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Saudis reject Sharon call to stop aid: Palestinian uprising
RIYADH, May 8: Saudi Arabia is determined to keep paying out “humanitarian” aid to the Palestinians despite Israeli allegations claims that the money funds “terrorism”, a senior official said on Wednesday.... 
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Crimes against Gujarat women covered up: NGO
ISLAMABAD, May 8: There is a compelling evidence of extreme sexual violence against women in the recent Gujarat carnage that has gone grossly under-reported, says a report based on a fact-finding...
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‘Boycott US’ campaign picking up in S. Arabia
RIYADH, May 8: A grassroots campaign to boycott US products in Saudi Arabia has already taken its toll on many local businesses, with sales dropping drastically, executives and activists said on...
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3 cloned babies on the way, says expert
ROME, May 8: The Italian fertility expert whose avowed aim is to create the first human clone, said on Wednesday three women were pregnant with clones, but complained that the babies...
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Tolerance, rule of law needed: body
WASHINGTON, May 8: Leading figures from civil society, business, politics and academia from every continent issued a joint statement on Tuesday calling on citizens to urge governments to deepen democracy....
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Grown-ups have failed children, says Annan
 UNITED NATIONS, May 8: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan opened the first UN children’s summit on Wednesday, chiding “the grown-ups” of the world for failing “deplorably” to uphold the right of every...
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Six injured in Lankan embassy fracas
KUWAIT CITY, May 8: Six Sri Lankan embassy staff including a diplomat were injured on Tuesday, when a group of Kuwaitis went on a rampage over a minor dispute at embassy...
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Govt policies affecting US Muslims: study
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8: Almost 600,000 American Muslims have been affected by the US government’s policies since the Sept 11 attacks, says a report by a leading American Islamic group....
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Top reformer claims Iran, US held secret talks
TEHRAN, May 8: The head of Iran’s parliamentary foreign affairs committee has said Iran, contrary to official denials, has been holding secret talks with arch-enemy the United States, the official IRNA...
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Arabs sceptical of US peace plan
DAMASCUS: Arab countries have expressed strong doubts over a US proposal for a Middle East peace conference this summer....
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Everyday life of Egyptian artists
 PARIS: Guillemette Andreu-Lanoe is a 53-year old commissioner at the Musee du Louvre, and with her rather unusual exhibition on “The Artists of the Pharaoh, Deir-el-Medineh and the Valley of the...
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Indian diplomacy at stake as Gujarat burns
NEW DELHI: India, long credited with a complex, broad-range diplomatic agenda and a range of skills within its relatively well-trained and polished diplomatic corps, is showing signs of extreme immaturity, paranoia,...
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Poverty in BD breeds child workers
DHAKA: He works at a grocery store from eight in the morning to 11 at night, for which he gets the paltry equivalent of $6 a month. But 13-year-old Berket, who...
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Anti-Arafat dossier fails to convince Bush
TEL AVIV: Ariel Sharon arrived for his fifth meeting with George Bush on Tuesday armed with a thick dossier he hopes will at last persuade the US administration to accept his...
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‘Don Quixote’ crowned world’s best novel
OSLO: “Don Quixote”, the 17th-century Spanish tale about a madcap knight, was voted the world’s best work of fiction by a poll of the world’s leading authors on Tuesday. Miguel de...
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Washington’s war on civil liberties
LONDON: As the United States’ war on terrorism meanders on, legal questions surrounding alleged terrorists and their associates have taken on all the complexity of the war itself. Despite George Bush’s...
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