN19 EU-OMICRON-SUMMIT
EU decides against emergency summit on omicron for now
Brussels: The European Union has decided against holding a special remote summit of the bloc's leaders on the omicron coronavirus variant for the time being, an official said Wednesday. (AP)
    
    FGN39 US-MICHIGAN-3RDLD SHOOTING
Student shoots, kills 3, wounds 8 at Michigan high school
    
Oxford Township: A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school, killing three students, including a 16-year-old boy who died in a deputy's patrol car on the way to a hospital, authorities said.(AP)
    
    
     FGN41 VIRUS-WORLD
Omicron keeps world jittery as more information drips out
    Tokyo:The omicron variant kept a jittery world off kilter on Wednesday as Japan further tightened travel restrictions, infections linked to the new version of the coronavirus popped up in more places and new evidence made clear the mutant strain was circulating weeks earlier than thought. (AP)

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